WASHINGTON -- Five people were shot at an office park in Harford County in the U.S. state of Maryland, authorities said Wednesday. (US-Maryland-Shooting)
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NEW DELHI -- At least eight people were killed and over a dozen others injured on Wednesday after a blast inside fireworks factory triggered a fire in India's eastern state of Odisha, police said.
The fire broke out Wednesday evening at Bahabalpur in Balasore district, about 224 km northeast of Bhubaneswar, the capital city of Odisha. (India-Firecrackers Factory Blast)
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ISLAMABAD -- A fatal road accident occurred on Wednesday in Pakistan's south Sindh province, leaving eight people killed and 25 others injured, local media said.
The incident happened when two passenger vans collided on Wednesday in Sehwan area of the province, Dunya News reported. (Pakistan-Road Accident-Toll)
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MADRID -- Both the Spanish prime minister and the deputy prime minister have said that the government is prepared to apply Article 155 of the Constitution and temporarily suspend the autonomy of the Catalan region in the northeast of the country.
Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy's government has threatened to apply the measure unless Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont clarifies by 10 a.m. (0800 GMT) on Thursday whether or not he declared the independence of the region on Oct. 10 and to retract that declaration if that is indeed the case. (Spain-Catalan Autonomy) Enditem
