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Uganda

29 killed in gas tanker explosion

A car crashed into a moving gas tanker, sparking a fire that killed at least 29 people and left scores more badly burned, Ugandan police said on Sunday. Police spokesman Ibn Senkumbi said the gas tanker exploded after colliding with a passenger car late on Saturday on the outskirts of the Ugandan capital, Kampala.

Pakistan

Roadside bomb claims 14 lives

Fourteen people were killed in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Sunday when a powerful roadside bomb attack narrowly missed a passing convoy of security forces but ravaged a busy market area, police said. Two paramilitary personnel riding with the convoy were wounded but the brunt of the blast was borne by passersby.

Brazil

Poll: Rousseff's popularity drops

President Dilma Rousseff's approval rating sank by 27 percentage points in the last three weeks, a poll showed on Saturday. The proportion of people who consider Rousseff's administration "great" or "good" plummeted to 30 percent from 57 percent in early June, according to a Datafolha opinion poll.

Turkey

Thousands march in protest

Thousands of protesters marched to Istanbul's Taksim Square on Saturday chanting slogans against the government and police after security forces killed a Kurdish demonstrator in southeastern Turkey. The protest had been planned as part of larger unrelated anti-government demonstrations, but became a voice of solidarity with the Kurds after Friday's killing.

Switzerland

10m advised to take HIV drugs

Nearly 10 million more people infected with the AIDS virus now meet medical standards for receiving HIV drugs, according to revised UN guidelines released on Sunday, which experts say could avert 6.5 million deaths or new infections by 2025. But achieving this goal will be a challenge.

India

3,000 remain missing in flood

Some 3,000 people remain missing in India's flood-ravaged north two weeks after the tragedy, but it is unclear how many of those have been killed, a top state official said on Sunday. About 1,000 people, many of them pilgrims and tourists, are confirmed dead after flash floods and landslides caused by torrential monsoon rains hit the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand on June 15, officials have said.

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