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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, May 9

Xinhua, May 9, 2015 Adjust font size:

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday attended a grand military parade held in Moscow to mark the 70th anniversary of the victory of the Great Patriotic War, Russia's term for World War II (WWII).

Xi, hosted by Russian President Vladimir Putin, was among more than 20 leaders of countries, regions and international organizations to attend the commemorative event. (China-Russia-VDay Parade)

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MOSCOW -- Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday called for an equal, non-bloc international security system in a speech delivered at the start of the country's Victory Day parade.

"The creation of a security system equal for all countries must be our joint task, a system built on a global and regional, non-bloc foundation and to provide adequate response to modern threats," Putin said. (Russia-Putin-Parade)

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MADRID -- At least three people were killed and two more seriously injured when a Spanish military aircraft crashed close to Seville airport on Saturday.

Local media reports said that the incident happened at around 13:00 local time as the aircraft, an Airbus 400M, crashed while on exercise, practicing take-offs and landings. (Spain-Crash)

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PYONGYANG -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has successfully test-fired a strategic ballistic missile from an underwater submarine, official news agency reported on Saturday.

DPRK leader Kim Jong Un issued an order to begin the test-firing and watched the test, according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). (DPRK-Ballistic Missile)

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BAQUBA -- Up to 43 inmates escaped a prison in Iraq's eastern province of Diyala amid a riot that killed 33 inmates and 11 policemen, and wounded 17 others, a provincial security source said on Saturday.

Nine of the escaped prisoners were held for terror charges and the rest were accused of criminal charges, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity. (Iraq-Prison-Break) Endi