JAKARTA -- Rescuers have recovered five bodies, including children, buried in a landslide hitting two villages in Indonesia's West Java province recently, an official of the local search and rescue agency said on Wednesday.

The fifth body was found on Wednesday morning near a river, around 20 km from the victim's last known location prior to the disaster, according to Supriono, head of the operation unit of the provincial search and rescue office. (Indonesia-Landslide-Rescue)

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BEIRUT -- At least seven were killed and more injured on Wednesday in an Israeli strike on an emergency and relief center in south Lebanon, Lebanese military sources told Xinhua.

The sources said Israeli warplanes destroyed the Emergency and Relief Center of the Islamic Health Authority, affiliated with the Islamic Group, in the village of Al-Habbariyah, killing seven of its paramedics and wounding others inside. (Lebanon-Israeli Raid)

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MAPUTO -- The ongoing rainy season, which commenced in October last year, has resulted in the loss of 139 lives, and injuries to 198 individuals and has impacted nearly 140,000 people in Mozambique, local media reported.

The government, through the National Institute for Risk and Disaster Management, is actively engaged in assisting the affected families, Filimao Suaze, spokesperson for the Council of Ministers, was quoted by Radio Mozambique Wednesday. (Mozambique-Rainy Season-Death Toll)

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MOSCOW -- The death toll from Friday's terrorist attack has risen to 140 after gunmen stormed a concert hall in suburban Moscow, according to local authorities.

One of the injured people from the attack died Wednesday, said Russian Health Minister Mikhail Murashko, bringing the total number of deaths to 140. (Russia-Moscow-Death Toll) Enditem

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