Egypt Ready to Host Africa Cup of Nations Despite Security, Price Concerns

Cairo: The Africa Cup of is set to kick in Egypt Friday a backdrop of terror only days after death of former Islamist Mohamed Morsi. With opening closing games held at Stadium, which has expanded year to include 24 Cairo last welcomed African in 2006, Egypt plays after Morsi, was buried Tuesday following ousted jailed leader's collapse in death previous Authorities are confident Egypt Ready to is in place to continent's largest football just months after a attack in December killed Vietnamese holidaymakers an tour guide.

Heavy monsoon rains across South Asia claimed more lives Wednesday, with the death toll passing 200 as authorities tried to reach stranded villagers cut off by surging floodwaters. The annual deluge is crucial to replenishing water supplies in the impoverished region, but the rains from June to September often turn deadly. Across India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Pakistan, millions of residents have been affected and hundreds of thousands displaced, with homes and boats washed away. In flood-prone Bangladesh, which is criss-crossed islam sobhi bangla by rivers, around one-third of the country is underwater and people were being killed by lightning strikes, officials said. In India, the death toll rose to at least 120 and entire communities were cut off by rising floodwaters which damaged or submerged roads. "It's been 15 days (since) this area has been flooded," a local resident in Assam, where the death toll reached 22, told AFP. "The damage it has caused is very bad. Cattle have also been affected.

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