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Hailstorm kills 20 in India: a hailstorm has killed 20 people and damaged homes in the eastern Indian state of Bihar, newspaper reported yesterday. AFP reports from New Delhi.
The Statesman said 20 people died and 24 others were injured Saturday night when a severe hailstorm pounded the Bihar districts of Muzaffarpur and Samastipur. Most of the casualties occurred when houses collapsed on residents, the daily added.
Australia widens defence posture: The defence minister has dramatically widened Australia s defence posture by saying troops could be deployed anywhere freedom was under threat, including allies' internal conflicts, AP reports from Canberra.
’ Defence Minister Ian McLachlan specifically mentioned the Korean peninsula as one place Australian troops might intervene if North Korea launched a war. When asked to promise that Australian forces would never be used in a battle between China and Taiwan. McLachlan replied: "I can't give an ironclad guarantee that Australian forces won't be used anywhere."
Fire breaks out in HK shopping m all: Hundreds of people fled from a fire which broke out today at a Hong Kong shopping mall, police said, AFP reports from Hong °^ie fire, which started in a garbage store on the stairway of the mall in Sam Po Kong in Kowloon Peninsula, sent hundreds of shoppers and office workers fleeing the mall. No injuries were reported, but there was widespread alarm as the blaze followed a series of fatal fires here in recent months.
Palestinian shot dead in Hebron:
A Palestinian youth was shot dead Sunday night and another was wounded during clashes with Israeli soldiers in a village near the West Bank town of Hebron, witnesses said, AFP reports from Hebron.
Issam Mahmud Akabneh, 19, was shot in the head when the soldiers opened fire after they were attacked with stones, the witnesses said. The incident occurred when a patrol entered Kharas village, which is in a zone under Palestinian administrative and Israeli military control.
TV newsman stabbed to death in India:
An Indian television journalist was stabbed to death and his wife seriously injureo in an overnight attack at their New Delhi home, police said yesterday, AFP reports from New Delhi.
Officials said 35-year-old Ashok Mishra was stabbed in the head with either a screwdriver or an ice pick late Sunday in their rented home in the city's Karol Bagh district. The police have ruled out robbery as a motive for the murder of Mishra, who worked for a private television network, the officials added.
Road mishap kills 2 in China: Two people were killed when a circus truck carrying tigers and lions overturned in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou, It was reported yesterday. AFP reports from Hong Kong.
The driver and his assistant were instantly killed in the accident at busy Intersection in Guangzhou over the weekend, the semi-official China news service said. Eight other passengers all members of the circus troupe were also injured in the acci-. dent.