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India monsoon floods 'kill more than 300'
BBC:- At least 324 people have been killed in flooding in the southern Indian state of Kerala, the regional chief minister says. Rescuers are battling torrential rains to save residents, with more than 200,000 people left homeless in...
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At least 22 dead, majority children, as boat sinks in Sudan
Sky News:- At least 23 people, the majority of whom are children, have died after a boat sank in the River Nile in Sudan. The boat was carrying more than 40 pupils on their way to school in the north of the country, before suffering a...
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Woman gets 'second chance' with face transplant
Sky News:- A 21-year-old woman who tried to take her own life by shooting herself in the face has become the youngest person in the United States to receive a face transplant. Katie Stubblefield underwent 31 hours in surgery after a...
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Jamaica: Senior citizen killed by dogs
Jamaica Observer:- ON July 21 Latoya Cole and her family members were to celebrate a special occasion, but tragedy struck in the wee hours of the morning, casting a dark shadow on a day that would have otherwise been filled with congratulatory...
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Several hurt in Westminster 'terror attack'
BBC:- A man has been arrested on suspicion of terrorism offences after a car crashed outside the Houses of Parliament, injuring several people. Officers were seen surrounding the vehicle before the man in his late 20s was detained, shortly...
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Guyana: Man drowns trying to save daughter, grandson
Guyana Chronicle:- A MAN who managed to save his daughter and grandson from drowning on Saturday at Bushy Park Beach, East Bank Essequibo, lost his life in the process. Dead is 48-year-old Farouk Bacchus, of Lot 65 Old Road, La Grange, West...
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Hippo bite kills Chinese tourist in Kenya
BBC:- A Chinese tourist has died after being bitten in the chest by a hippo he was trying to photograph in Kenya. Chang Ming Chuang, 66, was tracking the animal at a wildlife resort on Lake Naivasha, 90km (56 miles) north-west of the capital,...
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Peru: Contaminated food at funeral kills 9
(CNN)At least nine people died and dozens more became ill after eating contaminated food at a Peruvian funeral. Initial tests by the country's health department found insecticides in the food served to mourners on Monday in Ayacucho, a...
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