(7/05)

BEIJING (Reuters) - At least 59 Chinese miners were killed and 24 left missing underground on Monday after a gas blast, state media said, one of the worst disasters this year in China's deadly coal industry.

(2/05)

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Fifty-nine people died and more than 200 were injured on Monday when a faulty electrical heater started a blaze in a Tehran mosque crowded with worshippers for a major Shi'ite Muslim festival, Iranian state media reported.

(10/02)

HO CHI MINH CITY (Reuters) - At least 59 people, including four foreigners, were killed when a fire engulfed a commercial building in Ho Chi Minh City, and the toll was expected to rise, media and officials said on Wednesday.

(10/00)

PAROS, Greece (AP) -- A Greek ferry struck a patch of rocks in the Aegean Sea and sank, killing at least 59 of the more than 500 people aboard. Many of the victims panicked and jumped off the boat, rescue officials said.

(9/00)

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - At least 59 people have died and tens of thousands have been marooned in floods in the eastern state of West Bengal, the United News of India said Thursday.