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> DOHA, Qatar - A top Qatari official involved in the country's World Cup organization has put the number of worker deaths for the tournament "Between 400 and 500" for the first time, a drastically higher number than any other previously offered by Doha.

> In the interview, portions of which Morgan posted online, the British journalist asks al-Thawadi: "What is the honest, realistic total do you think of migrant workers who died from - as a result of work they're doing for the World Cup in totality?".

> Al-Thawadi's comment also renews questions on the veracity of both government and private business reporting on worker injuries and deaths across the Gulf Arab states, whose skyscrapers have been built by laborers from South Asia nations like India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

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