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Chile: Temuco Market ‘consumed’ by flames

A fire tore through the municipal market in Temuco, southern Chile, on the evening of 20 April. It is reported that 2 of the firefighters were injured as over 400 worked to evacuate nearby residents in the Cautín province town. Apr 21, 2016

Rally car barely misses collision with animal at 108mph

A Polish racing team barely missed a head-on collision with a wild animal at 108mph on 17 April. Driver Marek Bugajski and his co-driver, Robert Drozdz, were driving the narrow woodland roads of the 44th Swidnicki Rally when a large animal resembling a deer crossed in front of their car. Apr 20, 2016

Unesco launches new project to rehabilitate Kathmandu Valley

Unesco Director-General Irina Bokova held a news conference in Nepals capital Kathmandu on 19 April, after a two-day visit to the country devastated by a powerful earthquake two years ago. Bokova visited Nepal to launch a new project for the rehabilitation of the Kathmandu Valley World Heritage Site and review the ongoing rehabilitation projects. Apr 20, 2016
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