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Thailand's Erawan Shrine reopens amid wishes

Madam Liu from Kuala Lumpur, capital of Malaysia, came to the Erawan Shrine in Bangkok, Thailand on Wednesday morning, together with her five-year-old kid. They lit a candle and put their palms together devoutly, mourning the dead and blessing those alive.

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8 injured as blast targets Egypt's police building

At least eight people were injured in the early hours of Thursday in a blast that targeted a national security building in Qalioubiya province near the capital city of Cairo, the Egyptian state TV reported.

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Life back to normal after Bangkok explosion

As the traffic at an intersection near a blasted shrine in downtown Bangkok opened Tuesday, life got normalized one day after a deadly explosion hit the city.

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Eyewitnesses at site of Bangkok explosion

​A wake of destruction -- shards of glass, bloodstains and motorbikes scattered on the ground -- greeted Xinhua reporters at the site of a loud blast that rocked downtown Bangkok Monday night.

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112 dead, 95 missing in Tianjin blasts

A total of 112 bodies have been found, and 95 people remain missing, including 85 firefighters, after Wednesday night's warehouse explosions rocked north China's Tianjin city, officials said at a press conference on Sunday.

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At least 44 killed, 520 injured in massive Tianjin blasts

At least 17 people were killed and more than 400 others were injured after two massive blasts rocked north China's port city of Tianjin late Wednesday night.

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People's lives, property must be prioritized: Chinese police chief

China's Public Security Minister Guo Shengkun arrived at the blast site in Tianjin to direct rescue operations and visit the wounded, making the first priority to ensure the security of the people's lives and property.

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Supercomputer Tianhe-1A shut down due to Tianjin blast

China has shut down supercomputer Tianhe-1A due to the blast in Tianjin Wednesday night.

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At least 48 killed in N. Nigeria market blast: security source

​At least 48 people were killed Tuesday in a blast which rocked a local market in Damboa district of Nigeria's northeastern state of Borno, a security source and a witness said.

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Illegal demolitions blamed for NW China college dorm blast

Thirty-one people were injured after a gas explosion occurred at a dormitory at a northwest China university on Monday morning, local authorities said.

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College dorm blast injures 7 in NW China

Seven people were injured after a gas blast rocked a student dormitory at a northwest China university on Monday morning.

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Suspected bomb explodes in Jakarta shopping mall

​A blast triggered by a suspected bomb hit a shopping mall on the outskirts of Jakarta on Thursday, but there was no report of casualties.

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Tens of Syrian troops killed in blast near intelligence HQ

​Tens of Syrian troops and affiliated fighters were killed Wednesday in a blast staged by an array of jihadist groups near a Syrian intelligence headquarters in Aleppo, a monitoring group reported.

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One missing, 20 injured in road tunnel blast

One person went missing, and at least 20 others were injured after a blast occurred in a road tunnel under construction in Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, Tuesday afternoon.

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Taliban attack, gun battle leave 6 dead, 10 injured in S. Afghanistan

​Six people had been killed and 10 others injured as a motorbike bomb blast and a gun battle rocked Spin Boldak town in the Taliban former stronghold of southern Kandahar province on Thursday, police said.

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Gas blast kills one, injures nine in southeast Mexico

At least one person was killed and nine others injured Sunday in a gas blast in southeastern Mexico, local authorities said.

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Gas blast wrecks Mexico children's hospital, at least 2 dead

​A gas delivery truck explosion early Thursday at a maternity and children's hospital in Mexico City killed two people, including a minor and a woman, and injured 66 others, officials said, correcting the former reported death toll of 7.