11.   Israel mourned its dead Monday, burying mostly young soldiers as grief mingled with anger at the rising toll from suicide bombings by Islamic extremists.

12.   The rising toll from fires has become a national embarrassment for China.

13.   The symbolic funeral procession organized by the government was designed to draw attention to the rising toll Iraq says U.N. sanctions are taking on its people.

14.   Thousands of taxi and bus drivers turned off their engines Tuesday and marched against roads conditions and rising tolls, paralyzing transportation in key cities.

15.   Anxious friends and relatives descended on hospitals after hearing of the rising toll.

16.   The rising toll stretches back over the years.

17.   Police and firefighters disclosed the rising toll number, though there was no official provisional report on the number of dead or injured.