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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, May 4

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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's baby girl has just been named as Charlotte Elizabeth Diana, Kensington Palace said on Monday.

She will be known as Her Royal Highness Princess Charlotte of Cambridge. (Britain-Royal Baby)

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KABUL -- Over three dozen people, the majority of whom militants, have been killed in the ongoing militancy and conflicts in Afghanistan over the past two days, officials said Monday.

In the latest violent incident which rattled the capital city Kabul Monday morning, a suicide bomber blew himself up next to a bus of the employees of Attorney General Office, killing himself and another, besides injuring 15 more people, all civilians. (Afghanistan-Fighting)

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JERUSALEM -- Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman announced on Monday that his party will not join Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new government, which he said will not serve "national interests."

Lieberman's announcement was perceived as a significant setback for Netanyahu, who is struggling to put together a wide coalition ahead of a looming deadline. (Israel-Government)

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KATHMANDU -- Death toll of Nepal's April 25 earthquake has risen to 7,365 with the injury number standing at 14,366. The Nepalese authorities have started working out the scheme for the reconstruction.

The country's National Planning Commission (NPC) was panning out plans for reconstruction and rehabilitation. The plan is expected to be presented to the government and the international community soon. (Nepal-Quake Death)

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BAGHDAD -- A total of 28 people were killed and over 29 others wounded on Monday in bomb attacks and clashes with Islamic State (IS) militants across Iraq, security sources said.

In Anbar province, IS militants seized an abandoned industrial facility and a nearby railway station after heavy clashes with Iraqi forces near the IS-held town of Garma, just east of the city of Fallujah, some 50 km west of the capital of Baghdad, a provincial security source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity. (Iraq-IS-Fighting)

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LOME -- Togo's President Faure Gnassingbe was on Monday sworn in before the Togolese Constitutional Court which had declared him a day earlier as the winner of the April 25 presidential elections with 58.77 percent of the votes cast.

He won the polls ahead of four competitors, among them his main challenger Jean-Pierre Fabre who got 35.19 percent of the votes. (Togo-President) Endi