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Chinese police rescue 150 cats headed for dinner tables
Chinese police rescue 150 cats headed for dinner tables
by  AFP

Nearly 150 cats bound for slaughterhouses have been rescued by police in eastern China, an international animal welfare organisation said. The animals were crammed into rusty cages when they were found by police in the eastern city of Jinan in Shandong province, Humane Society International (HSI) said in a statement Tuesday.

'Burning with pain': Pakistan floods threaten major health crisis
'Burning with pain': Pakistan floods threaten major health crisis
by  AFP

At a charity clinic in a southern Pakistani village, dozens of people affected by relentless rains and floods crowd around the door waiting to talk to a volunteer doctor. - Major health hazards - The millions of people affected by the floods face major health hazards including potentially deadly diseases such as malaria and dengue fever, the WHO warned in a statement Tuesday.

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