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Xinhua world news summary at 1540 GMT, March 4

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met with the Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif for a third day in the Swiss lakeside resort town of Montreux for further nuclear talks before heading to Saudi Arabia on Wednesday.

Later on Thursday senior diplomats from Iran and the P5+1 group, namely the U.S., Britain, France, Russia, China and Germany, will continue to gather around the negotiation table so as to seek a final and comprehensive deal on Iran's nuclear program. (U.S.-Iran-Talks)

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ROME -- At least 10 people were killed as one of the boats carrying illegal migrants capsized off Sicily, Italy, the Italian Coast Guard said on Wednesday.

Some 500 migrants who were rescued were taken by the Italian Coast Guard to the Sicilian port of Augusta, and another 200 were being taken aboard a tanker to another Sicilian port. (Migrant-Italy-Accident)

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KIEV -- At least 32 people were killed in an explosion early Wednesday at the Zasyadlo mine in eastern Ukraine, the speaker of the Ukrainian parliament said.

The emergency ministry of the self-proclaimed Donetsk people's republic said earlier that one person was killed and 14 others were injured in the blast. (Ukraine-Mine-Explosion)

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KATHMANDU -- A Turkish Airlines Flight TK 726 skidded off the runway while landing at the Nepal's Tribhuwan International Airport on Wednesday morning at 8 a.m. local time, airport officials told Xinhua.

General Manager of the airport Birendra Shrestha said all 227 passengers on board are safe. "There are no human casualties." (Nepal-Turkey-Plane) Endi