stranded

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Some are still stuck there, and Vilnius has accused Minsk of "blackmail" over millions of euros in stranded goods.

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The border closure in late October caused tensions between Vilnius and Minsk, and left around 2,000 Lithuanian trucks stranded in Belarus.

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In Sri Lanka meanwhile, the government called for international aid and used military helicopters to reach people stranded by flooding and landslides triggered by Cyclone Ditwah.

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Heavy monsoon rain overwhelmed swaths of Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia this week, leaving thousands of people stranded without shelter or critical supplies.

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It said 402 people were also still missing as authorities raced to reach some areas of hardest-hit Sumatra island, where thousands of people were stranded without critical supplies.

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