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State media in Myanmar on Wednesday blamed "terrorists" opposed to military rule for a deadly bomb blast at a bus stop in its biggest city of Yangon, an accusation denied by members of an exiled shadow government.

KABUL - Several explosions and gunfights rocked Kabul on Tuesday night as the conflict between the Taliban and Afghan government forces is intensifying elsewhere in the country ahead of the complete withdrawal of U.S. forces this month.

Precisely 1,266 people have so far filed lawsuits against Ming Dih Chemical Co for negligence that caused a massive explosion in Samut Prakans Bang Phli district on July 5, resulting in one death, injuries and damage to property, Bang Kaew police station chief Pol Colonel Mongkhol Onkaew said on Tuesday.

Residents who took shelter in Bangkok’s Bung Nong Bon sports centre after being evacuated from Samut Prakan early on Monday were allowed to return home on Tuesday after the chemical fire in Bang Phli district was completely put out.

BEIRUT - They had been hoping for a miracle Friday as Lebanese marked a month since the massive explosion that destroyed much of their capital.

BEIRUT -With reddened eyes, 90-year-old Henri Azar surveys what remains of his family home. The traditional wooden-frame windows have been ripped out. Plaster was cleaved from the walls. Sunlight shines through gaps in the bedroom ceiling. A team of engineers tell him he needs make repairs before the winter rains.

A motorcycle bomb exploded at a flea market in Pattani province on Monday, killing one boy and injuring at least four other victims.

At least 52 people were killed in Sri Lanka on Sunday, police told AFP, when a string of blasts ripped through high-end hotels and churches as worshippers attended Easter services.

Police have launched an investigation into an explosion at a bird’s-nest concession area in Phang-nga province, in which one man was killed and another injured on Monday night.

A 30-year-old man was killed in an explosion in Chantaburi province on Tuesday afternoon, in an accident suspected of being caused by him leaving two chemical compounds – potassium chlorate and sodium chlorate – out in the hot sun pending mixing them with water for spraying on longan trees.

Two masked men detonated a pipe bomb at an ATM machine in Chanthaburi early on Wednesday but were forced to flee without a single baht, police said.

The Chinese chemical firm responsible for an explosion that killed 24 people and injured 21 others in northern China last year hid information and misled investigators, said local authorities in a report published Sunday.