Toll hit&#39;s 26,000, 8 Americans dead
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The human toll from the earthquake-spawned tsunamis that swamped an epic swath of South Asia climbed to 26,000 dead yesterday, and with tens of thousands still missing is bound to soar even higher.
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The death toll from last week&#39;s coal mine accident has increased to 122, with 26 people still missing, according to State Supervision Administration of Working Safety.
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It now seems clear that nearly 27,000 people have died in the tsunami waves that hit coastlines in South and South East Asia on Sunday morning.
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The U.S. military death toll in Iraq rose by at least three Monday and the November total is approaching the highest for any month since the American-led invasion was launched in March 2003.
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FALLUJAH: The US toll in the fight for Fallujah rose to 22 after it ran into pockets of fierce resistance yesterday as aid agencies pressed for access to the Iraqi city to take food and water to civilians trapped inside.
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More than 8,000 others were wounded in the last two years, an American general said.
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American casualties in Iraq are mounting as the US-led offensive in Fallujah unfolds. Monday&#39;s death toll of 11 was among the highest for
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Thirty-one U.S. troops died in a  helicopter crash in Iraq and six more were killed in insurgent  attacks on the deadliest day for American forces since they  invaded the country 22 months ago.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia - The death toll from the massive tsunami that devastated the coastlines of Southeast Asia and Eastern Africa climbed to 52,000 Tuesday, as Indonesia (search) raised the number of dead in that country alone to 27,000.
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The number of Americans known to have been killed in the devastating tsunami has risen to 11 and hundreds remain unaccounted for, Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Tuesday, as the death toll across Asia approached 40,000 people
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The American military today revised the casualty toll at a military base in Mosul, saying 22 people were killed, including 18 Americans, and 72 were wounded, when
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Floods and landslides caused by heavy  rains killed at least 26 people in the northern and central  Philippines, disaster officials said on Tuesday, a week after  storms left about 160 dead or missing.
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Eight Americans are confirmed dead  and hundreds are not yet accounted for after a devastating  tsunami that killed more than 22,700 people across Asia,  Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Monday.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Indonesia's death toll  from the weekend's tsunami soared past 27,000 on Wednesday, but  was expected to climb higher with many bodies still buried  under mud and rubble.
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WASHINGTON At least three Americans are among the more than 13-thousand people killed in Sunday&#39;s earthquake in Asia. A State Department spokesman says two died in Sri Lanka, a third in Thailand.
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Eight Marines were killed and nine others wounded west of the capital on Saturday when a suicide car bomb rammed into their convoy, military officials said, making it the deadliest day for the US forces in half a year.
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Indian Ocean nations from Indonesia to  Sri Lanka struggled on Tuesday to find and bury their dead and  help the survivors of a tsunami as fears grew the final toll  would far exceed the 26,000 people reported killed.