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SYDNEY -- A shooting incident occurred in the Australian city of Melbourne on Tuesday morning, leaving one man dead.
Just after 4:30 a.m. local time, the victim was found dead outside a property on Buchanan Place in Greenvale, a suburb about 20 km north of Melbourne's central business district. (Australia-Shooting)
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LA PAZ -- Floods and landslides caused by heavy rains have claimed 51 lives in Bolivia since November, said Deputy Minister of Civil Defence Juan Carlos Calvimontes on Monday.
The official said that rains have affected 43,571 families in the South American country, putting its nine departments on alert. (Bolivia-Heavy Rains-Death)
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CHICAGO -- Three children and two adults died after a school bus collided with a semitruck on Monday on a highway in Rushville, about 91 km northwest of the U.S. Illinois state capital, Springfield.
The crash happened around 11:30 a.m. (1730 GMT) when the school bus heading east on U.S. Route 24 crossed the center line into the westbound lanes for an "unknown reason" and collided with the semitruck carrying sand, Illinois State Police said at a press briefing. (US-School Bus-Collision)
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ISLAMABAD -- At least 9 people were killed and two others severely injured on Tuesday after a residential building collapsed in Multan city of Pakistan's eastern Punjab province, local authorities said.
The three-storey building fell early morning near Haram Gate area of the city, Kaleem Ullah, district emergency official of Multan who was leading the rescue operation, told Xinhua. (Pakistan-Building Collapse) Enditem
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