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Mon, Sep 17, 2001 - Page 4 News List

Countries tally the body count of their citizens

INTERNATIONAL HORROR So far just a fraction of the bodies of the estimated 5,000 people have been recovered, leaving families around the world clinging to the very thin hope that those missing might yet be found alive

AFP , NEW YORK

South Korea said 19 of its nationals were missing.

Thailand has said two Thais working at the trade center are missing.

EUROPE

Belgium said 60 of its nationals present in New York at the time of the attack were still missing.

Britain said nearly 100 of its citizens were confirmed dead. Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said Thursday that "the total number of British deaths is unlikely to be less than the middle hundreds and maybe higher."

Denmark's foreign ministry said around 20 of its nationals were unaccounted for while Finland said it was trying to track down 17 nationals unaccounted for.

Germany has compiled a provisional list of more than 700 nationals missing, but a foreign ministry spokesman said the actual number was much lower.

Ireland said four Irish citizens have been confirmed dead.

Italy said between 60 and 70 Italians were missing.

Portugal said five Portuguese were believed to have died in the trade center.

Spain said it was without news of nine of its citizens, but declined to describe them as officially missing.

Sweden said one of its citizens was missing.

Switzerland said four of its citizens were killed: two on board one of the planes that smashed into the trade center, and two who were in the towers. Another two who were in the vicinity were missing.

Turkey said 215 Turks were missing of the 500 or so of its nationals who worked in the trade center.

LATIN AMERICA

Argentina said five of its nationals were missing.

Brazil said 26 of its nationals were missing.

Chile said three of its nationals were feared dead, although more than 250 missing have been reported by relatives.

Colombia's Red Cross said 199 people were reported missing, including 17 who worked in the twin towers. Two Colombians were aboard one of the four hijacked planes.

The Dominican Republic said one citizen was found dead and seven are missing.

Ecuador listed 37 nationals as missing.

El Salvador said one of its citizens died on one of the four hijacked planes and 72 others were missing.

Paraguay said one citizen was missing.

Peru said that one of its citizens was found dead, with five missing.

Venezuela reported two men and a woman missing. They worked for Chase Manhattan Bank and Eurobrokers International.

Uruguay's former cycling champion Alberto Dominguez, 65, was on one of the American Airlines flights that crashed into the twin towers.

NORTH AMERICA

Canada said three of its nationals were confirmed dead and between 50 and 100 others were still missing.

Mexico was missing 19 nationals in the attacks on the trade center. Its consul in New York said 150 Mexicans worked in the center.

However, Tepayac, a network of Mexican community organizations, said as many as 500 Mexicans are feared dead in the collapsed towers.

MIDDLE EAST

Egypt said one of its nationals was confirmed dead and at least three others were missing.

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