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Colombo: At least five people were killed and another 20
wounded when a bus exploded in eastern Sri Lanka Monday, police
said. The vehicle was near a military check point in the district of
Ampara when the blast occurred, a police official in the area said
by telephone.
“Five have died on the spot and
another 20 were taken to the Ampara hospital,” the official said,
adding that it was not immediately clear if the bus had been hit by
a bomb or a mine.
MOGADISHU: Hundreds of
Ethiopian troop reinforcements entered Mogadishu Monday, after four
days of heavy fighting sparked by an Ethiopian offensive against
Islamist rebels and clan gunmen.
Residents on the outskirts of
Mogadishu said the fresh Ethiopian deployment entered the capital on
the road from Baidoa, where the interim government is based.
Ethiopian troops and their military hardware remained in positions
in the Ali Kamin neighborhood, near the main soccer stadium, where
fighting has been fiercest and sporadic gunfire rang out Monday.
BEIJING: A knife-wielding
Chinese tour guide wounded 20 people, including 15 tourists, in a
rampage in the world-renowned scenic southern mountain town of
Lijiang, state media reported on Monday.
The multiple stabbings occurred
on Sunday and left two of the victims in serious conditions, Xinhua
news agency said.
The male suspect, identified as
Xu Minchao, a tour group operator from the northern Chinese province
of Jilin, was arrested at the scene and was being interrogated, it
said.
SHANGHAI: Australian
Foreign Minister Alexander Downer arrived in China on Monday for
talks that will cover a planned Sino-Australian free trade pact and
regional issues such as North Korea’s nuclear program. Downer, who
arrived in China as part of four-day tour that also includes
Mongolia, will meet with Shanghai officials and the business
community before heading to Beijing on Tuesday, the Australian
government said in a statement.
GAZA CITY: BBC journalist Alan
Johnston on Monday marked three weeks in captivity after being
abducted by armed men in Gaza, the longest a foreigner has been held
in the increasingly lawless territory.
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