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(11/06)

TEHRAN (Reuters) - An Iranian military aircraft crashed at a Tehran airport on Monday, killing at least 37 people, state-run television reported, the latest in a string of aviation disasters to hit the Islamic Republic.


(7/06)

KABUL (Reuters) - Blasts hit two buses taking Afghan government workers to their ministries in Kabul on Wednesday killing one person and wounding 45, while about 35 Taliban and a British soldier were killed in clashes in the south.


(6/06)

COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's military said around 37 people were killed in a sea and land battle with Tamil Tiger rebels on Saturday, and three suspected rebels in diving gear were seized at a beach near the capital's airport.


(3/06)

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's security minister, a Shi'ite political ally of Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari, accused U.S. and Iraqi troops on Monday of killing 37 unarmed people in an attack on a mosque complex a day earlier.


(5/05)

LIMA, Peru (Reuters) - Thirty-seven people died and 17 were injured when a bus plunged into a gorge in Peru's central Andes, the government said on Sunday.


(1/05)

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Thirty-one U.S. troops died in a helicopter crash in Iraq and six more were killed in insurgent attacks on Wednesday, the deadliest day for American forces since they invaded the country 22 months ago.


(8/04)

MADRID (Reuters) - Four sub-Saharan Africans trying to immigrate illegally drowned 20 feet from shore Saturday at the same Spanish beach where 33 would-be immigrants died last week, state radio said.


(7/04)

LIMA, Peru (Reuters) - At least 37 people died on Friday when two Peruvian buses crashed head-on in thick fog in the town of Palpa, south of the capital, Lima, police said.


(6/04)

LAGOS (Reuters) - At least 37 people were killed in clashes between suspected Christians and Muslims in the northeast Nigerian state of Adamawa, the Red Cross said on Thursday.


(2/04)

BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese Lunar New Year lantern and fireworks display ended in disaster on Thursday when at least 37 people were crushed or trampled to death on a bridge packed with spectators, officials said.


(10/03)

KATHMANDU, Nepal (Reuters) - At least 37 people were killed when about 1,000 Maoist rebels tried to storm a police training center in western Nepal two days after ending a truce with the government, police said Monday.


(1/03)

BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil (Reuters) - Rescue workers on Saturday unearthed four more victims of mudslides in the central Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, bringing to 37 the number of people killed so far this week in heavy rainstorms, officials said.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The death toll from a New Year's Eve fireworks explosion in the Mexican port city of Veracruz rose to 37 on Wednesday as firefighters searched still-smoldering buildings, authorities said.


(10/02)

BOGOTA, Colombia (Reuters) - Violence in war-torn Colombia claimed the lives of 37 people on Sunday, including 29 leftist guerrillas killed in separate clashes with government troops, authorities said.


(5/01)

CARACAS, Venezuela -- Venezuela's consumer protection agency said 37 people have died since August in roll over accidents involving Ford Explorers, and announced it will recommend a nationwide ban on sales of the popular sport utility vehicle.

(AP) - A military plane carrying 37 people crashed Wednesday in southern Turkey, and a local official said there were no survivors. The cargo plane was carrying members of Turkey's Special Forces from the southern city of Malatya to the capital of Ankara when it crashed shortly after takeoff.


(3/00)

DUBA-YURT, Russia -- Chechen rebels ambushed a column of Russian Interior Ministry troops in the capital, Grozny, killing 37 soldiers and wounding 12 others, the military said today. The ambush Thursday was one of the largest rebel actions in Grozny since Russian forces claimed to have taken full control of the capital on Feb. 6 following months of shelling and street fighting.


(6/99)

The Indian military reported 31 militants and six Indian soldiers killed in ground fighting on the ninth day of a campaign that has intensified the longstanding hostility between the two nuclear powers.


(4/99)

LUCKNOW, India -- At least 37 people died and 12 were seriously injured in northern India when a train hit the crowded bus they were travelling in, a government official said on Wednesday.

LUANDA, Angola (AP) -- Gunmen ambushed two convoys of vehicles over the weekend, slaying at least 37 people and wounding 36 others, according to reports Monday. A 19-truck military convoy traveling along a coastal road 190 miles south of the capital, Luanda, was ambushed on Sunday by attackers believed to be UNITA rebels, the Roman Catholic radio station Eclesia reported, citing unidentified police sources.


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