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<B>THAILAND - Thai rescuers search for survivors in flooded north. </B>Mudslides, torn up roads and fallen trees hampered rescuers on Wednesday after northern Thailand’s worst floods in 60 years killed at least 27 people and left nearly 100 missing.
<B>JAKARTA - No sign of bird flu mutation in Indonesia case.</B> Limited human-to-human transmission of bird flu might have occurred in an Indonesian family but there is no evidence the virus has mutated to allow it to pass easily among people, the World Health Organisation said.
<B>LUSAKA - Zambia’s opposition leader Mazoka dies in S.Africa.</B> Zambian opposition leader and presidential contender Anderson Mazoka, 63, died in a South African hospital early yesterday, his party announced. A spokesman for his United Party for National Development (UPND) said Mazoka died of kidney complications.
KATHMANDU - Nepalis protest over secular moves. </B>More than 5,000 people burned tyres and logs, and blocked roads in Birgunj, about 150 km (90 miles) south of Kathmandu, protesting over a plan approved by parliament last week to turn Nepal, the world’s only Hindu kingdom, into asecular state.
<B>KABUL - About 60 Taliban said killed in Afghan clash. </B> 60 Taliban fighters and four Afghan government soldiers were killed in a battle in the southern province of Uruzgan. The bodies of about 60 militants had been found, the Pakistan-based Afghan Islamic Press said.
<B>HAVANA - Rains, floods kill two. </B>Torrential rains caused flash floods that demolished dwellings and killed at least two people in Havana. Firefighters recovered the bodies of Josefa Fundora, 62, and a second person. Both were swept away when a creek blocked by debris suddenly overflowed in the district of Marianao in western Havana.
<B>NEW DELHI - India to hike lower-caste quotas despite protests. </B>India’s ruling coalition has decided to set aside half the seats in federally funded colleges for lower-caste candidates from next year, despite widespread protests by upper-caste students and doctors. The plan, to raise the proportion of reserved seats from 22.5 percent to 49.5 percent.
<B>BEIJING - Latest China mine disaster kills 8, more trapped. </B>A gas explosion at a Chinese coal mine has killed eight miners and trapped an unknown number just days after a flood at another mine stranded 57 underground yesterdayday. China’s reputation for running the world’s deadliest mining industrynt, has run into widespread opposition since it was floated last month.
<B>BAGHDAD - Tribal clashes kill 16 people in Iraq.</B> Police Clashes between two tribes south of Baghdad have killed 16 people, police sources said yesterday. Eighteen people were also wounded in Tuesday’s fighting in a village close to the town of Suwayra about 40 km (25 miles) south of the capital.
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