The Surge Races the Death Toll
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With casualties in Iraq hitting a record two-month high, the question is how long Americans' patience will last
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A survey of deaths in Iraqi households estimates that as many as 100,000 more people may have died throughout the country in the 18 months after the US invasion than would be expected based on the death rate before the war.
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The death toll from a deadly tsunami that devastated Thailand&#39;s southern tourist playground surged close to 400 as rescue workers worked overnight, retrieving bodies and searching for injured.
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Official death toll from week of violence reaches 486, the government says
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Death toll rises to 64 as opposition and media ridicule lack of disaster planning.
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Civilian deaths rose in August to their second-highest monthly level this year, according to figures compiled Saturday by The Associated Press. That raises questions about whether U.S. strategy is working days before Congress receives landmark reports that will decide the course of the war.
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The death toll from Sunday's quake disaster will rise yet further and may top 100,000, the Red Cross says.
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The number of people killed in the massive earthquake and tidal waves that hit Indian Ocean shorelines a week ago passed 144,000.
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Rescue workers pulled thousands more rotting corpses from the mud and debris of flattened towns along the Sumatran coast Saturday, two weeks after surging walls of water caused unprecedented destruction on the shores of the Indian Ocean. The death toll in 11 countries passed 150,000.
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The international Red Cross said Wednesday that the death toll from this week's earthquake and tsunamis in the Indian Ocean could rise to more than 100,000.
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WASHINGTONâThe American death toll in Iraq topped 1,000 yesterday, a grim yardstick that could refocus attention on the war and puncture some of the upsurge in support for the invasion which US President George W. Bush built after last week&#39;s Republican
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Latest fatalities raise the death toll of American soldiers this month to 68.
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Â·  Chaos as rescue teams rush to save villagers Â·  More than sixty now dead despite mass evacuation
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The death toll from the Asian tsunami soared towards the 100,000 mark today as officials feared the number of British victims could rise steeply.
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BAGHDAD: The local officials said the death toll from this month&#39;s massive anti-insurgent operation in Fallujah was more than 2,000.
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People in many places had to fend for themselves as the toll from "an unprecedented global catastrophe" surged past 120,000.
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At least 23 people were killed in a series of attack launched by the insurgents in Iraq. This brought the total death toll from three days of violence to more than 70.