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Kenyan scientists sound alarm over threats to flamingos

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NAIROBI, May 21 (Xinhua/APP): The human and climate induced threats to flamingos which inhabit Kenya’s alkaline Rift Valley lakes have mounted, hence diminishing the migratory birds’ population, local officials and scientists have said. Caroline Mwebia, the deputy park warden at Lake Nakuru National Park, said […]

Myanmar exports over 144,034 metric tons of rice in April

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YANGON, May 21 (Xinhua/APP): Myanmar exported more than 144,034 metric tons of rice and over 106,912 metric tons of broken rice in April, according to the Myanmar Rice Federation (MRF) on Saturday. The country exported those rice to 22 countries including Cameroon, China, Angola, the […]

Counting starts as polls closing in Australian election

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CANBERRA, May 21 (Xinhua/APP): Voting centers closed at 6 p.m. local time on Saturday and vote-counting in Australia’s general election has begun. Due to time difference, however, as votes are being counted across most of the country, people are still casting their ballots in some […]

WHO assures full support to beef up response to AWD epidemic

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ISLAMABAD, May 21 (APP):Country Representative, World Health Organization (WHO), Dr. Palitha Mahipala has visited the affected areas in Sindh and Balochistan and assured full support to beef up response to the present epidemic of acute watery diarrhea (AWD) or suspected Cholera cases. In order to […]

Hot, dry weather forecast for most parts of KP

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PESHAWAR, May 20 (APP): Regional Meteorological Centre Peshawar has forecast hot and dry weather for most parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa during the next 24 hours. However, rain-thunderstorm associated with gusty winds is expected at isolated places in Abbottabad, Mansehra, Haripur, Battagram, Torghar, Kohistan, Shangla, Chitral, […]

9 dead, 1,114 injured in Punjab road accidents

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LAHORE, May 20 (APP): At least nine persons were killed and 1,114 others injured in 1,059 road traffic crashes in Punjab during the last 24 hours, according to the Rescue-1122 report, released on Friday. As many as 656 seriously injured people were shifted to different […]

Candidates criss-cross Australia on eve of ‘close’ election

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Melbourne, May 20 (AFP/APP):Anthony Albanese, the centre-left frontrunner to become Australia’s next prime minister, predicted a “close” result in Saturday’s election, as he barnstormed the country in a bid to end a decade of conservative rule. Wrapping a four-state pre-election blitz, Albanese closed his campaign […]

High-level polio delegation concludes visit to Pakistan

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ISLAMABAD, May 20 (APP): The three-day visit to Pakistan by the Chairman of the Polio Oversight Board, Regional Directors of the World Health Organization, UNICEF and senior directors of the global polio programme was concluded on Friday. The visit was aimed to support Pakistan in […]

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