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Weather hits efforts
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BEIJING: Heavy rain and fog hampered efforts to rescue 69 workers
trapped in a flooded Chinese coal mine for over a day, leaving their
fate uncertain Monday, state press reported.
The state-owned mine in central
China’s Henan province flooded on Sunday morning with 102 workers
underground, and only 33 were able to escape, Xinhua news agency
reported, citing the local rescue bureau’s headquarters.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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Taliban threatens
to kill more South Korean hostages
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GHAZNI, Afghanistan: Taliban
militants threatened to start killing Monday their 22 South Korean
hostages if the government did not accept by noon their demand for
the release of jailed rebels.
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Dengue has killed
35 in Vietnam so far
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HANOI: Dengue fever has killed 35
people in Vietnam so far this year, and nearly 33,000 others have
been infected with the mosquito-borne disease, officials and state
media said Monday.
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After defeat, Abe
vows cabinet reshuffle
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TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister
Shinzo Abe pledged Monday to reshuffle his scandal-plagued cabinet
and push forward his conservative agenda after voters handed his
party a landmark defeat.
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East Timor’s
parliament sits without govt
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DILI: Lawmakers elected in East
Timor’s parliamentary elections last month sat for their first
session Monday but were tightlipped over how they expect to break a
deadlock over forming a government.
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INBRIEF
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BEIJING: China’s
environment watchdog said Monday that it would make it harder for
heavily energy-consuming, highly polluting industries to borrow
money from the banks.
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