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Iraq

Explosions leave at least 6 dead

Six people were killed on Sunday in a series of explosions outside a security directorate in the capital of Iraq's usually peaceful autonomous Kurdistan region, security and medical sources said. Gunfire could be heard after blasts in Arbil wounded an additional 36 people, according to the city's health directorate. The victims were believed to be members of the Iraqi Kurdish security forces. Television footage showed the charred remains of at least three cars and another in flames.

India

Toll in building collapse tops 60

Indian authorities on Sunday said that the death toll in Friday's building collapse in Mumbai had reached 61 and 32 people were injured, as the 48-hour rescue operations were called off. "Some 61 people are now confirmed dead. Those injured have been admitted to a local hospital where the condition of some is said to be serious," a senior police official said.

United States

Cargo delivered to space station

A privately owned cargo ship operated by US space company Orbital Sciences Corp completed its first rendezvous with the International Space Station on Sunday, NASA TV showed.

Reuters-Xinhua

(China Daily 09/30/2013 page11)