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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, May 19

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Iraqi security forces on Tuesday repelled the Islamic State (IS) attacks in Iraq's western province of Anbar, while military preparations continued for a major counter-offensive to recapture the provincial capital city of Ramadi that fell in the hands of the IS militants after deadly battles in the past few days, a provincial security source said. (Iraq-IS-Attacks)

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SINGAPORE -- The Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA), with support from Singapore Customs and the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA), have seized a shipment of about 3.7 tons of illegal ivory,the second-largest seizure since 2002,AVA said in a joint press release with Singapore Customs on Tuesday.(Singapore-Ivory-Seisure)

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RABAT -- Morocco said on Tuesday that it dismantled a cell suspected of recruiting fighters for the Islamic State (IS) group.

The busted network operated in the cities of Casablanca and Boujniba, the Moroccan Interior Ministry said in a statement. (Morocco-IS-Cell)

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DAMASCUS -- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad met here Tuesday with a senior aide to Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, state news agency SANA reported. (Syria-President-Iran)

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NEW DELHI -- A passenger plane of national carrier Air India, with 169 people on board, made an emergency landing at an airport in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday, a senior aviation official said.(India-Plane-Emergency)

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NEW DELHI -- An Indian Air Force SU30 combat jet crashed Tuesday in the northeast state of Assam but its pilot was ejected safe, said local media. (India-Air Force-Jet Crash) Endi