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South Korea: Fire

SEOUL — A fire tore though a nursing home in southeastern South Korea, killing 10 people and injuring 17 others, police said Friday.

All of the victims were in their 70s and 80s and sleeping when the fire broke out on the first floor of a two-story building early Friday in the port city of Pohang, police officer Lee In-shik said.

He said 17 people sustained minor injuries and were immediately taken to nearby hospitals for medical treatment.

He said the fire raged for about 30 minutes before being put out. Police and fire officials were trying to determine its cause.

Israel: Warning

JERUSALEM — Israel's government on Thursday told its citizens to immediately leave Egypt's Sinai desert because of a kidnapping threat from the Army of Islam, after Egyptian security rounded up suspected militants and confiscated explosives.

Egyptian security officials said they arrested members of a cell planning to attack Israelis and international forces in Sinai. The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to reporters, said police carried out raids in three cities in Sinai and seized explosives.

They did not identify the cell, but said the militants planned to attack Israeli tourists in southern Sinai during the upcoming Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, which starts Tuesday, as well as the foreign peacekeeping forces.

Sudan: Plane crash

KHARTOUM — A plane carrying 36 people crashed on landing in the western Darfur region killing at least two and wounding four others, a Sudanese aviation official said Thursday.

Abdel Hafiz Abdel Rahim, a spokesman for Sudan's Civil Aviation Authority said the Russian-built Antonov 26 crashed at the Zalingei airstrip, splitting in half from the impact.

The plane from Tarco Airline was on a scheduled flight from Khartoum.

Indonesia: Flights

MOUNT MERAPI — A deadly Indonesian volcano spit out towering clouds of ash, but clear skies over the distant capital let international airlines resume flights Thursday.