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Canada
Deadly Shooting
Four people, including two police officers, were killed on Friday in a shooting in the eastern Canadian city of Fredericton, New Brunswick. Residents were advised to stay in their homes while the police searched the buildings. For now, the area is blocked off as authorities continue their investigation. One suspect is in custody, but the motive of the shooting in the Brookside Drive area of New Brunswick is not yet clear. This map depicts the location of the shooting. Click on the map to learn more.
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France
Flash Flooding
Heavy floods have forced the evacuation of 1,600 people, most of them campers, in southern France. The storms which caused the flooding followed a period of unusually hot weather across Europe. More than 400 firefighters and police have been deployed to assist. The worst-hit areas are Gard, Ardeche, and Drome. A German youth summer camp in Saint-Julien-de-Peyrolas, Gard was hit particularly hard. 119 children were safely evacuated; however, one German man who was supervising the children remains missing. Six areas in southern France were placed on a flood alert, and about 17,000 homes are still without power in the south-west and north-east.This map depicts the area of flash flooding and the location of the summer camp. Click on the map to learn more.
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Graphic Source: BBC
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Afganistan
Taliban Attack Afgan City
Heavily armed Taliban fighters have tried to overrun the strategic central Afgan city of Ghazni on Friday, attacking security forces and killing at least 14 police officers before being pushed back by U.S.-backed forces. At midnight, almost 75 miles south of the Afgan capital of Kabul, hundreds of attackers entered Ghazni from two directions and targeted all the security checkpoints in the city. U.S. forces provided air support, responding to the attack using helicopters and drones; the fighting ceased early Friday morning. Officials are investigating how the Taliban forces managed to infiltrate so deep into the city. The attack came amid growing hopes of talks to end 17 years of war in Afganistan.This map depicts the location of the Taliban attack. Click on the map to learn more.
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Q: What is the source of the Nile River?
A: Lake Victoria.
The primary stream of the Nile, the White Nile, originates from Lake Victoria in Jinja, Uganda all the way to the Mediterranean Sea. The Blue Nile, on the other hand, is the other main tributary and originates from Lake Tana. As the longest river in the world, it covers a distance of about 4,132 miles and has a drainage basin of approximately 1.3 square miles.
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Q: Which state in the Middle East has no dessert?
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