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Beijing At least 55 people have died in ten days of torrential rain and flooding in southern China. Another 1.3 million have sought higher ground, with television showing submerged houses along the Xijiang river in Guangdong and Guangxi provinces. (Reuters)
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Sydney A base jumper survived a 260m (850ft) fall from a waterfall in Queensland after his parachute failed to open properly. The man sustained a suspected broken leg and pelvis and internal injuries when he hit the water at Wallaman Falls. (AFP)
Bus crash kills 27
Lusaka Twenty-seven people died and 55 others were seriously injured in Zambia when an overloaded 60-seat bus plunged into a ditch after a tyre burst. The bus overturned in Luangwa, a small town 200km (125 miles) east of the capital. (AFP)
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Kathmandu The palace of the deposed King Gyanendra has opened as a national museum four days after the abolition of the monarchy in Nepal. A car given to the ex-King's grandfather by Hitler is likely to be among the exhibits. (AFP)
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