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Nigeria blast kills two, dozens hurt as buildings collapse

Nigeria blast kills two, dozens hurt as buildings collapse

AT least two people were killed and dozens injured when explosives stored at a private residence detonated in Nigeria's Oyo state, its governor said. A Reuters witness saw several collapsed houses and wrecked cars from the impact of Tuesday's blast, which sent panicked residents into the streets. Emergency services and security officials used bulldozers to clear debris during a search and rescue operation on Wednesday in a neighbourhood of Ibadan, the capital of Oyo state about 130 km (80 miles) from Nigeria's commercial capital of Lagos. Some houses had roofs blown off and windows shattered and their owners watched from…
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Death toll rises to 157 in Germany and Belgium floods

Death toll rises to 157 in Germany and Belgium floods

PETRA WISCHGOLL and DAVID SAHL RESCUE workers have continued to search flood-ravaged parts of Germany and Belgium for survivors after burst rivers and flash floods this week collapsed houses and claimed at least 157 lives. "We mourn with those that have lost friends, acquaintances, family members," German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said during a visit to Erftstadt in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, where the disaster killed at least 43 people "Their fate is ripping our hearts apart." Some 133 people have died in the flooding in western Germany, the country's worst natural disaster in more than half a century. That…
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