Rains cause havoc in Mumbai
Monsoon rains flooded homes, submerged rail lines
and forced hundreds of thousands of people to wade through muddy
streets in India's financial capital on Monday. The city's
antiquated drainage system is struggling to cope with the downpours,
prompting civic workers to use spades and crowbars to open clogged
manholes to flush out the rainwater.
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Israel forces in limited northern Gaza operation
Israeli tanks and bulldozers moved inside
northern Gaza on Monday but a military source said the operation did
not mark the start of a threatened large-scale incursion against
Palestinian militants.
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Two British soldiers killed in Afghan attack
U.S.-led forces bombed Taliban insurgents in
Afghanistan after two British soldiers and their Afghan interpreter
were killed in an attack on a base.
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