Death toll from Nepal's earthquakes rises to 8,583

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Kathmandu, Rajab 29, 1436, May 18, 2015, SPA -- The death toll from Nepal's earthquakes reached 8,583 on Monday, making it the worst natural disaster in the country's history, dpa cited police as saying. The 7.8-magnitude quake on April 25 killed 8,442 people, while the one in May 12 killed 141. Taken together, it is the deadliest toll since a 1934 earthquake that killed 8,500. Police records say that a total of 79 foreigners have died in the earthquakes and 112 remain out of contact, while 99 were rescued. --SPA 15:56 LOCAL TIME 12:56 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w

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