Even though American casualties continued to rise, stories about Iraq dropped off the evening news and the front pages.

As the hurricane slowly cut a path inland, its casualties continued to rise.

Nevertheless, casualties continued to be inflicted in a conflict which according to available figures had caused about 700 deaths by the end of June.

American casualties continued to mount while the heavy costs fed inflation at home and drained money from domestic programs.

Because some of the bomblets fail to explode on impact, the casualties continue to mount long after the fighting stops.

Heavy casualties continued to mount for the ambushed column.

Russian soldiers have made inroads, but still do not control the center of the capital, Grozny, while the casualties continue to rise.

Its timely international casualty reports, however, continue to be one of the paper's most important features, and are updated frequently in the Internet edition.

The most recent losses served to illustrate, he said, that the "casualties of the war continue to be legion."

Meanwhile, half a world away, American casualties continue to mount in the killing fields of Iraq.