Taliban claims responsibility for attack on Indian mission in Kabul, toll rises to 17October 8th, 2009 KABUL - Taliban has reportedly claimed responsibility for the massive blast that occurred outside the heavily fortified walls of the Indian Embassy in Kabul on Thursday morning. According to reports, the death toll in the incident has risen to 17, which includes two police officers and 15 civilians.
Death toll in Somalia's twin suicide car bomb attack rises to 21September 18th, 2009 Death toll rises to 21 in Somalia suicide attackNAIROBI, Kenya — The death toll from twin suicide car bombings at the African Union's main peacekeeping base in Somalia rose to 21 Friday, including 17 peacekeepers, an AU spokesman said. It was the deadliest single attack on AU peacekeepers since they arrived in 2007.
Death toll from illegal coal mine blast in China rises to 42; 37 still trapped and feared deadSeptember 8th, 2009 China mine blast death toll hits 42; 37 trappedBEIJING — The death toll from an explosion at an illegal coal mine in central China rose to 42 Wednesday with another 37 men still trapped with little hope for survival. Elsewhere in the same province, Henan, 13 workers were killed in gold mine fire sparked by the severing of electrical wires in a cave-in, the Xinhua News Agency reported Wednesday.
Taiwan typhoon toll rises to 136August 19th, 2009 TAIPEI - The toll in typhoon Morakot that devastated the country Aug 7 has risen to 136 Wednesday, officials said. Six rescue workers were also killed during the relief work, emergency officials said.
Death toll in Kuwait wedding fire rises to 44August 16th, 2009 KUWAIT CITY - The death toll in a fire that broke out during a wedding ceremony in Kuwait has risen to 44, al-Arabiya news channel reported Sunday. Some of the deaths were believed to have resulted because of a stampede that followed the fire in a women's tent at the wedding in the Ayoun area of Jahra, west of Kuwait City, Saturday night.
Xijiang riot suspects trials to be held next monthJuly 31st, 2009 BEIJING - The trials of suspects involved in the deadly July 5 riot in Urumqi are expected to start the middle of August, a source told the China Daily Thursday. The Urumqi Intermediate People's Court has been preparing for the hearings, according to the source.
Death toll in riot-rocked western China raised to 184; reports say most were Han ChineseJuly 11th, 2009 China raises death toll from ethnic riots to 184URUMQI, China — The Chinese government on Saturday raised the death toll from the communal rioting in western Xinjiang to 184 and issued the first ethnic breakdown of the dead, showing that most of those killed were from China's Han majority. The official Xinhua News Agency, citing provincial officials, said 137 victims in the riot were Han while 46 were mainly Muslim Uighurs and one was a Hui, another Muslim group.
Urumqi riots toll rises to 184July 11th, 2009 URUMQI - The death toll in the riots in China's Urumqi city has risen to 184, authorities said Saturday. The dead comprise 137 people from the Han community, including 26 women.
China riots: 140 killed, 816 injured (Update-China)July 6th, 2009 BEIJING - At least 140 people have been killed in China's northwestern region of Xinjiang in what has been described by the government as the area's worst case of ethnic unrest in years. Hundreds of rioters have been arrested, the official Xinhua news agency reported, after rock-throwing Uighurs took to the streets of the regional capital on Sunday, some burning and smashing vehicles and confronting ranks of anti-riot police.
China riot death toll crosses 100 mark, 800 injuredJuly 6th, 2009 BEIJING - Over 100 people have been killed and 800 injured in riots that broke out Sunday in Xinjiang province in western China. nitial reports said that just four people had been killed in running battles with police that left burned-out cars and buses and several smashed shop-fronts, but according to The Telegraph, the death toll is far higher.
Death toll in China riots rises to 156July 6th, 2009 URUMQI - The death toll in the ethnic clashes between minority Uyghurs and members of Han community in northwestern China's Xinjiang province has risen to 156, authorities said early Tuesday. The dead include 129 men and 27 women, Li Yi, head of the publicity department of Xinjiang regional committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), said Tuesday morning.
China says bus fire that killed 27 people was deliberately set by man intent on suicideJuly 3rd, 2009 China says deadly bus fire was deliberately setBEIJING — A Chinese bus fire that killed 27 people and injured dozens last month was deliberately set by a man who committed suicide, state media said Friday. The air-conditioned bus caught fire during the morning rush hour in the southwestern city of Chengdu and was destroyed within minutes.
China bus fire toll rises to 27June 7th, 2009 CHENGDU - The toll in a bus fire accident in China Sunday rose to 27 after two more passengers succumbed to their injuries, an official said. The two victims had received severe burn injuries after the bus in which they were travelling caught fire in southwest China Friday.
Death toll rises to 25 in southwestern China bus fire; cause of blaze still unclearJune 5th, 2009 Toll rises to 25 in southwest China bus fireBEIJING — A fire aboard a public bus killed 25 people and left dozens hospitalized Friday morning in southwestern China, state media reported. The cause of the blaze in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province, remained under investigation, according to a report on a Web site run by the provincial government's propaganda department.
Death toll in Chinese mine blast rises to 30May 31st, 2009 CHONGQING - The death toll from a gas explosion at a coal mine in China's southwesten Chongqing region rose to 30 as rescuers recovered five more bodies, authorities said Sunday. The accident occurred at 11 a.m.
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