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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, May 26

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Two people died and several more were injured in a shooting early Tuesday at a Walmart supermarket in the U.S. state of North Dakota, police said. (US-Walmart-Shooting)

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DAMASCUS -- As many as 140 Islamic State (IS) militants were killed Tuesday by Syrian airstrikes in the northern province of Raqqa, the de facto capital of IS, according to the state news agency SANA. (Syria-IS-Militants)

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VIENTIANE -- Ten elementary school children are missing and feared drowned in Laos after the boat they were traveling in capsized in a major Mekong tributary Tuesday morning local time, according to local police. (Laos-Elementary School)

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NAIROBI -- Kenyan police on Tuesday denied reports that Al-Shabaab on Monday night killed dozens of police officers during an ambush in a village in northeastern Garissa County. (Kenya-Al-Shabaab)

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ROME -- Italian police arrested 39 people and seized assets worth some 10 million euros (10.8 million U.S. dollars) in two major anti-mafia operations on Tuesday, local reports said. (Italy-Mafia-Arrests) Endi