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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, March 12

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A dust explosion happened overnight in a newly built bio-oil factory in Joensuu, eastern Finland, local media reported on Thursday. (Finland-Dust-Fire)

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MOSCOW -- Russian manned spacecraft Soyuz TMA-14M capsule landed successfully in Kazakhstan after completing its mission to the International Space Station (ISS), the Mission Control said Thursday. (Russia-Spacecraft)

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MOSCOW -- Three fleets of the Russian Navy hold military exercises simultaneously on Thursday, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

In the Black Sea, warships of the Black Sea Fleet carried out missile and artillery strikes, with the participation of a Bora-class air-cushioned ship and Invanovets-class cutters, Vyacheslav Trukhachev, a spokesman for the fleet, was quoted by RIA Novosti as saying. (Russia-Drills)

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DHAKA -- At least four workers were confirmed dead after the roof of an under-construction cement factory building collapsed on Thursday afternoon in Bangladesh's southern Bagerhat district. (Bangladesh-Factory Collapse)

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ATHENS -- Greece issued a demarche over German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schauble's statements against his Greek counterpart, Yanis Varoufakis, the Foreign Affairs Ministry said Thursday. (Greece-Germany) Endi