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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, April 6

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The al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front group has kidnapped as many as 300 Syrian Kurds in the northwestern province of Idlib, the pan-Arab al-Mayadeen TV reported Monday.

Children were among those snatched from the town of Dana in the countryside of Idlib, said the report, spelling no further details. (Syria-Kurds)

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PHNOM PENH -- Cambodia's new National Election Committee (NEC) will be officially formed next Monday after the ruling and opposition parties have agreed on the members of this new independent body, opposition leader Sam Rainsy said Monday.

"On April 13, the National Assembly will vote to elect the nine members of the NEC," Sam Rainsy, leader of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), said in a joint press conference after a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Sar Kheng of the ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP). (Cambodia-Election Committee)

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ANKARA -- At least six people were dead and five others went missing on Monday when a boat with illegal migrants sank in western Turkey, private Dogan news agency reported.

The wooden boat capsized in the Aegean Sea near Kurucabuk region of western Turkey's Mugla province, said the report, adding that rescue efforts are underway. (Turkey-Boat Sinking)

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SHARAN, Afghanistan -- A Haqqani militant group's local leader has been killed in eastern Afghan province of Paktika, the provincial government said in a statement on Monday.

"The Afghan National Army (ANA) launched an operation in Malik Shahi area of Barmal district, killing Mullah Ramazhan, a known Haqqani network leader," the statement said. (Afghanistan-Terrorism) Endi