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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Saudi Arabia says it's severing diplomatic relations with Iran as tensions escalate over the Sunni kingdom's execution of a prominent Shiite cleric. Sunday's announcement came hours after protesters stormed and set fire to the Saudi Embassy in Tehran and followed harsh criticism by Iran's top leader of the Saudis' execution of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr and 46 others.
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Heavily armed gunmen are holed up in a building next to the Indian Consulate in the Afghanistan's northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif (mu-ZAR'-eh-sheh-REEF'). And an Afghan official says a gunbattle is under way with Afghan forces. A provincial police spokesman says the armed men are shooting from inside the building, and they have RPGs, hand grenades and light weapons. No group is claiming responsibility for the attack.
GAUHATI, India (AP) — A 6.7 magnitude earthquake in India's remote northeast region has killed at least six people and injured more than 100 others. The death and injuries were caused by falling debris. Police say the powerful tremor that struck before dawn Monday left large cracks in walls and a portion of a popular market building collapsed in the capital of Manipur state.
KINCAID, Ill. (AP) — The flooded Mississippi River and most other waterways in Missouri and Illinois have receded in most places, but in a few areas, they're still rising. Cleanup and damage assessment was only beginning, and could take weeks. Twenty-five deaths in the two states were mostly the result of vehicles driving over flooded roadways.
CHICAGO (AP) — A new survey suggests that many pediatricians and family doctors are not strongly recommending the cancer-preventing HPV vaccine to preteens and their parents. And that's contributing to low vaccination rates. While nearly all the 600 doctors surveyed discuss the vaccine with at least some patients 11 and 12 years old, most were likely to recommend vaccination and give shots to older kids. Researchers at the University of Colorado say some doctors need a clearer understanding of reasons to vaccinate younger patients.
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