21.   Both countries claim to have killed tens of thousands of enemy troops, while refusing to disclose figures of casualties inflicted on its own forces.

22.   Both sides are in their fifth week of talks to end the war, which has killed tens of thousands of people and left scores more maimed for life.

23.   Both sides claim to have killed tens of thousands of enemy soldiers since the war started last May.

24.   Deeply feared, the rebels raped, maimed, abducted and killed tens of thousands of people.

25.   During eight years of fighting, rebel forces led by Foday Sankoh have killed tens of thousands of civilians and systematically maimed many more, including women and children.

26.   During brutal infighting, they killed tens of thousands of people.

27.   During the civil war in Sierra Leone, RUF rebels were responsible for killing tens of thousands of civilians and maiming many more.

28.   Eighty years ago, the Spanish Flu virus killed tens of millions before it disappeared.

29.   Fighting, famine and disease killed tens of thousands of people.

30.   He has commanded the Serb shelling of Sarajevo and other besieged towns, and his troops have killed tens of thousands of people and left thousands more refugees.