(11/06)

BEIJING (Reuters) -- Gas explosions in two different regions of China have killed more than 50 coalminers, the Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday, the latest fatalities to hit the world's deadliest mining industry. An explosion on Saturday in a privately owned mine in Fuyuan, in the southwestern province of Yunnan, killed 32 men and injured 28, local officials told the news agency. Earlier that day, at least 21 died in a blast at the Yuanhua mine in Jixi, in the northeastern province of Heilongjiang.

(7/06)

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Israel blockaded Lebanese ports and struck Beirut airport and two military airbases on Thursday, expanding reprisals that have killed 53 civilians in Lebanon since Hizbollah captured two Israeli soldiers a day earlier.

(5/06)

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Hundreds of Taliban insurgents attacked a town in the southern Afghan province of Helmand, and 13 policemen and 40 Taliban were killed in hours of fighting, government officials said on Thursday.

(12/03)

LUCKNOW, India (Reuters) - A cold spell gripping northern India killed 29 people in the 24 hours to midday on Monday, officials said, as authorities set up shelters, handed out blankets and lit bonfires to help the homeless. The cold has killed 53 people since it began three days ago, while thick fog accompanying the chill has grounded flights and delayed trains across the region, stranding thousands of travelers.

(10/03)

LA PAZ, Bolivia (Reuters) - A popular revolt against Bolivia's president sparked more deadly street clashes on Tuesday, bringing the death toll to 53 in weeks of protests that are choking off food and fuel in the paralyzed capital.

(7/02)

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Police in Indonesia said on Tuesday that the manager of a karaoke bar on Sumatra island where fire killed 53 people had been detained for questioning and that they were hunting for the owner.

(7/00)

ROME (AP) -- Uniformed men killed 53 men, women and children in a village in the central African nation of Burundi when they refused to go to a government regroupment camp, an Italian-based missionary news service said Monday.

(6/00)

BEIJING (AP) -- One day after a ship jammed with farmers going to a local market capsized on the Yangtze River, Chinese officials remained unsure Friday how many people died. State media reported at least 53 dead or missing.