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(11/06)

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Militia attacks on refugee camps in Sudan's Darfur region this week killed scores of civilians including 27 children under the age of 12, the United Nations said on Thursday, condemning the raids.


(3/06)

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Heavy fighting between rival Somali militia linked to Islamic courts and a new "anti-terror" alliance has killed about 90 people in the last three days in the capital, Mogadishu, residents and local radio said on Friday.


(6/04)

TEHRAN (Reuters) - A gasoline truck exploded after smashing into a bus in southeast Iran late Thursday, killing 90 people and injuring more than 100, officials said Friday.


(2/04)

BEIJING (Reuters) - Twin fires killed more than 90 people in two Chinese cities on Sunday; one swept through a temple full of pilgrims, the other hit a crowded shopping mall where panicky shoppers jumped from windows to escape the blaze.


(8/03)

KABUL (Reuters) - Taliban militants killed 10 policemen, including a police chief, in a province south of Kabul in the latest incident in a spate of violence that has claimed more than 90 lives in the past week, officials said on Tuesday.


(2/03)

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand burned six tons of illegal narcotics Wednesday as part of an anti-drugs crusade that has already led to almost 90 killings and raised fears of human rights violations by over-zealous authorities.


(5/02)

(AP) - Security forces killed at least 90 Maoist guerrillas in western Nepal overnight, the government said Friday, days before the prime minister visits Washington to seek help in fighting the rebels.


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