- (AFP) -- The powerful car-bomb on the Indonesian island
of Bali killed more than 180 people and left hundreds more wounded.
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- The following countries have reported nationals to be
either dead, wounded or missing. Many of those unaccounted for are not
necessarily victims of the blast but have not been located yet by their
families or governments:
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- AUSTRALIA: 14 Australians have been confirmed dead but
Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said today that the final
toll would be "very much higher". More than 200 Australians were
injured. The foreign ministry said some 200 Australians remained unaccounted
for, but it expected some of them to turn up as travellers contacted their
families.
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- BRITAIN: 33 Britons are believed to have been killed
in the attack, British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said today. Straw told
reporters in London "we are as certain as we can be" that 18
Britons were among the dead and 15 Britons still missing were also believed
to have been killed.
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- CANADA: A Canadian national is being treated for burns
at Singapore General Hospital, a hospital spokeswoman said.
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- DENMARK: Three Danish women aged between 18 and 21 are
missing following the blast, the Danish ambassador to Jakarta told the
Ritzau news agency today. Two Danes were injured but were out of danger,
Gert Aagard Andersen said.
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- ECUADOR: An Ecuadorian was among the dead, according
to Ketut Semara Jaya, an Indonesian doctor in Bali tasked with identifying
the victims.
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- FRANCE: French officials said today they were trying
to confirm whether a French national was among the dead. Of the five French
citizens wounded, three were evacuated to Singapore in serious condition,
foreign ministry spokesman Francois Rivasseau said.
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- GERMANY: A German woman was among the dead, 10 Germans
were wounded and 12 were missing, according to the German foreign ministry.
Of the injured, four have been released from the hospital and the remaining
six were in Australia or on their way there for treatment, a ministry spokesman
said.
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- GREECE: The Greek foreign ministry said one Greek national
was wounded and another was reported missing.
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- HONG KONG: Ten members of a Hong Kong rugby tour have
been missing since the blast, the Hong Kong Football Club, said in a statement
Monday. Seven Britons, one American and a German were unaccounted for,
their club said. The 10th missing member of the tour party, Briton Charles
Vanrenen, 26, was believed to be on his way to Australia for treatment.
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- INDONESIA: Nine Indonesians have been confirmed dead
but the figure is expected to rise significantly with the identification
of more of the victims. Nearly 200 Indonesians were injured in the blast,
Indonesian officials said.
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- ITALY: The Italian foreign ministry said six Italians
were slightly injured in the blasts. They were treated in hospital and
released.
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- JAPAN: Seven Japanese women were injured, according to
the foreign ministry in Tokyo, including two sisters suffering from severe
burns who were evacuated to Singapore on Monday.
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- NETHERLANDS: A Dutch man is missing following the blast,
according to the Dutch news agency ANP. Ketut Semara Jaya, an Indonesian
doctor in Bali tasked with identifying the victims, said a Dutch national
was among the dead.
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- NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand foreign ministry spokesman Brad
Tattersfield said 12 New Zealanders had been reported injured in the blasts,
with eight requiring hospital treatment. Two had been seriously burnt.
The ministry said it is trying to account for 195 New Zealanders. The missing
were not necessarily victims, said Tattersfield, but "people that
family members have told us are in Bali at the moment".
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- SOUTH AFRICA: One South African national was seriously
wounded and two others are missing, the South African foreign ministry
said.
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- SOUTH KOREA: A pair of South Korean sisters, Moon Eun-young,
31, and Moon Eun-Jong, 29, are believed to have visited the club where
the blast occurred and are listed as missing, the foreign ministry in Seoul
said.
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- SWEDEN: 10 Swedes are missing and three young Swedish
women were wounded in the attack, the Swedish foreign ministry said today.
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- SWITZERLAND: A Swiss woman was killed and another five
Swiss citizens were injured in the explosion, the Swiss foreign ministry
said. Two of the injured were in critical condition.
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- TAIWAN: A Taiwanese woman, Kuo Hui-min, 23, accompaning
a rugby team in Bali for a tournament, is missing along with four members
of the team, according to Glory Travel Service Co. Ltd which arranged their
trip.
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- UNITED STATES: Two Americans were killed and three wounded
in the blasts, according to a State Department official.
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