YANGON -- A jade mine collapsed in northern Myanmar's Kachin state on Monday night, with casualties yet to be determined, a local resident confirmed to Xinhua.
The incident occurred in Hpakant township at around 9:30 p.m. local time. Following the collapse, a large number of people gathered at the site for rescue operations, but the work was hampered by the massive scale of the collapse, according to the resident. (Myanmar-Jade Mine Collapse)
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DHAKA -- Bangladesh Nationalist Party Chairman Tarique Rahman on Tuesday was sworn in as the new prime minister of Bangladesh.
Bangladeshi President Mohammed Shahabuddin administered the oath to Rahman and the country's new cabinet ministers at a ceremony in Dhaka. (Bangladesh-Election)
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ISLAMABAD -- Seven security personnel and eight terrorists were killed in a checkpost attack in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, police said on Monday.
The terrorists targeted the security forces checkpost in Bajaur district of the province, police officials in the area told the media. (Pakistan-Troop-Attack)
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TOKYO -- Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) has resumed power generation and transmission to the grid from its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant in Niigata Prefecture, central Japan.
The No. 6 reactor at the plant, which was restarted earlier this year, began sending electricity to the Tokyo metropolitan area at 10 p.m. local time on Monday for the first time in about 14 years since Japan pulled the plug on nuclear power following the March 2011 core meltdowns at TEPCO's tsunami-stricken Fukushima Daiichi plant. (Japan-Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Plant) Enditem
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