Landslide in Afghanistan thousands missing

May 3 Sky News

As many as 2,500 people could be dead after a landslide buried part of a village in Afghanistan, according to officials. Three hundred homes in the village of Hobo Barik were buried after heavy rains caused part of a hill to collapse at around 1pm local time on Friday.

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Violence claims over 1,000 lives in Iraq in April

May 3 MKA News

Official figures show more than 1,000 people, mostly civilians, were killed and nearly 1,400 others wounded in violent attacks across Iraq last month. According to the latest figures released by the Iraqi government on Thursday,

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Coral reef protein fights HIV infection

May 3 UPI

A new protein, extracted from coral collected from reefs off the north coast of Australia, shows the ability to block HIV from entering and destroying immune cells, or T cells. Researchers at the National Cancer Institute discovered that the proteins, called cnidarins,

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