World News and Trends: War takes 18 million lives since 1945

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War takes 18 million lives since 1945

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According to the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies, nearly 18 million people have been killed in wars and other armed conflicts since the close of World War II. Parts of Africa and Asia have accounted for more than 15 million of these war fatalities. (Source: The Times [London].)