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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, Jan. 11

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More than 70 Islamic State (IS) militants were killed on Sunday in fierce clashes with joint Iraqi and Kurdish security forces backed by U.S.-led coalition aircraft, a security source said.

The battle broke out in the afternoon when dozens of IS militants stormed the village of Sultan Abdullah on the main road between the towns of Gwer and Qaiyara, in south of the provincial capital city of Mosul, some 400 km north of Baghdad, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity. (Iraq-IS-Clashes)

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JAKARTA -- Indonesian divers on Sunday managed to detect the presence of a black Box of the AirAsia plane that crashed into the Java Sea at the depth of about 30 to 32 meters under the sea, but were unable to retrieve it so far, the Transport Ministry said in a statement on its website.

The team of divers from the Navy in Jadayat state have succeeded in finding the location of the black box of AirAsia QZ8501, the statement said quoting Tonny Budiono, a senior official from the ministry. (Indonesia-AirAsia)

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MAPUTO -- At least 52 people died of contaminated drink on Saturday in Chitima area of the northwestern province of Tete during a funeral ceremony, local media reported on Sunday.

Radio Mozambique said 51 others were admitted into the Chitima and Songo hospitals in the Cahora Bassa district, after consuming the contaminated traditional drink known as "Pombe." The woman who made the drink was among the dead. (Mozambique-Poisoned Drink)

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JERUSALEM -- Some 1,000 Israelis on Sunday afternoon held an anti-terrorism rally in Jerusalem, ahead of a massive march by world leaders and French citizens in Paris to denounce last week's terror attacks.

Mayor of Jerusalem Nir Barkat condemned the attacks, saying it "was an assault on all of us -- the Jewish people, the freedom of press and the freedom of speech." (Israel-Rally) Endi