NEW DELHI -- One person was killed and over 20 others injured Saturday during a stampede on the occasion of a religious festival in the eastern Indian state of Odisha, officials said.

The stampede occurred on a bridge in Cuttack district, about 28 km north of Bhubaneswar, the capital city of Odisha. (India-Stampede)

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PRAGUE -- Former Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis and retired general Petr Pavel led in the country's presidential election held on Friday and Saturday, according to official results published on Saturday.

With ballots from over 90 percent of precincts counted, Babis had 36.07 percent of vote and Pavel, 34.33 percent. They will compete in a second round. (Czech Republic-Elections)

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ABUJA -- Ten people were killed Saturday when a speeding bus lost control and rammed into a stationary truck on an expressway in Nigeria's southwest state of Ogun, local traffic police said.

Ahmed Umar, a sector commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps in Ogun, told reporters in Abeokuta, the state's capital, a total of 19 people were involved in the crash, and two of them also sustained injuries in the incident at the Oniworo town along the expressway in Ogun. (Nigeria-Road-Accident)

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TEHRAN -- Two pilots survived a trainer aircraft crash Saturday morning in the northern Iranian province of Alborz, Iran's IRIB news agency reported.

The accident caused no property damage as the aircraft crashed into a non-residential area that is home to farmlands, the report said. (Iran-Aircraft Crash-Pilots Survival) Enditem

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