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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, Feb. 22

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At least 6 people were killed in a suicide bomb attack in a market of the northeast Nigerian town of Potiskum on Sunday, witnesses told Xinhua.

The female suicide bomber detonated a bomb attached to her body at the checkpoint to the market, killing herself and 5 others and wounding dozens, witnesses said. (Nigeria-Bomber)

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ISLAMABAD -- An eight-year-old boy was killed and eight others injured when a bomb went off in a market area in Pakistan's northwest Chaman district on Sunday afternoon, local media reported.

ARY News said that the bomb exploded in the parking lot of a busy market at Taj Road of Chaman, a district located in the country's southwest Balochistan province. (Pakistan-Blast)

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DHAKA -- At least 29 bodies were recovered and an estimated 40 others were still missing after a ferry sank on Sunday afternoon in the middle of a river in Bangladesh's northwestern Manikganj district, 40 km northwest of Dhaka.

Rashida Ferdaus, the district's administration chief, told Xinhua that "29 bodies including one child have so far been recovered." (Bangladesh-Capsizal)

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KIEV -- An explosion killed three people and injured 10 others during a march in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on Sunday afternoon, the Interfax news agency reported.

The explosion was caused by an explosive device thrown from a passing car into the crowd marching in procession to mark the first anniversary of the regime change. (Ukraine-Blast)

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KIEV -- The Ukrainian government and the pro-independence insurgents have agreed to withdraw their heavy weapons from the front line in eastern Ukraine over the next two weeks.

"The plan was signed in the early hours of this morning. We have two weeks to remove heavy weapons starting from today," the Interfax news agency quoted senior rebel commander Eduard Basurin as saying.(Ukraine-Arms Withdrawal)

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TRIPOLI -- A device exploded outside of the Iranian ambassador's residence in the Libyan capital Tripoli on Sunday, but no casualties were reported, according to a security source.

The device blew up at the gate of the ambassador's residence, causing material damage, but nobody was hurt, the source told Xinhua. (Libya-Iranian Ambassador) Endi