ALMATY -- A Kazakh Air Defense Forces EC-145 military helicopter with three crew members aboard disappeared from radar during a scheduled flight in Kazakhstan's Almaty Region, the country's defense ministry said Friday.
Search and rescue operations are currently underway, the ministry said. Emergency response units from Kazakhstan's Ministry for Emergency Situations, along with two helicopters from Kazaviaspas, a subordinate rescue unit of the ministry, were immediately dispatched to the area. (Kazakhstan-Helicopter-Missing)
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NEW DELHI -- At least seven children were killed and 30 others injured Friday morning after a portion of a government-run school building collapsed in India's western state of Rajasthan, officials said.
There are fears that some children may be trapped under the debris. The school building collapsed at Peeplodi Government School in Manohar Thana area of Jhalawar district, about 412 km south of Jaipur, the capital city of Rajasthan. (India-Building Collapse-Casualties)
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HANOI -- At least nine people were killed and 16 others severely injured when a sleeper bus overturned in Vietnam's central province of Ha Tinh early Friday morning, Vietnam News Agency reported.
The bus was traveling along National Highway 1 when it lost control, struck a roadside marker and overturned. It had departed from the capital Hanoi and was en route to the central city of Da Nang when the accident occurred. (Vietnam-Traffic Accident-Casualties)
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BANGKOK -- The Thai Navy imposed martial law in several districts within the eastern coastal provinces of Chanthaburi and Trat on Friday, citing national security concerns along the border with Cambodia.
The Chanthaburi and Trat Border Defense Command announced the order on Friday evening, making it effective immediately across eight districts in the two provinces. (Thailand-Cambodia-Martial Law) Enditem
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