11.   In scorching temperatures, reporters taken to the site in Baghdad saw the inspectors squatting in the shade of trees and fences outside a Republican Guard installation.

12.   Such scorching temperatures are common for mid-summer in this desert Gulf state, but not for early June.

13.   The blazes broke out during a second day of scorching temperatures across Southern California.

14.   The prospect of scorching temperatures moving into the Midwest sent grain and soybean futures prices sharply higher Friday at the Chicago Board of Trade.

15.   Voters traveling by bicycle, ox cart and rickshaw braved scorching temperatures to vote.

16.   Vegetable prices soar due to scorching temperatures, NEW STRAITS TIMES-

17.   Fires fanned by swirling winds and fuelled by scorching temperatures, closed roads, highways and rail lines, turning Christmas Day celebrations into a disaster for many Australians.

18.   In eastern Australia firefighters battled to contain scores of bush fires fanned by swirling winds and scorching temperatures as parts of Europe were suffering record cold temperatures.

19.   Large swathes of northern India have also been reeling under scorching daytime temperatures but have not been as badly affected as the southern part of the country.