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U.S. Army Captain Michael Kelvington, commander of the Battle company, 1-508 Parachute Infantry battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, bows next to remains of Gulam Dostager, a member of Afghan Local Police who was killed in the blast of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) during the joint Tor Janda (Black Flag in Pashtu) operation, in Zahri district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan May 25, 2012. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: MILITARY CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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U.S. Army Captain Michael Kelvington, commander of the Battle company, 1-508 Parachute Infantry battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, bows next to remains of Gulam Dostager, a member of Afghan Local Police who was killed in the blast of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) during the joint Tor Janda (Black Flag in Pashtu) operation, in Zahri district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan May 25, 2012. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: MILITARY CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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FACTBOX: Australia's deadliest bushfires

SYDNEY | Thu Feb 12, 2009 4:00am EST

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's deadliest bushfires swept across the southern state of Victoria on February 7 fanned by strong winds and heatwave temperatures.

Here are the latest statistics:

* Death toll confirmed 181, but may rise to 200-300 as more bodies are uncovered from the charred remains of houses.

* Australia's worst natural disaster in 110 years.

* Area burned, 450,000 ha (1.1 million acres).

* Some 20 towns burned, some razed to the ground.

* 1,033 houses destroyed.

* 5,000 homeless.

* 21 fires still burning.

* More than 4,000 firefighters battling blazes.

* About 5,000 homes without power.

(Reporting by Michael Perry; Editing by Jeremy Laurence)
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