Death toll in Chinese mine blast rises to 30

October 10th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The death toll of the Khyber Bazaar suicide blast in the northwest Pakistani city of Peshawar has reached 52 while a large number of victims are still under treatment in various hospitals, a local TV channel reported Saturday. The authorities feared increase in the toll, the private TV GEO News reported.

October 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.

October 1st, 2009 UN: Indonesia death toll rises to 1,100UNITED NATIONS — The U.N.'s humanitarian chief said Thursday the powerful earthquakes that struck Indonesia have killed at least 1,100 people. John Holmes said the latest figures "suggest the death toll has risen already to 1,100" and that there are "many hundreds of injured people as well" because of Wednesday's 7.6-magnitude earthquake, which originated in the sea off Sumatra island.

September 10th, 2009 PINGDINGSHAN - The toll in a coalmine gas explosion in China's Henan province has risen to 44 with 35 miners still trapped underground, authorities said Thursday. The blast had taken place at about 1 a.m.

September 9th, 2009 China mine death tolls hits 56; 36 trappedBEIJING — More than 20 officials and mine managers have been fired, suspended or arrested after accidents in two mines in a central Chinese province left 56 dead and another 36 missing with little hope of survival. Eight officials at a gold mine that caught fire and 13 with an illegal coal mine that suffered an explosion earlier this week are being held responsible for the disasters, the official Xinhua News Agency reported late Wednesday.

September 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.

July 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.

July 2nd, 2009 Italy's train derailment death toll rises to 19ROME — Italian officials say the death toll from a train explosion in Tuscany has risen to 19, with 25 people injured. Premier Silvio Berlusconi says 11 of the injured are in very serious condition.

June 17th, 2009 JAKARTA - The toll in a coalmine explosion in Indonesia has risen to 28 Wednesday, with 12 miners still trapped and feared dead, officials said. Rescuers pulled more bodies from the West Sumatra mine, which collapsed after an explosion of methane gas Tuesday, said Adri Chandra of the provincial crisis centre.

June 17th, 2009 Death toll from mine blast in Indonesia reaches 17JAKARTA, Indonesia — An explosion ripped through a coal mine in western Indonesia, killing at least 17 people and burying 23 others who were feared dead, officials said Wednesday. Dozens of rescuers tried to reach the trapped men after the Tuesday morning blast, but rock slides and a mix of gas and coal debris forced them to resurface after four hours of digging, district police Chief Yasman Esha in West Sumatra province said by phone from the scene.

June 17th, 2009 Death toll from mine blast in Indonesia reaches 31JAKARTA, Indonesia — The death toll from an explosion at a coal mine believed triggered by a gas leak rose to 31 after rescuers unearthed more bodies Wednesday, officials said. Rescuers pulled out 14 burned bodies from narrow paths inside the 300-foot (100-meter) -deep mine on Wednesday and were searching for one more miner thought to be buried inside, said local police Chief Yasman Esha.

June 17th, 2009 JAKARTA - The toll in a coal mine blast in Indonesia reached 32 Wednesday, with one miner still trapped in a 150-metre shaft and feared dead, officials said. On Wednesday afternoon, rescuers pulled four more bodies from the West Sumatra mine, which collapsed after an explosion of methane gas the previous day, said Rustam Pakaya, head of the health ministry's crisis centre in Jakarta.

June 17th, 2009 Death toll from mine blast in Indonesia reaches 28JAKARTA, Indonesia — An explosion ripped through a coal mine in western Indonesia, killing at least 28 people and burying 12 others who were feared dead, officials said Wednesday. Dozens of rescuers tried to reach the trapped men after the Tuesday morning blast, but rock slides and a mix of gas and coal debris forced them to resurface after four hours of digging, district police Chief Yasman Esha in West Sumatra province said by phone from the scene.

February 22nd, 2009 TAIYUAN - The toll in China's deadly coalmine blast early Sunday has risen to 73, officials said. Earlier reports said 44 workers were killed and many more remained trapped following the blast at a coalmine in China's northern Shanxi Province.

February 22nd, 2009 TAIYUAN - At least 11 miners were killed and 96 trapped in a coal mine following a gas explosion in northern China Sunday, officials said. The blast occurred at 2 a.m.