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'No choice' but cholera water for Lebanon's poor
'No choice' but cholera water for Lebanon's poor
by  AFP

Marwa Khaled's teenage son was hospitalised with cholera after drinking polluted water in Lebanon's impoverished north -- yet she still buys the same contaminated water, the only kind she can afford. "People know (the water is contaminated), but they don't have any other choice," said 35-year-old Khaled, standing near her son, who is bedridden at a cholera field hospital.

Fire kills 15 at bar in Russian city of Kostroma
Fire kills 15 at bar in Russian city of Kostroma
by  AFP

A fire Saturday killed at least 15 people at a bar in the Russian city of Kostroma, Russian news agencies reported. The night-time fire at the popular bar could have been started after a drunk man fired a "flare gun" on the dance floor, the TASS news agency reported.

Biden, Trump target pivotal battleground in countdown to midterms
Biden, Trump target pivotal battleground in countdown to midterms
by  AFP

They have been shadowboxing at separate campaign stops across the United States for weeks but the Democratic and Republican leaders find themselves on the same battlefield Saturday as they make closing pitches in Pennsylvania for next week's midterm election.

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