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Snakes found on Chinese bus
AFP, BEIJING: Police in China are investigating after 15 boxes filled with live snakes were found on a bus, state media reported yesterday. The snakes were packed alongside containers holding toads and rats in the luggage compartment of a coach in central China's Hubei province, the official Xinhua news agency said.
Gunmen kill 4 cops in Pakistan
AFP, QUETTA, Pakistan: Gunmen on motorcycles shot dead four policemen yesterday in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta, police said. The shooting took place in Pashtunabad, a low-income neighbourhood on the outskirts of Quetta, the capital of restive Baluchistan province when policemen were patrolling the area.

 

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Snakes found on Chinese bus AFP, BEIJING: Police in China are investigating after 15 boxes filled with live snakes were found on a bus, state media reported yesterday. The snakes were packed alongside containers holding toads and rats in the luggage compartment of a coach in central Chinas Hubei province, the official Xinhua news agency said. Gunmen kill 4 cops in Pakistan AFP, QUETTA, Pakistan: Gunmen on motorcycles shot dead four policemen yesterday in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta, police said. The shooting took place in Pashtunabad, a low-income neighbourhood on the outskirts of Quetta, the capital of restive Baluchistan province when policemen were patrolling the area.