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Asia's Boxing Day earthquake and tsunamis have killed an inconceivable 212,611 people, according to the latest reports. That's the equivelent of about one-fifth of the population of Manitoba. A number of experts say they wouldn't be surprised if the number continues to climb in the aftermath of one of the worst natural disasters the world has known. Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono told a conference this week that "perhaps we will never know the exact scale of the human casualties."
