AYBAK, Afghanistan -- About eight laborers died of suffocation at a coal mine pit in Afghanistan's northern province of Samangan on Sunday, a local official said Monday.

The laborers were working at the coal mine in Dara-i-Suf-i-Bala, west of provincial capital Aybak, when a poisonous gas leaked and accumulated, suffocating them to death late on Sunday, head of provincial council Raz Mohammad told Xinhua. (Afghanistan-Coal Mine-Suffocation)

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COLOMBO -- The death toll from the multiple explosions which shook Sri Lanka on Sunday has risen to 290, while over 500 have been injured, the police said Monday.

Earlier reports put the number of casualties at 228, with 450 wounded in the nine attacks that occurred at three churches and four hotels across the country on Sunday. (Sri Lanka-Blasts-Death)

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NEW DELHI -- At least seven people were killed and 10 others injured in a stampede during a Hindu temple ceremony in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, police said Monday.

The stampede occurred near Thuraiyur in Tiruchirappalli, about 316 km south of Chennai, the capital city of Tamil Nadu. (India-Stampede)

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GHAZNI, Afghanistan -- Nine militants were killed and 10 detainees have been released after the Afghan security forces stormed a Taliban hideout in Qarabagh district of the eastern Ghazni province on Monday, Aref Nuri the spokesman for provincial government said.

The security forces targeted a Taliban hideout in Fatihullah village of Qarabagh district early Monday morning and set free 10 persons who had been kept by the Taliban militants illegally in a container, the official added. (Afghanistan-Taliban-Detainee) Enditem

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