India evacuates thousands in northern state after Tibet river rises rapidly

ABOUT 5,000 people were evacuated Sunday in India's northern Himachal Pradesh state after a breach in an artificial lake in neighbouring Tibet threatened downstream villages, officials said.

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Iran president-elect to 'hold out hand to all countries'

Iran's president-elect Mahmood Ahmadinejad said Sunday in his first written statement since scoring a shock election win that he will "hold out the hand of friendship and just relations to all countries".

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