ISLAMABAD -- At least 65 people were killed and 14 others injured after a passenger train caught fire in Rahim Yar Khan district of Pakistan's east Punjab province on Thursday, a rescue official and local reports said.

The death toll is feared to rise as rescue work continues to recover more bodies from the compartments gutted in the fire, Baqir Hussain, district emergency officer of state-owned Rescue 1122, told Xinhua.

The accident happened due to the explosion of a gas cylinder passengers carried during their preparing breakfast, District Coordination Officer Pakistan Railways Nabila Aslam told Xinhua. (Pakistan-Train-Fire)

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WASHINGTON -- The United States still expects to finalize with China the text of the Phase One trade deal in November, White House Spokesman Hogan Gidley said Wednesday.

U.S. officials have repeatedly voiced the hope for signing the deal with Beijing on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum scheduled for November in Chile.

After Chilean President Sebastian Pinera announced earlier Wednesday that his country will not host the APEC forum, Gidley said in a statement, "We look forward to finalizing Phase One of the historic trade deal with China within the same timeframe." (US-China-Trade)

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YANGON -- One miner was killed with three others seriously injured in a coal mine explosion in Myanmar's Sagaing region near midnight on Wednesday, according the Myanmar Police Force on Thursday. (Myanmar-Coal Mine-Blast)

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WASHINGTON -- A small plane crashed into an apartment complex in suburban Atlanta, southeast U.S. state of Georgia, on Wednesday morning, killing the pilot and a passenger onboard, with no injuries reported on the ground, authorities said.

The Piper PA-28 crashed shortly after departure from the DeKalb-Peachtree Airport at around 10:30 a.m. (1430 GMT) local time, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.(US-Plane Crash) Enditem

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