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1. Ten people are killed and 30 others are injured when a bus collides with a bridge and falls into a river in North Central Province, Sri Lanka.
   2023-07-09 21:52:51 (First version)
2. Ten people are killed and 30 others are injured when a bus falls off a bridge into a river in North Central Province, Sri Lanka.
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