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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, June 21

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The Sri Lanka navy arrested 26 Indian fishermen and also seized three Indian fishing trawlers for poaching in Sri Lankan waters, the navy media unit said on Sunday.

The navy said that the Indians had been arrested in the seas northern Point Pedro seas late on Saturday and they were brought ashore on Sunday. (Sri Lanka-India-Fishermen)

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MOSCOW-- A private plane has taken off without permission from Ishim, a town in southern Russia's Tyumen region, and is heading in the direction of Moscow, local media reported Sunday. (Russia-Plane)

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MOGADISHU -- Four attackers were killed when they attempted to storm a government compound in Mogadishu's Shibis district following a blast Sunday, authorities said. (Somali-Attacks)

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DAMASCUS -- The Islamic State (IS) militants have rigged the millennia-old city of Palmyra in central Syria with explosives, a monitor group reported on Sunday. (Syria-IS-Palmyra)

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DAMASCUS -- Syria accused Israel of providing medical treatment for the wounded militants of the al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front in its hospitals, official SANA news agency reported Sunday. (Syria-Israel-Militants) Endi