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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, March 26

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"We can only speculate on the motives," said Lufthansa chief executive Carsten Spohr on Thursday at a press conference after the statements in Marseille that the co-pilot of the crashed Germanwings flight 4U9525 had deliberately brought the plane to crash.

However, there is no indication that one would suspect co-pilot's terrorist intentions, said Spohr. (Germany-Germanwings)

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BAGHDAD -- Iraqi government on Thursday expressed concerns about the military intervention in Yemen and urged for dialogue to end the country's unrest.

Iraqi Foreign Ministry expressed in a statement its concern for "the military intervention in Yemeni affairs, which leads to further complexity of the situation in Yemen, and would not allow to adopt political solution in the current complicated circumstances." (Iraq-Yemen-Crisis)

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JOHANNESBURG -- Thousands of workers at a major power station continued their strike on Thursday amid worsening rolling blackouts across the country.

The strike by about 8,000 workers at Medupi Power Station in Limpopo province has continued for two days, resulting into the total closure of the station. (S. Africa-Strike)

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KIEV -- A pilot was killed early Thursday when his single-engine aircraft crashed in Ukraine's western Volyn region, authorities said.

The accident occurred shortly after midnight local time (2200 GMT Wednesday), when a light An-2 aircraft crashed into a private house in Promin village and caught a fire, the State Service for Emergencies said. (Ukraine-Plane-Crash) Endit