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- ISLAMABAD: Up to a million people in the UK have "completely preventable" severe headaches caused by taking too many painkillers, doctors have said.
- NEW YORK: New York on Thursday became the first city in the United States to impose a limited ban on super-sized soda drinks blamed by Mayor Michael Bloomberg for fueling a national obesity crisis.
- OSLO: Norwegian court has upheld a ban on displaying tobacco products in stores, in a closely-watched ruling as governments across the world look to crack down on smoking to improve public health and cut medical costs.
Monsoon rains kill 46 in Punjab, Sindh
A twelve-year old boy was killed when lightening struck in Rahimyar Khan while two men lost their lives as a result of electrocution in Multan.
Other incidents of roof or wall collapse left a child dead in Shujabad; a man in Nishatabad; two children in Lodhran; a mother and a daughter in a village in Sargodha; two children in Muzaffargarh; and four people including a woman and a child in Dera Ghazi Khan's area of Chabri Bala, Rajanpur's area Fazilpur and Gojra.
In Mian Chunnu, 2 people were killed and 10 others injured in incidents of roof collapse and electrocution.
A husband and wife were killed as a result of a roof-collapse in Gawalmandi area of Lahore.
Five people including a mother and daughter were crushed in incidents of roof and wall collapse in a village in Kamaliat while over a dozen were injured.
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