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Lao man arrested for transporting 209 kg of drugs

A Lao man was arrested by police of central Ha Tinh Province and their colleagues in neighboring Laos for transporting 209 kg of drugs from Laos to the Vietnamese border. Vu Mua Vu, 20, was driving a car on July 21 when he was stopped by police in Laos’s Bolikhamsai …

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Foreigners deported from HCMC for painting graffiti

A Frenchman and a New Zealander in HCMC are to be deported for painting graffiti on a local house, police of District 1 said. The foreigners, aged 24 and 28, have also been fined VND25 million ($990) for unauthorized activities, the police said. On July 22, as a police team …

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California fire rapidly reaches state’s top 10 biggest ever

A fire raging out of control in northern California has rapidly become among the biggest ever in the western US state, authorities said Saturday. The so-called Park Fire had burned almost 350,000 acres (142,000 hectares) as of late Saturday morning, making it the seventh-largest ever recorded in California history, the …

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8 dead in China after vehicle crashes into pedestrians

A vehicle crashed into pedestrians in a major city in central China early on Saturday, killing eight people and injuring five, authorities said, without specifying whether the act was intentional or not. The incident took place shortly after midnight in Changsha, capital of Hunan province, police said in a statement. …

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Japan’s Sado mines added to World Heritage list

A network of mines on a Japanese island infamous for using conscripted wartime labor was added to UNESCO’s World Heritage register Saturday after South Korea dropped earlier objections to its listing. The Sado gold and silver mines, now a popular tourist attraction, are believed to have started operating as early …

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