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World in brief
Compiled from Times wires Russians uncover mass Chechen graveMOSCOW -- Russian authorities uncovered a mass grave in Chechnya during the weekend, and the human rights organization Memorial said Monday that the grave contained the bodies of at least seven Chechens who had been arrested during Russian security operations in May. Mass graves have been unearthed in Chechnya before, but rarely have the corpses been so quickly identified and linked to specific accusations of Russian atrocities. Russia's deputy prosecutor general, Sergei Fridinsky, pledged a thorough investigation of what he called "charges of kidnapping." Guerrillas kill 57 Nepalese troops, policeKATMANDU, Nepal -- Maoist guerrillas killed at least 57 Nepalese soldiers and police in a mountainous area overnight, the government said. Royal Nepalese Army soldiers launched a counterattack Monday. Devendra Raj Kadel, junior interior minister, said the army was fighting near Sandhikhara, about 190 miles west of Katmandu, where rebels killed 40 police and 17 soldiers hours earlier in their deadliest assault since the government lifted a state of emergency two weeks ago. The insurgents, who say they are inspired by Chinese revolutionary Mao Tse-tung, have been fighting since 1996. Indian train plunges off bridge; 100 killedPATNA, India -- An express train traveling from Calcutta to New Delhi derailed and plunged into a river Monday, killing at least 100 passengers. Authorities did not rule out sabotage by militants in Bihar, India's most lawless state. Flooding plagues southern FranceNIMES, France -- Hundreds of soldiers backed by helicopters sped to France's southern region Monday to aid rescuers battling floods that killed at least 12 people and forced more than 1,000 others from their homes. Violent rainstorms caused rivers in the Gard region to burst their banks, closed roads, flooded a hospital and cut electricity in some 40,000 homes. Militants creep back into Kashmir, India chargesWASHINGTON -- Islamic militants increasingly have begun to cross into the disputed region of Indian-controlled Kashmir, reversing the decline seen after Pakistan in June pledged an end to infiltrations, Indian External Affairs minister Yashwant Sinha said Monday. Sinha accused Islamabad of deliberately allowing militants to cross the border to disrupt legislative elections that start Monday in Kashmir. Pakistan, which has laid claim to the mostly Muslim territory, has denounced the elections as a sham. Egypt convicts 51 Muslim militantsHAEKSTEP, Egypt -- A military court convicted 51 men Monday in one of Egypt's biggest cases against Muslim militants in years and sentenced them to terms of two to 15 years in prison. In all, 94 men were tried, 43 of whom were acquitted. The main defendants were charged with founding an illegal group that planned to kill President Hosni Mubarak and other officials. Elsewhere . . .AUSTRIA ELECTIONS: Austria's chancellor called for new elections to end a political crisis triggered by a split in the Freedom Party.
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