Asia The confirmed number of people killed in the massive earthquake and tidal waves that struck Indian Ocean shorelines at the weekend passed 60,000, amid warnings the true toll could be far higher. Indonesia A desperate fight for life was under way in Indonesia as survivors of a gigantic earthquake and tidal waves scrabbled for food among mud and corpses while the death toll shot past 30,000. SriLanka Sri Lanka pressed its entire public service and the military into an unprecedented relief operation as it grappled with the magnitude of cleaning up after its worst disaster. India Relief workers raced to bury decaying corpses amid fears of disease as the death toll in India from towering tidal waves that crashed into shorelines climbed above 9,000, and kept rising. Thailand Western holidaymakers -- especially Scandinavians -- bore the brunt of deadly tidal waves that hit Thailand, officials said, as rescuers continued the horrific task of retrieving and identifying corpses. US The United States pledged another 20 million dollars for victims of the Asian tsunami disaster, more than doubling its aid, while sharply rebuffing a suggestion it was "stingy." Iraq Thirty people were killed when a house used by suspected insurgents blew up during a police raid in the latest calamity to befall Iraqi security forces. Saudi A suspected terrorist and a civilian were killed during a shootout between Saudi security forces and armed men in Riyadh, in the latest violence to hit the oil-rich kingdom, the interior ministry said. Ukraine The winner of Ukraine's rerun presidential vote, Viktor Yushchenko, struck a fresh blow against his electoral rival Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich after his supporters scuttled a planned cabinet meeting. US American feminist author Susan Sontag has died at age 71 following a long struggle against cancer.