BAMAKO -- The Malian Armed Forces (FAMa) said 19 people were killed and five others injured in an attack early Sunday on a gendarmery camp in Sokolo, in the central region of Segou.

"A camp of the FAMa in Sokolo was attacked on Sunday around 6 a.m.," it said in a statement on its official website. "The provisional toll is 19 dead and five injured." (Mali-Attack-Toll)

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ISLAMABAD -- A woman was killed and five others injured after a vehicle of the U.S. embassy in Pakistan hit a car in the capital of Islamabad, an official of the Islamabad Traffic Police said on Sunday.

Farrukh Rashid, senior superintendent of the Islamabad Traffic Police, told Xinhua that the accident happened on the Margalla road when the overspeeding vehicle of the U.S. embassy hit the car from behind, killing a woman on the spot while wounding five others. (Pakistan-U.S. embassy-Traffic accident)

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JAKARTA -- One person was killed and two others went missing after a boat carrying 11 people capsized in waters off Indonesia's North Sumatra province, Head of the Provincial Search and Rescue Office Toto Mulyono said on Sunday.

The boat dipped into Tanjung Tiram waters in Batubara district due to leaking on its hull, Toto disclosed. (Indonesia-Shipwreck-Toll)

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RIO DE JANEIRO -- At least 30 people have died after two days of heavy rain in southeast Brazil, local media reported on Sunday.

On Saturday, 14 victims were found in the city of Belo Horizonte and the metropolitan areas of Ibirite and Betim, Rodrigo Rodrigues, head of the fire department, told local news channel TV Globo. (Brazil-Rains-Toll) Enditem

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