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Floods affect countries in central Europe

There has been a rise in the death toll from massive flooding in central Europe overnight.

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PAKISTAN: Floods show no sign of let up

For the past 10 days, torrential monsoon rainfall has killed more than 1,600 people inflicted widesperad damage across the country, with the northwestern province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) suffering the greatest losses, federal authorities and aid...

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Thai-Myanmar border closure leads to shortages in Yangon

Yangon - A month-long closure of the Thai-Myanmar border to trade has caused a shortage of consumer items such as televisions and refrigerators in Yangon, media reports said Sunday.

Myanmar's ruling junta last month shut down the Myawaddy-Mae...

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Air fares rise in UK

In the UK, Virgin Atlantic Airways and British Airways have raised fares.

Both airlines have cited an increase in business travel as the reason for being able to generate higher fares.

The biggest long-distance carriers at London's...

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