At least 136 dead, missing in China floods

SHANGHAI: Floods and landslides across southern China have killed at least 88 people and left 48missing in a week, local news agency said on Saturday.

Torrential downpours triggered flash floods, in undated crops, disrupted traffic and telecommunications, forcing the evacuation of 757,000 people, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said in a statement, agency reported.

China”s disaster relief departments raised the emergency response level on Saturday after more floods hit south China and as authorities forecast more rain to fall in coming days.

Worst hit were the provinces of Fujian, Jiangxi, Hunan,Guangdong, Sichuan and Guizhou, and the Guangxi autonomous region. The economic damage was put at 10 billion yuan ($1.47billion.

US to oppose Sino-Pak civil N-deal

WASHINGTON: US administration said Tuesday it will oppose Civil Nuclear deal to be signed between Pakistan and China, Geo news reported.

Two neighbors will have to seek approval from Nuclear Supplier Group (NSG) prior to inking civil nuclear agreement, said a news agency quoting US officials as saying.

The matter will be taken up during meeting of members NSG to be held in New Zealand next week, officials said.

Also, China will have to seek ratification from members NSG for enhancing civil nuclear cooperation with Pakistan, agency said further.

Ash affects flights in North African countries

RABAT: Volcanic ash from Iceland wound its way south to North Africa and curled eastward on Tuesday, forcing authorities for the first time to shut down airports in Morocco, as well as in Spain and, briefly, in Turkey.

Ten airports in Morocco, among them Casablanca, Rabat-Sale, Tangiers, Fez, Agadir and Essaouira — almost all major tourist stops — were being closed until at least 7 a.m. Wednesday (0600 GMT; 2 a.m. EDT).

A Transport Ministry statement carried by the official MAP news agency said it wants “to guarantee a maximum level of security for passengers” as the ash cloud passes over the kingdom on the Atlantic Coast.

Airports in Morocco, on the African continent and some 3,780 kilometers (2,350 miles) from Iceland, were not affected last month when the April 14 eruption of the Eyjafjallajokul (pronounced ay-yah-FYAH-lah-yer-kuhl) volcano forced at least a five-day suspension of air traffic in Europe. This time, the ash pushed south, forcing even the small airport in the Moroccan town of Tan-Tan, just north of the Western Sahara territory, to close.

The ash also was causing havoc Tuesday in nearby Spain, forcing airports to shut down in the Canary islands of Tenerife, La Palma and La Gomera, affecting dozens of tourist flights. On the Spanish mainland, 1,300 kilometers (800 miles) from the Canary islands, airports at Seville and Jerez in the south and Badajoz in the east were closed.

Spain also kept restrictions on planes flying between 20,000 feet and 35,000 feet (6,100 meters and 10,770 meters) above the ground, mainly affecting trans-Atlantic flights to and from other European countries. Up to 20 Spanish airports, including international hub at Barcelona, had to close over the weekend because of the ash.

Flights west and southwest of Istanbul were suspended for several hours Tuesday afternoon due to the ash cloud, before Turkey”s aviation authority announced the reopening of the airspace at 1515 GMT (11:15 a.m. EDT).

Istanbul”s two airports remained open throughout the period.

Elsewhere, the dense ash in the middle of the North Atlantic — which caused severe flight disruptions over the weekend — was dispersing, easing the need to reroute trans-Atlantic flights around it and cutting down on delays, the Eurocontrol air traffic control agency reported.

Approximately 29,000 flights were operating Tuesday in Europe, about normal for this time of year, according to the Brussels-based agency.

Meteorologists say until the volcano in southern Iceland stops erupting, aviation in Europe will be heavily affected by how prevailing winds distribute the ash. The last time the same volcano erupted, the action went on from 1821 to 1823.

Seven dead, 20 hurt in China school attack

BEIJING: Seven children were hacked to death and at least 20 others were wounded in an attack at a kindergarten in northern China on Wednesday, state media reported, citing local officials.

The attack was the fifth violent assault on school children in less than two months, and comes despite a push to boost security in and around schools across the country. The local news agency said the attack took place in the city of Hanzhong in Shaanxi province, and that the injured had been taken to hospital for treatment. No other details were immediately available.

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