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Bangladesh
Monsoon-triggered landslide kills 10 in Bangladesh
Thu, Jul 03, 2008
Thirteen people were killed in Bangladesh Thursday (July 3) when heavy monsoon rains caused widespread flooding and triggered a landslide in a southeastern district. The heavy rains have brought rivers over their banks in at least six districts, including those along the Brahmaputra River that flows into the northern part of Bangladesh from India before emptying into the Bay of Bengal.
China
China ends talks with Dalai Lama envoys
Thu, Jul 03, 2008
Two days of meetings between envoys of the Dalai Lama and Chinese officials ended Thursday (July 3) with no major breakthroughs reported. The talks were held in Beijing and were the second round between the two sides since anti-China protests broke out in Tibet and neighboring Tibetan areas in March.
India
Dozens injured across India amid Hindu Kashmir protests
Thu, Jul 03, 2008
Two people were killed and dozens were injured Thursday (July 3) as Hindus protesting the reversal of a controversial land transfer in Muslim-majority Indian-controlled Kashmir (IcK) took to the streets in several states across the country for the first time. Police enforced a curfew Thursday in the town on Indore in central Madhya Pradesh state where two people were killed as Hindu protesters clashed with Muslim residents and police responded by opening fire and using tear gas to disperse the crowd, Reuters reported.
Mongolia
Mongolian capital returns to normal after deadly election riots
Thu, Jul 03, 2008
Life in Mongolia's capital, Ulan Bator, was returning to normal on Thursday (July 3), although it was still reportedly somewhat tense two days after deadly riots broke out in the city over alleged election fraud. A four-day state of emergency remained in place after the violence which erupted Tuesday (July 1) night left at least five people dead and over 300 others injured.
Philippines
Southern Philippines blast kills four, wounds 11
Thu, Jul 03, 2008
Philippine police blamed communist rebels for a grenade attack Thursday (July 3) that killed four people and injured 11 in a bakery on the southern island of Mindanao. The attack occurred early Thursday when two men and a woman riding a motorcycle threw a grenade into a bakery in Nabunturan town in Compostela Valley, an area of Mindanao that has seen several recent attacks by rebels of the communist New People's Army (NPA), according to Reuters.
Sri Lanka
Dozens killed in fresh Sri Lanka clashes
Thu, Jul 03, 2008
The Sri Lankan army said Thursday (July 3) that at least 43 combatants have been killed in the latest fighting to hit Sri Lanka's embattled northern regions. Almost all of the reported dead were separatist Tamil Tiger rebels, with only one government soldier reported killed by the army, the Press Trust of India (PTI) reported.
Afghanistan
US to boost Afghan troop presence next year amid stepped up violence
Thu, Jul 03, 2008
The US will boost its military presence in Afghanistan amid stepped us violence as 2008 is shaping up to be another violent year in which attacks are up by 40 percent compared to the same time period last year. Fighting in Afghanistan claimed more than 6,500 lives in 2007.
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