NEW DELHI -- Over 30 people have died and many injured in unseasonal rains accompanied with dust storm in several Indian states on Tuesday night, local media reported Wednesday.

As many as nine persons, including four children, died in western state of Rajasthan as lightning struck many areas in the state. (India-Dust Storm-Casualty)

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GHAZNI, Afghanistan -- At least 21 militants have been killed and 21 villages have been recaptured over the past 24 hours as security forces operations against Taliban fighters are going on in parts of Afghanistan's Ghazni province, provincial government spokesman Aref Nuri said Wednesday.

Nine militants including their commander Qazi Hasan have been killed in Hasan Abad village in the outskirt of provincial capital Ghazni city and law and order were returned to the area, the official said. (Afghanistan-Taliban-Militant)

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SEOUL -- Five people were killed and 13 others injured as a man indiscriminately stabbed fleeing people after setting fire to an apartment building in South Korea's southeastern region early on Wednesday, local media reported.

The 42-year-old man set aflame his own house on the fourth floor of the apartment in Jinju, some 430 km southeast of the capital Seoul, at about 4:29 a.m. local time. (S.Korea-Fire-Stab)

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YANGON -- Myanmar's government on Wednesday granted amnesty to 9,535 prisoners of Myanmar nationals unconditionally, according to an order of the President's Office.

The amnesty was extended on the occasion of Myanmar's traditional new year and on humanitarian ground, the order said, adding that further scrutiny will be made to the remaining prisoners who deserve to be granted so. (Myanmar-Amnesty)

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RIO DE JANEIRO -- Rescuers found four bodies on Tuesday in the rubble of two collapsed buildings in a favela in Rio de Janeiro, bringing the death toll to 16, but there are eight people still missing, firefighters said.

The body of a woman was found in the early morning and later rescue crews found the bodies of a pregnant woman, her mother and a child. They were on the list of the missing persons, firefighters said. (Brazil-Collapse-Death) Enditem

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