ISLAMABAD -- At least two people were killed and over 50 others injured in a road accident in Chakwal district of Pakistan's eastern Punjab province, highway police said on Monday.

Highway patrolling police said that a bus fell into a deep ravine in the Sar Kalan area near the Kallar Kahar region of the district late Sunday. (Pakistan-Road Accident)

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SINGAPORE -- Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said he will relinquish the office on May 15, according to a statement issued by the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) Monday.

Lee will formally advise the country's president to appoint Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Lawrence Wong to succeed him, said the statement. (Singapore-Politics-Lee Hsien Loong)

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KABUL -- At least 50 people were killed and 185 others injured in road accidents during the four-day Eid al-Fitr holiday beginning on April 10 across Afghanistan, the country's General Directorate of Traffic Police said Monday.

A total of 102 road accidents occurred across Afghanistan in the period, killing 50 commuters, including eight women and 13 children, and injuring 185 others, including 34 women and 33 children, the department said. (Afghanistan-Road Accidents)

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CHICAGO -- A nine-year-old girl was killed and 10 other people, including three children, were injured in a shooting on the South Side of Chicago Saturday night, local media reported.

The shooting happened around 9:20 p.m. local time (0220 GMT). A nine-year-old girl was shot in the head and died; a one-year-old boy and an eight-year-old boy were each shot multiple times and left in critical condition; another nine-year-old boy suffered a graze wound and was in good condition, local police said. (Chicago-Shooting-Death)

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CANBERRA -- The Chinese student who was injured in the recent stabbing at a shopping center in Sydney on Saturday has received medical treatment and is not in a life-threatening condition, the Chinese Embassy in Australia and the Chinese Consulate-General in Sydney said Monday.

The embassy and consulate-general have been closely following the situation, contacted the Australian side immediately to verify the casualties of Chinese citizens and expressed concerns, according to a spokesperson of the embassy. (Australia-Mall Attack-Chinese students) Enditem

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