Five police killed in Maoist attack in central India
New Delhi - At least five policemen were killed and six injured Thursday in a landmine blast triggered by suspected Maoist rebels in the central Indian state Chhattisgarh, a news report said. The incident occurred in a hamlet in the southern Surguja ...
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10 killed as bus plunges into river in northern India
New Delhi - At least 10 people were killed and another 10 are missing after a bus plunged into a river in India's northern state of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, a news report said. More than 20 were injured in the accident when the bus skidded off ...
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Floods displace thousands in central Bangladesh
Dhaka - Floods in northern and central Bangladesh displaced thousands of families Thursday as rescuers braced for another day of heavy rains, officials said. A spokesperson for the Disaster Management Office said nearly 50,000 people were stranded on...
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Casualties mount in fighting in northern Sri Lanka
Colombo – Sri Lanka's military said it had killed 37 Tamil separatist rebels Thursday amid mounting casualties on both sides in fierce fighting in northern Sri Lanka. Both the military and the rebels said Thursday that heavy fighting had taken place ...
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India's flood-hit Bihar grapples with epidemic fears
New Delhi - As flood waters receded in India's eastern state of Bihar, authorities and the military Wednesday faced the challenge of warding off mass epidemics in inundated areas and relief camps, news reports and officials said. More than 115 people...
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