ISLAMABAD -- At least three people were killed and around 12 others severely injured on Monday in a gas cylinder blast in a building in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi, the rescue service said.

Salman Naseer, an official of the rescue organization Edhi Foundation, told Xinhua that the accident took place in Machar Colony area when new gas cylinders were being shifted to a shop of cylinders beneath a double-story residential building. (Pakistan-Karachi-Cyliner blast)

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NEW DELHI -- Heavy rains hit India's southern state of Tamil Nadu, triggering inundation and resulting in the cancellation of trains and flights, officials said Monday.

India Meteorological Department officials attributed the rains to the influence of a cyclonic circulation over the Indian Ocean and southwest Bay of Bengal off the southern coast of Sri Lanka. (India-Tamil Nadu-Rains)

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COLOMBO -- Sri Lankan authorities have suspended the licenses of 400 foreign employment agencies in the past 12 months for violating the terms of their licenses, a minister said on Monday.

Addressing an event in Colombo to mark International Migrants Day, Minister of Labor and Foreign Employment Manusha Nanayakkara said they had also canceled the licenses of 200 foreign employment agencies during the same time. (Sri Lanka-Foreign Employment)

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MANILA -- Some politicians, business leaders and scholars in the Philippines have expressed their views that the maritime issues do not comprise the sum-total of relations between the Philippines and China, and called on the two sides to strengthen dialogue and consultation.

Philippine Foreign Undersecretary Jesus Domingo, in an interview with Xinhua, noted China is one of the most important economic and business partners of the Philippines, and that their economic and trade ties are "robust."

"It is always good to take a deep breath, take a step back and look at the totality of our relationship," Domingo said. (Philippines-China-South China Sea) Enditem

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