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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, April 22

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Indonesia and other Islamic countries have proposed a special task force to address the challenges they are facing, Indonesian President Joko Widodo said on Wednesday.

Three major issues were discussed at a meeting between representatives from the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) countries on the sidelines of the Asian-African Summit, Widodo told reporters. (Islamic-Countries-Cooperation)

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JAKARTA -- Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held a meeting at the request of the Japanese side Wednesday afternoon on the sidelines of the Asian-African Summit in Indonesia's capital city.

As the general principle for handling the China-Japan ties, Xi stressed the need to strictly follow the spirit of the four political documents reached between them, so as to ensure the bilateral relations develop on a right track. (Xi-Abe-Meeting)

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DAMASCUS -- As many as 42 militants were killed in fresh infighting north of the capital Damascus, a monitoring group reported Wednesday.

Intense battles raged between an array of militant groups and the rival Islamic State (IS) militants at the al-Mhasseh area in the mountainous al-Qalamoun region, north of Damascus, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. (Syria-Conflicts-Casualties)

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PARIS -- French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said Tuesday that a student, 24, was arrested here Sunday morning for being suspected of planning a massive terrorist attack in Paris.

The student, possessing a significant arsenal of weapons, was allegedly planning "imminent" terrorist attacks against "one or two churches" in Paris, Cazeneuve said. (Paris-Terrorists-Arrest)

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CONAKRY -- A court in Guinea on Tuesday sentenced 11 men to life imprisonment for killing eight members of an anti-Ebola team in the southeastern village of Womey last September, a judicial source said.

The 11 were also fined 137,000 U.S. dollars which will be used as compensation to the families of the victims. Fifteen other accused persons were acquitted by court for lack of sufficient evidence. (Guinea-Trial-Ebola)

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NEW DELHI -- More than 30 people were killed and over 100 others injured in a storm that hit the eastern Indian state of Bihar late Tuesday night, a senior police officer said Wednesday.

"The storm hit the state's Purnia and Madhepura districts. While 30 people died in the calamity, those injured have been admitted to a local hospital," he said, on condition of anonymity. (India-Storm-Casualties) Endi