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BISHKEK -- A large fire destroyed more than 60 hectares of vegetation in Kyrgyzstan on Thursday, according to preliminary data from the country's emergencies ministry.

The blaze broke out at about 18:30 p.m. local time (1230 GMT) on the Bishkek-Naryn-Torugart highway near Tokmok city of Chui Oblast in the north of the country, said the ministry. (Kyrgyzstan-Tokmok-Fire)

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BANGKOK -- The mRNA vaccine against the coronavirus developed by Chulalongkorn University of Thailand, is scheduled to enter the first stage of human trials soon, according to a university official.

In Thursday's press conference, Kiat Ruxrungtham, who is in charge of the University's vaccine development project, confirmed the mRNA vaccine ChulaCov19 will be put on trial with humans in late April or early May, following satisfactory results of earlier trials with rats and macaques. (Thailand-Vaccine-Human Trials)

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KAMPALA -- Eight people were killed and three others injured on Thursday in mudslides caused by heavy downpours in the western Ugandan district of Buhweju, police said.

Martial Tumusiime, regional police spokesman for Greater Bushenyi, a bordering district, told Xinhua by telephone on Friday that seven people were killed on the spot while the eighth person died in a nearby health center. (Uganda-Mudslides)

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ISTANBUL -- Turkish police on Friday launched operations against suspected members of the Islamic State (IS) and detained nine suspects, local media reported.

The Istanbul Police Department's Counter-Terrorism Unit teams raided 10 locations across the city to capture those allegedly involved in terror activities, the state-run Anadolu agency said. (Turkey-IS-Operation) Enditem

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