SEOUL -- Four people were killed and two others were injured on Monday in an explosion at an aerospace plant in South Korea, according to Yonhap news agency.
An emergency call was received at 10:59 a.m. local time (0159 GMT), reporting the blast at the Hanwha Aerospace plant in Daejeon, about 150 km south of the capital Seoul. (South Korea-Plant Explosion)
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NEW DELHI -- Three people were killed and many others taken ill on Monday following a toxic gas leak inside a hand tool manufacturing factory in the northern Indian state of Punjab, police said.
The incident took place at an industrial area in Ludhiana, about 105 km west of Chandigarh, the capital city of Punjab. (India-Gas Leakage)
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WELLINGTON -- Five people were killed in overnight crashes in New Zealand, bringing the King's Birthday holiday road toll to seven, police said on Monday.
Three people died in a two-vehicle crash on State Highway 1 near Waiouru in central North Island at about 2:55 a.m. local time, while two others were seriously injured in a different vehicle, said a police statement. (New Zealand-Traffic Accident-Deaths)
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CAIRO -- Seven people were killed on Monday after a vehicle plunged into a canal in Giza province, south of Cairo, when the driver lost control of it, state-run Ahram Online news website reported.
The accident occurred after the vehicle swerved off the road, overturned, and fell into the Mariouteya Canal in Giza, the report said. (Egypt-Car Accident-Deaths)
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BEIRUT -- At least 12 people were killed and several others wounded in Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon late Sunday and Monday, amid escalating cross-border hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah.
The casualties included a Syrian national and a paramedic, according to Lebanon's National News Agency. (Lebanon-Israeli Strikes-Deaths) Enditem
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