(11/06)

HERAT, Afghanistan (Reuters) - At least 56 people have been killed and scores more are missing after severe flooding in northwestern Afghanistan this week, and NATO airlifted emergency aid on Saturday, officials said.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Police in Baghdad found 56 bodies and a severed head over the past 24 hours in various parts of the capital, the highest daily figure since the end of Ramadan, an Interior Ministry source said on Friday.

(9/05)

BEIJING (Reuters) - A typhoon has killed up to 56 people in eastern China after unleashing torrential rains and triggering floods and landslides, state media said on Sunday.

(7/05)

On Thursday 7 July 2005 a series of four bomb attacks struck London's public transport system during the morning rush hour. At 8:50 a.m., three bombs exploded within 50 seconds of each other on three London Underground trains. A fourth bomb exploded on a bus at 9:47 a.m. in Tavistock Square. Fifty-six people were killed in the attacks, including the four suspected bombers.

(5/04)

NYALA, Sudan (Reuters) - Arab militiamen killed at least 56 people in a raid in western Sudan, villagers said on Sunday, just days after the government declared the troubled region was stable.

(6/02)

AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) - At least 56 people have been killed and thousands evacuated in India's western Gujarat state after four days of storms and monsoon rains, officials said on Saturday.

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Fireworks site explosion kills 56 in Mexico // CELAYA, Mexico (AP) -- The security guard had just dragged two women from the wreckage of a mammoth fireworks explosion when a second blast catapulted him into the asphalt 20 feet away.