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Xinhua world news summary at 0100 GMT, April 10

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At least 20 Shiite Houthi fighters were killed and dozens of others wounded in Saudi-led airstrikes on a military base in Yemen's northern province of Amran, military officials and medics said.

"Saudi-led warplanes pounded 310th armored camp for over seven times during morning and afternoon, bombing weapons shipping containers and tanks, during which many Houthi fighters were killed," a retired military officer who lives next to the camp told Xinhua by phone on condition of anonymity. (Yemen-Airstrike)

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CARACAS -- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has received 10.42 million signatures on a petition calling on the United States to repeal a decree declaring the country a national security threat, media reported Thursday.

The announcement came a day before Maduro is set to attend the 7th Summit of the Americas, which begins Friday in Panama City, Panama.(Venezuela-US)

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ISLAMABAD -- A total of 47 militants were killed in an air raid by Pakistani army in the country's northwest tribal area of Khyber Agency on Thursday, local media reported.

ARY News said that the military jet fighters pounded hideouts of suspected militants in three different areas of Khyber Agency, a militancy-infested tribal area where the military is carrying out an armed offensive "Operation Khyber 2", presently. (Pakistan-Militants)

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PORT-AU-PRINCE -- As many as 21 people died after a migrant boat sank off the north coast of Haiti, a senior Haitian official said on Thursday.

The boat, which left Haiti at about midnight, sank off the coast after running into bad weather in the early hours of Thursday, said Alta Jean-Baptiste, said the Haitian official. (Haiti-Shipwreck) Endi