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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, June 9

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A huge fire and explosion on Tuesday at a fuel depot outside the Ukrainian capital of Kiev may have caused heavy casualties, authorities said.

The explosion near Vasylkiv town, 38 km south of Kiev, was "gigantic" and "firemen have died," said Interior Minister Arsen Avakov on Twitter. (Ukraine-Explosion)

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GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany -- After two days of meetings with a heavy agenda, leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) industrialized countries left the Bavarian Alps on Monday with few tangible results.

In spite of the fanfare with which the leaders gathered at Schloss Elmau, the summit concluded with a 17-page declaration, which touched on a wide array of issues boiling down to nothing more than some pledges and warnings. (G7-Summit)

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SEOUL -- South Korea's health authorities are closely monitoring whether the third phase of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) epidemic would materialize as infectees were found in new hospitals.

Eight more MERS contagions were added in South Korea on Tuesday, bringing the total number to 95, according to the Ministry of Health and Welfare. One more death was reported, sending the total death toll to seven. (S.Korea-MERS)

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MOSCOW -- Top Chinese legislator Zhang Dejiang met here Monday with South African parliamentary leaders and called for closer cooperation between the two countries' legislatures.

China-South Africa relations have maintained robust development in recent years, said Zhang, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) of China, during a meeting with Thandi Modise, chairwoman of South Africa's National Council of Provinces, and Solomon Lechesa Tsenoli, deputy speaker of South Africa's National Assembly. (China-South Africa-Parliamentary Cooperation)

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RAMADI, Iraq -- At least nine security members were killed and over 15 wounded on Tuesday when two suicide bombers attacked a local government building in a town in Iraq's western province of Anbar, a provincial security source said.

The attack occurred at noon when a suicide bomber blew up his explosive vest at the entrance of the government building in the town of Ameriyat al-Fallujah, some 40 km west of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity. (Iraq-Bombing) Endi