(11/06)

RAMADI, Iraq (Reuters) - The head of a tribal council in Iraq's western province of Anbar said on Sunday that tribesmen had killed 55 al Qaeda fighters in a battle on Saturday, but the U.S. military could not confirm the figures.

KAMPALA (Reuters) - The Ugandan army used "indiscriminate and excessive" force while disarming bandits in a lawless northeastern region, killing 55 civilians including women and children, the U.N. said on Friday.

(10/06)

KABUL (Reuters) - NATO and Afghan forces, backed by warplanes, have killed about 55 insurgents in heavy fighting in southern Uruzgan province, the alliance said.

(8/06)

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Israeli attacks killed at least 55 people in Lebanon on Monday and a U.N. Security Council vote on a resolution to end the 27-day-old conflict was delayed after Arab nations objected to the draft.

(2/06)

RAIPUR, India (Reuters) - Maoist rebels set off a land mine under a truck on Tuesday in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh, killing 55 people and wounding at least 20 who belonged to a government-backed anti-Maoist group, police said.

(7/05)

MALABO (Reuters) - A Russian-made plane carrying 55 people crashed shortly after takeoff in Equatorial Guinea on Saturday and those on board were all feared dead, government officials said.

(6/05)

DUEKOUE, Ivory Coast (Reuters) - Thousands of people fled a town in western Ivory Coast on Thursday after at least 55 people were killed in a massacre and revenge slayings that have inflamed tribal rivalries in the tinderbox region.

(2/05)

BOGOTA, Colombia (Reuters) - Flooding and mudslides in northeastern Colombia killed at least 55 people including children over the last week, the Red Cross said on Thursday.

(9/04)

BEIJING (Reuters) - Floods and landslides have killed 55 people in southwest China in the past four days, washing away homes and roads, knocking down power lines and leaving at least one city cut off, state media said on Monday.

(6/02)

KATHMANDU (Reuters) - At least 51 Maoist guerrillas and four Nepali soldiers were killed in a fierce battle after the militants ambushed a remote army post in the country's western rebel heartland, officials said on Friday. More than 500 rebels, fighting to topple the constitutional monarchy, stormed the army camp at Damachour in Sallyan district, 250 miles west of the capital, Kathmandu, late on Wednesday. The battle raged until Thursday evening.

(5/02)

TUNIS, Tunisia (Reuters) - An EgyptAir plane with 55 passengers and crew on board crashed Tuesday as it was attempting to land at Tunis airport and at least 15 people were confirmed dead, airport and government officials said.

(2/02)

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- Gangs of youths armed with machetes, swords, and bows and arrows took to the streets of Lagos Monday in a third day of ethnic bloodletting in Nigeria's commercial capital. At least 55 people have been killed.

(7/00)

PATNA, India (Reuters) - A Boeing 737-200 crashed into a public housing neighborhood and burst into flames in eastern India on Monday, killing 55 people and triggering a debate over the use of aging aircraft.

(5/00)

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) -- Police and firemen wearing protective clothing today dug up at least 55 bodies from a garage at a house that had been rented by one of the leaders of a doomsday cult already being blamed for 924 deaths.