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At least 25 dead after bridge collapses in Pakistan
Peshawar, Pakistan, Aug 5, 2006 At least 25 people died and many more are missing after a bridge collapsed in northwestern Pakistan as torrential rains battered the area on Saturday, police said. "So far 25 bodies have been recovered" from a river swollen by heavy rains in Mardan town, about 50 kilometers (31 miles) northeast of Peshawar bordering Afghanistan, local mayor Himayat ullah Mayar told AFP. "Rescuers are trying to find the other missing people," he said. Mayar said more than 100 people had gathered on a bridge to watch the flooded river when part of it caved in, plunging "almost all of them" into the swirling waters. He said army troops had been called out to join the rescue work. More than 40 people have died in landslides and floods caused by rain torrents in Pakistan over the past two days. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links Dirt, rocks and all the stuff we stand on firmly
Hundreds evacuated from Spanish forest fires
Madrid, Aug 5, 2006 Hundreds of people were evacuated as firefighters battled blazes across large areas of northeastern Spain on Saturday, Catalonia's regional government said. |
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