New flood warnings as heavy rains continue to pound India's financial hub
 

MUMBAI, Tuesday (AFP) Heavy monsoon rains continued to pound India's financial hub of Mumbai and the surrounding state early Tuesday as officials issued fresh flood warnings and the death toll neared 1,000.

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Saudi Arabia bids farewell to King Fahd
 

RIYADH, Tuesday (AFP) Saudis and a host of foreign dignitaries were Tuesday to pay their respects to King Fahd in a funeral which is the final act in an era that saw the monarch steer his country through the most turbulent decades in its history.

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