11.   The actual number of acid attacks on woman are difficult to document because many cases go unreported for fear of reprisal.

12.   The group volunteered to help them after seeing a television report on acid attacks.

13.   The group volunteered to help the them after seeing a Television report on acid attacks.

14.   Their acid attacks -- a one-two punch that pummeled the airways earlier this week -- have caused a stir in the American melting pot.

15.   The wife of a former prime minister was burned in an acid attack at a temple in her native village, police said Thursday.

16.   Indian federal detectives have on hand at least four cases registered against Jayalalitha, including an acid attack on a woman bureaucrat which left the officer badly disfigured.

17.   Although there are no current figures on the number of women injured in acid attacks, the authorities have ordered the police to compile a nationwide register of victims.

18.   Bangladesh is to adopt a tough new law to punish those responsible for hundreds of acid attacks every year that often leave their mainly female victims scarred for life.

19.   Bangladeshi men who maim and burn young women in brutal acid attacks should face the death penalty, Home Affairs Minister Rafiqul Islam was quoted as saying Monday.

20.   The police have been accused of sluggishness in tracking down perpetrators of acid attacks and some assailants have gone free on bail soon after their arrest.