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Xinhua world news summary at 0045 GMT, Feb. 17

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Three South Sudan nationals have died of the deadly anthrax in northwestern Uganda, state media reported Monday.

The first two deaths occurred at Arua Hospital and one at Koboko Health Center IV in Koboko district bordering South Sudan, health officials said.

Darlington Akusa, a medical officer at Arua Regional Referral Hospital was quoted by state owned New Vision as saying the patients contracted the disease from South Sudan but crossed into Uganda in search of better health services. (South Sudan-Anthrax)

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COPENHAGEN -- Tens of thousands of citizens gathered in the Danish capital of Copenhagen on Monday evening to mourn the victims of the weekend's shootings that left two people dead.

The memorial in Copenhagen started at around 8 p.m. in an open area near the Krudttoenden cultural center, where the first shooting occurred on Saturday afternoon. (Denmark-Memorial)

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ATHENS -- Greek officials categorically rejected the prospect of submitting a request for the extension of the current bailout program on Monday after the latest Eurogroup meeting in Brussels over the Greek debt crisis ended in a deadlock.

"All Greeks together say no. We are not blackmailed. We have a popular mandate to take this to the end," Panos Kammenos, Defense Minister and leader of the Right-wing Independent Greeks junior partner in the Left-led ruling coalition said in Athens. (Greece-EU-Debt)

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KIEV -- Fighting between Ukraine's government forces and pro-independence rebels persisted on Monday around a strategic railway hub in eastern Ukraine, dampening hopes that artillery exchanges could abate in the wake of a fresh peace agreement inked last week.

Five government soldiers were killed and 25 wounded in attacks by pro-independence rebels in eastern Ukraine in the past 24 hours, government military spokesman Andriy Lysenko said Monday. (Ukraine-Ceasefire)

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RABAT -- Morocco decided to close airspace and ban Libyan airlines temporarily from flying over its territory, and ordered its national carrier Royal Air Maroc (RAM) to stop serving Libyan cities as of Monday, said a joint statement of the Moroccan Ministry of Interior and Transport.

(Morocco-Libyan-Airspace Restriction) Endi