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4 workers die after being hit by train north of Tokyo

Four workers died on Thursday after being hit by an express train at a station in Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, police said. The four men were on the tracks to remove weeds when the accident took place at around 10.45am local time at Shin-Kanuma Station on the Tobu Nikko Line, according to the police and the train operator.

UN condemns arrest of opposition members in Zambia

The United Nations Human Rights Office has expressed concern over the arrests and detention of opposition members in Zambia before and after the August 13 general election. High Commissioner Volker Türk urged the authorities to stop arbitrarily detaining people and uphold the due process rights of all those being held.

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