110 hospitalized in Afghanistan after drinking river water
AP, Kabul
An Afghan official says that at least 110 people have been hospitalized after drinking from a river in the northern Parwan province.
Abdul Khalil Farhangi, the head of the main hospital in Charakar, the provincial capital, said Sunday it was not clear what caused them to become ill. The symptoms included vomiting and headaches.
Four Mali soldiers killed by landmine
AFP, Bamako
Four Malian soldiers were killed on Saturday when their vehicle drove over a landmine in the central Mopti region, the local governor said, in the troubled desert region.
Governor Sidi Alassane Toure said the Malian army vehicle drove over the landmine near the border of the Koro region, killing four members of the national guard and wounding two others.
Forty killed in bus accident in northern India
Reuters, Mumbai
At least 40 people were killed when a packed bus spun off a slippery road and fell into a deep ravine in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand on Sunday, police said.
“Rescue operations are on and we are still not sure about the final count of dead bodies,” said a police official, who declined to be identified since he was not authorized to speak to the media. “It was raining, these are narrow, hill roads and the bus driver lost control.”
UK issues first ever thunderstorm alert
AP, London
Britain’s Met Office weather forecasting service has issued its first thunderstorm alert in the agency’s 164-year history. The official forecasters say torrential rain, hail and lightning are possible Sunday in parts of southwest England and Wales as a long, dry heatwave persists in much of Britain. The forecasting service introduced the thunderstorm alert system last month along with a system to warn residents about expected lightning strikes.
The Met Office is also warning of potential hazardous driving conditions in regions hit by the predicted storms.
