61.   The casualty count has led to some tense exchanges.

62.   The casualty count is preliminary because the association has heard from fewer than one-half its local branches.

63.   The casualty count is expected to rise as more victims are found.

64.   The casualty count was expected to climb.

65.   The casualty count was unknown, Ms. Mehic said.

66.   The group said the casualties count was expected to rise.

67.   The guerrillas usually seize guns and ammunition after overrunning government positions, and take their own dead with them or bury them, making casualty counts difficult.

68.   The injury toll was among the heaviest one-day casualty counts of the year.

69.   The rebels have not released a casualty count.

70.   The region of southern Russia supports Chechnya in the conflict, and casualty counts could not be independently verified.