Floods in South China Kill 14 and Displace Thousands
Torrential rain sweeping south China has killed at least 14 people and flooded over 10,000 acres of farmland. Five villagers drowned after a bridge collapsed in Gaozhou, Guangdong, while other deaths and timing were not disclosed. Property damage in Guangdong exceeds 38 million dollars as Qingxin County faced outages and roads were cut.
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South China
Gaozhou
Guangdong
Hongang
Wen Wei Po
Qingxin County
Police crack down arrests 220 amid Karachi killings
In a citywide sweep Sunday Karachi police arrested 220 people suspected of involvement in deadly ethnic clashes linked to the MQM. Police seized eight stolen vehicles two automatic rifles eight pistols and bomb making materials as they hunted for two gunmen who killed three at a wedding including the groom and his 2 year old nephew.
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Karachi
Mohajir Qami Movement
Ple
Mohammed Iqbal
MQM
Iran rejects Lockerbie bombing claim as unfounded
Iran on Sunday dismissed a Der Spiegel report that Ayatollah Khomeini ordered the 1988 Pan Am Lockerbie bombing after a U.S. warship downed an Iranian passenger jet. Tehran called the allegation fabrication, while U.S. and British investigators traced the bomb to an unaccompanied bag loaded in London after transfer from an Air Malta flight via Frankfurt.
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Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
Lockerbie
Scotland
Germany
der Spiegel
Khomeini
U.S
United States
Abolghassem
Air Malta
Frankfurt
Pan Am
London
Festival starts Pamplona San Fermin runs bulls
Thousands celebrate the San Fermin festival in Pamplona as Mayor Javier Cherraut signals the opening with a rocket. Revelers dressed in white with red sashes toast with champagne as the nine day event begins, featuring running of the bulls and matador spectacles. The tradition dates to 1591 and Hemingway popularized it. at least 13 people have died in the runs, last in 1995.
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Pamplona
Spain
Javier Cherraut
Ernest Hemingway
Annual Protestant march triggers Northern Ireland riots
In Portadown riots erupted after a 1,000 strong Orange Order parade through Garvaghy Road. Police used plastic bullets as militants hijacked two cars and set them alight. 27 people were injured, including 12 officers, amid clashes between Catholic residents and Protestant marchers.
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Northern Ireland
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IRA
Belfast
Garvaghy Road
Orange Order
Gerry Kelly
Irish Republican Army
Orangemen
Ronnie Flanagan
Londonderry
Martin McGuinness
Sinn Fein
AP Praro
Royal Ulster Constabulary
Communist group plants mines in Peter the Great statue
A Revolutionary Military Council of the Russian Federation faction claimed responsibility for land mines planted in a giant Peter the Great statue in Moscow to warn politicians over Lenin burial plans. Police defused the charges and no injuries were reported.
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Peter the Great
Vladimir Lenin
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Boris Yeltsin
Yeltsin
Russia
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Revolutionary Military Council of the
Russian Federation
Interfax
Sunday
Peter the Cee Hh
Nicholas II
Peter
Zurab Tsereteli
Tsereteli
Zurab Davidovich
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