SAO PAULO -- At least 11 people were killed in Rio de Janeiro in southeastern Brazil as a result of a recent storm triggering landslides and floods, local authorities said on Sunday.

The storm that occurred early on Sunday affected the northern area of the city, as well as neighboring municipalities such as Niteroi, Duque de Caxias, Belford Roxo and Sao Jose de Meriti. (Brazil-Floods)

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HANOI -- Four people died from suffocation at a fresh and silk flower shop in Vietnam's capital Hanoi on Monday early morning, local media reported.

The four-floor house, located on Hang Luoc street in the city's Old Quarter area, burst into flame at about 4:40 a.m., Vietnam News Agency reported. (Vietnam-Fire-Death)

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LOS ANGELES -- Four people were killed and one person was critically injured when a hot air balloon crash-landed in the U.S. desert state of Arizona on Sunday morning.

According to the Eloy Police Department, the accident occurred at about 7:50 a.m. local time (1550 GMT) in a rural desert area near the city, which is located about 105 km southeast of Phoenix, the capital city of the state. (US-Crash-Hot Air Balloon)

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BAGHDAD -- Three Iraqi soldiers were killed and another wounded on Sunday in an attack by Islamic State (IS) militants in Iraq's western province of Anbar, a security source said.

The attack occurred in the evening when IS snipers opened fire on an army force moving on a desert road linking the provinces of Anbar and Salahudin, the source, who requested anonymity, told Xinhua. (Iraq-IS Attack-Casualties)

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TEHRAN -- Two terrorists were killed in an explosion in the southeastern Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchestan, the official news agency IRNA reported on Sunday.

The two armed terrorists were killed when the explosives that they carried were detonated during the fighting, the IRNA quoted provincial police chief Doostali Jalilian as saying. (Iran-Terrorists-Killing) Enditem

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