With fewer victims, crime will pay less.

The consequences would be considerable, more in terms of panic than in numbers of victims.

Many of the victims were civilians, a number of whom were children.

More than 6,500 fatalities will have occurred this year alone, topping last year s total, which was double that in 2007.

So, I am guessing the number of the dead could be more and many will suffer from the fire burn, she continued.

An end has come to the century's longest war in Africa, with the largest number of victims.

And the number of deaths is still disputed.

A great many mines had in fact been cleared, the number of victims had fallen significantly in some countries, and more attention was being paid to helping survivors.

Estimates place deaths in the Soviet Union at around 23 million, while China suffered about 10 million.

Alongside the mounting death toll, a massacre is being perpetrated against Syria's heritage.

The higher the death toll in Turkey's Kurdish areas, the greater the chance of attacks in Ankara or Istanbul.

The number of new victims has fallen significantly and more of those who have survived are receiving assistance.

Occasional violations of human rights by security personnel had been investigated, the offenders punished and the victims compensated.

Lung cancer takes more victims than breast cancer, prostate cancer and colon cancer together.

The city authorities at the time estimated no more than 25,000 victims, a figure which subsequent investigations, including one commissioned by the city council in 2010, support.

Indeed, since September 2001, the war on terror has claimed more innocent victims than those terrorist attacks.

The availability of small arms and light weapons stokes conflicts, causes a high number of casualties, complicates peacekeeping operations and hampers disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) and the peaceful settlement of disputes.

Circassian historians cite casualty figures that lie near the four million mark, while official Russian figures are near 300,000.

The total number of victims since 1990 is 2,919 318 in the current year, of whom 80 have died.

The number of deaths initially reported by the Chinese government was 655,000, but this number has since been stated to be around 240,000 to 255,000.

Medical officials say the death toll from an Israeli airstrike outside a United Nations school in the Gaza Strip has risen to 30.

In the wake of this concentrated activity, the number of trafficked victims has decreased substantially during 2004, according to Police estimates.

The reality was that the security situation of such personnel was steadily worsening and casualties among them were mounting.

Indeed, no one even knows how many civilian casualties there have been in ten years of war.

That plot, which could have claimed more victims than the 9 11 attacks, was foiled by the vigilance of the British intelligence authorities.

The rise in the number of casualties among humanitarian staff operating in conflict and post conflict situations was alarming.

Since establishing a satellite based early warning system for cyclones, for example, his Government had been able greatly to reduce the number of victims.

(i) Investigating all cases reported by victims, preventing further victimization and, in general, treating victims with respect

8. Encourages Governments, relevant United Nations bodies and other donors to take further action to promote gender and age appropriate mine awareness programmes, victim assistance and child centred rehabilitation, thereby reducing the number of child victims and relieving their plight

Victim assistance

Assistance to and protection of victims

VI. Treatment of victims

Victims' voices neglected

Assisting the victims

Treatment of victims

Victim assistance

Assisting the Victims

Protection of victims

Victim Identification The Royal Thai Police, in cooperation with the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security has developed criteria for victim identification which results in a victim identification form, to be used as a standard for victim identification among concerned agencies.

These last few days the sound of war is becoming louder.

Victims are located

Gravely concerned over the increased suffering and casualties on both the Palestinian and Israeli sides, the loss of confidence on both sides and the dire situation facing the Middle East peace process,

The very character of the war in Iraq has been transformed from a democratizing mission into a stabilizing mission high in casualties and in cost.

As of March 2001, 2,265 victims had been officially recognised as having Minamata disease (1,784 of whom had died) and over 10,000 had received financial compensation from Chisso.

It would also be useful to have information on the number of complaints of sexual harassment in schools, the procedures in place to address such complaints, and the measures taken to prevent the stigmatization of victims.