6 September 2011 Last updated at 11:59 ET

Dozens of wildfires raging in rain-starved Texas are now known to have
burned more than 1,000 homes, say state officials

BBC - A burnt car sits in front of a house that has been razed to the
ground as a wildfire burns out of control near Bastrop, Texas, on 6
September 2011 About 5,000 people have been evacuated because of the
Bastrop fire alone

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A powerful earthquake jolted western Indonesia, killing three people,
damaging buildings and sending panicked residents fleeing from homes,
hotels and even a hospital. 

Ali Kotarumalos
September 6, 2011 - 11:34PM
AP

A powerful earthquake jolted western Indonesia, killing three people,
damaging buildings and sending panicked residents fleeing from homes,
hotels and even a hospital.

The magnitude-6.6 quake hit about 1am (0400 AEST), waking people in
towns and villages across Sumatra island's northern tip.

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     * From: AFP
     * September 07, 2011 9:50PM

TWIN Taliban bombs targeting security forces responsible for the recent
capture of senior al-Qaeda operatives have killed 24 people and wounded
82 others in southwest Pakistan, police say.

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A bomb apparently hidden in a briefcase has exploded outside India's
high court in New Delhi, killing 10 and wounding at least 45.

By Rahul Bedi, New Delhi

9:30AM BST 07 Sep 2011

Police said the death toll could rise as around 60 others were injured
in the blast, many of them seriously, which took place at around 10am
when the court in central Delhi was at its busiest.

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