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Gendarmes resume the search operation for Lina in a forest more than 130 km from the place where the teenager disappeared last September in Bas-Rhin. 90 gendarmes, accompanied by dogs trained to detect human remains, have been mobilised for the operation in the Saulx sector of Haute-Saone. IMAGES
Relentless downpours and howling winds hamper search for survivors of landslides that struck Indian tea plantations and killed 126 people, most believed to be labourers and their families. IMAGES
Rescuers work to pull survivors from landslides triggered by pounding monsoon rains in India's southern coastal state of Kerala. The landslides have killed dozens, with hundreds more feared trapped under mud and debris. IMAGES
Recovery operations are underway in Kathmandu after a passenger plane crashed on take-off, with the pilot rescued from the flaming wreckage but all 18 others aboard killed, police in the Nepali capital told AFP. IMAGES
"I'm hoping to get at least 55% of the votes for president," says opposition candidate and leader of the Democratic Green Party Frank Habineza, after casting his ballot in Kigali. This as incumbent candidate, President Paul Kagame, is widely expected to win another term and extend his iron-fisted rule for another five years. In 2017 Habineza won just 0.48 percent of the vote. Millions of Rwandans are voting in the general elections to select a president and parliamentary lawmakers. SOUNDBITE