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NEW YORK, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) — An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 jolted 97 km N of Metinaro, Timor Leste, at 18:42:27 GMT on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was…

NEW DELHI, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) — At least 10 persons died in landslides in India’s northeastern state of Tripura, a senior state government official said on Thursday. Among the dead were seven persons from two families. The landslides occurred in…