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Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, April 6

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Churches in Garissa town and its environs on Sunday tightened security following a terrorist attack at Garissa University College on Thursday that claimed 148 lives.

A spot check by Xinhua revealed that all the 36 churches in Garissa town doubled the number of armed security officers from three to six.

The normally packed Christian churches experienced a low turnout on Sunday as worshippers stayed at home for fear of attacks. (Kenya-Vigilance)

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NEW DELHI -- Over 300 families have been badly affected during a cyclonic storm from Saturday night to Sunday morning in the northeast Indian state of Meghalaya.

The cyclone hit the state's South West Garo Hills district, with high velocity winds, accompanied by rain and lightening, rendering many families homeless and uprooting hundreds of trees, telephone and electric poles in the district bordering Bangladesh, local media said. (India-Cyclone)

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CAIRO -- Senior leader of Egypt's Ajnad Misr terrorist group was killed on Sunday by security forces in Giza governorate, Egypt's interior ministry said.

The ministry said in a press statement that the Hammam Attiya, founder of the outlawed Ajnad Misr militant group, was shot dead during fire exchanges with security forces at an apartment in Al-Ahram district in Giza. (Egypt-Militant Group)

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ALGIERS -- Algeria on Sunday said a total of 496 illegal migrants from different African countries were intercepted by the government troops in the southernmost locality of In Guezzam.

"Army troops arrested, in two separate operations, 496 illegal immigrants from different African nations, in addition to two smugglers in possession of four metal detectors and mobile phones," according to a statement of the Defense Ministry. (Algeria-Illegal Immigrants) Endi