BANGKOK -- A total of 13 youngsters were killed and four others injured when a pickup truck overturned on a road in Bangkok's outlying area on Sunday night, police said.

The 13 deceased and four injured youngsters were from Sisaket Technical College. The truck they were riding sharply overturned and hit a roadside power pole on King Keo road in Bang Phli district of Samut Prakarn province, according to deputy National Police Spokesman Pol. Col. Krissana Pattanacharoen. (Thailand-Accident-Truck)

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JAKARTA -- The number of casualty climbed to 30 with 156 others injured, while around 25,000 people took shelters, a senior disaster agency official said on Sunday after a 6.5-magnitude quake hit Indonesia's eastern Maluku province three days ago.

The jolts damaged 534 houses, one bride, nine office buildings, six education facilities, one health facility and two other infrastructure facilities, according to the spokesman of national disaster management agency Agus Wibowo. (Indonesia-Earthquake)

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KABUL -- More than 1 million votes have been counted as tallying in Saturday's presidential election has been continuing, Afghan Independent Election Commission (IEC) announced Sunday.

"According to initial figures, 1,051,998 voters cast their votes in 2,597 polling centers out of 4,905 polling centers where election materials were dispatched," the IEC said in a statement. (Afghanistan-Election-Vote)

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JAKARTA/MANILA -- A revised 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck off Davao Occidental province in the southern Philippines on Sunday, and was felt in North Sulawesi province of central Indonesia, as its epicenter near the border of the two countries.

There was not potential for tsunami, Indonesia's meteorology and geophysics agency said. (Indonesia-Philippines-Earthquake) Enditem

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