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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, July 18

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More than 200 people were injured in a train collision in Johannesburg on Friday night, authorities said.

Currently there was no report of deaths after the accident took place near the Booysens station in the city, said Netcare, a private emergency service. (South Africa-Collision)

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ATHENS -- All Greek banks will reopen on Monday July 20 after a three-week bank holiday, but capital controls will continue, according to an official statement released on Saturday.

Depositors will be able to reach the counters of bank branches from next week for a limited number of transactions, but the 60 euro euro daily limit in cash withdrawals remains, according to the decree issued by the Finance Ministry. (Greece-Bank Reopen)

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TEHRAN -- Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Saturday the nuclear agreement would not change the country's stance towards the "arrogant" United States.

Iran would remain firm on its foreign policies, including its relations with the United States, despite the deal reached with world major countries on its nuclear program, Khamenei said in a speech broadcast live and marking the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. (Iran-U.S.-Relationship)

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SYDNEY -- An earthquake measuring 7.5 on the Richter scale jolted 83 km off Lata, Solomon Islands on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 12.0 km, was initially determined to be at 10.3 degrees south latitude and 165.2 degrees east longitude. (Solomon Islands-Earthquake-Tsunami)

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NEW DELHI -- At least two people were killed and five others injured Saturday in a stampede at a religious festival in the eastern Indian state of Odisha, a senior police official said.

"The stampede broke out during the pulling of chariot of Hindu deities by devotees in the state's holy town of Puri," he said on condition of anonymity. (India-Stampede)

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BAQUBA, Iraq -- Up to 97 people were killed and 133 wounded in a huge truck bomb explosion at a busy marketplace in Iraq's eastern province of Diyala on Friday, a provincial security source told Xinhua.

The bloody attack occurred when a truck loaded with 4-5 tons of explosives detonated as hundreds of people were crowded at a popular market at the town of Khan Bani Saad, just south of the provincial capital city of Baquba, which located some 65 northeast of Baghdad, the source said on condition of anonymity. (Iraq-Explosion) Endi