Chaos As Floods Submerge Mexico's Acapulco, Death Toll Rises -- Reuters
(Reuters) - Mexico's famous beach resort of Acapulco was in chaos on Tuesday as hotels rationed food for thousands of stranded tourists and floodwaters swallowed homes and cars after some of the worst storm damage in decades killed at least 55 people across the country.
Television footage showed Acapulco's international airport terminal waist deep in water and workers wading out to escape floods that have prevented some 40,000 visitors from leaving and blocked one of the main access routes to the city with mud.
A torrential, three-day downpour cut off several roads into the Pacific resort of 750,000 people, which was a magnet for Hollywood stars in its heyday but had the highest murder rate in Mexico last year amid a surge in drug gang violence.
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ASIA
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Cambodian political parties edge toward deal.
Death toll jumps in Philippine rebel standoff as 64 hostages rescued. Philippine army says Muslim rebels fleeing southern city.
Japan considering shooting down drones that infringe into airspace.
UN fears 'deteriorating' human rights in Afghanistan.
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South Korean soldiers fired hundreds of shots at man swimming to North Korea. South Korean military defends shooting of defector.
Bangladesh sentences Islamic leader to death for war crimes.
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AFRICA
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Brotherhood leaders compare Egypt jail cells to graves.
Security forces retake control of Islamist stronghold in Upper Egypt, 45 arrested.
Syrian refugees ‘living in fear in Egypt’.
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Libyan PM says dialogue, not bloodshed must stop oil protests.
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EUROPE
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Russia, France split on Syria arms report.
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