Chinese, Indian workers among 11 killed in Nepal floods

KATHMANDU, June 18 (Reuters): Landslides and flash floods triggered by heavy rain across Nepal this week killed 11 people including one Indian and two Chinese workers at a development project, while 25 people were missing elsewhere, officials said on Friday.The bodies of the three workers were recovered near the town...

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Mamata challenges her rival’s election win

NEW DELHI, June 18 (AP): Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has moved a higher court in state capital Kolkata against the win of her former protege-turned-rival Suvendu Adhikari from Nandigram in last month's assembly polls. The High Court in Kolkata is slated to hear Mamata's petition on Friday morning, her...

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Policeman killed, 80 students abducted in Nigerian school

KEBBI, June 18 (Reuters): Gunmen killed a police officer and kidnapped at least 80 students and five teachers from a school in the Nigerian state of Kebbi, police, residents and a teacher said.The attack is the third mass kidnapping in three weeks in northwest Nigeria, which have authorities have attributed...

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