21.   Scores of people died when Russian troops stormed a hospital in the southern city of Budyonnovsk where Chechen gunmen were holding hundreds of hostages.

22.   Scores died in heavy combat, especially at the Mokanyane military barracks outside the capital Maseru.

23.   Scores died in the icy water.

24.   Scores of people die each year during the Russian winter as a result of hypothermia and drunkenness, which leaves them incapable of seeking shelter from the cold.

25.   Scores died in the initial attack and dozens more when Russian troops twice tried to storm the hospital.

26.   Scores died in the initial attack and scores more when Russian troops twice tried to storm the hospital.

27.   Scores more died or were wounded when Russian troops tried to storm the hospital Saturday.

28.   Scores of people died in suburbs of Pietermaritzburg when flood waters swept away squatter camps.

29.   Scores of people died when Russian troops bungled an attempt to free hundreds of hostages being held by Chechen gunmen in a city hospital.

30.   Scores of people died when Russian troops stormed a hospital in the southern city of Budyonnovsk earlier this month where Chechen gunmen were holding hundreds of hostages.