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[ar:Christopher Cruise]
[al:In the News]
[by:www.21voa.com]
[00:00.00]In the news today...
[00:01.31]A typhoon that hit the central Philippines is now a tropical storm. 
[00:07.79]But weather experts say the storm will cause serious flooding 
[00:14.02]as it moves toward the capital, Manila.
[00:17.01]The Philippine Red Cross says at least 21 people died 
[00:22.38]as a result of Typhoon Hagupit over the weekend.
[00:26.96]The government has confirmed the deaths of two people. 
[00:31.05]It says more than one million people are still at evacuation centers. 
[00:37.04]In the Manila area, several thousand people 
[00:41.93]fled their homes because of the storm.
[00:45.22]Rescue teams from the United States, Japan, Australia 
[00:50.77]and Singapore are studying the damage.
[00:54.06]The storm is not expected to leave the Philippines until Thursday.
[00:59.60]Thirty rights and aid groups are calling on the international community 
[01:05.95]to help 180,000 Syrians 
[01:10.19]who have fled fighting in their country. 
[01:13.33]The groups are asking governments from the Gulf area 
[01:17.85]and Latin America to help with resettlement efforts.
[01:22.97]Separately, the UN refugee agency is holding a conference this week in Geneva 
[01:30.47]to discuss resettlement of Syrian refugees. 
[01:35.14]More than three million people have fled the country. 
[01:39.75]The U.N. believes the conflict 
[01:42.90]has also displaced 6.5 million people within Syria.
[01:49.05]India's Prime Minister is urging people in the Himalayan area 
[01:54.75]of Kashmir to vote in local elections. 
[01:58.34]Prime Minister Narenda Modi praised the Indian military 
[02:04.17]for defending democracy. 
[02:06.72]And he condemned rebel attacks on Friday that killed 21 people, 
[02:13.21]including 11 security personnel.
[02:17.22]There has been an increase in militant violence 
[02:22.25]since local elections began in Indian Kashmir November 25. 
[02:28.45]Many people have marked ballots, 
[02:32.50]although Muslim separatist leaders have urged people to boycott the vote.
[02:39.93]India and Pakistan both claim all of Kashmir. 
[02:45.84]Rebel groups have been fighting against Indian rule in Kashmir since 1989.
[02:53.98]An overcrowded bus fell off a mountain road in western Nepal late Sunday. 
[03:02.07]At least 17 people were killed and 50 injured. 
[03:06.88]There were 67 people on the bus, which had just 38 seats.
[03:14.92]The bus was on a narrow road during the night 
[03:19.77]when the accident happened about 400 kilometers 
[03:24.26]west of the capital, Katmandu.
[03:27.86]And that's the news for today.
[03:30.85]From the VOA Learning English headquarters in Washington, 
[03:35.06]I'm Christopher Cruise.
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