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Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, July 19

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The Lebanese authorities are searching for five Czechs and their Lebanese driver who have been kidnapped in the eastern Bekaa Valley region, the National News Agency (NNA) said Saturday.

The five, along with their Lebanese driver have been missing since Friday night, when their car a Kia was discovered in the Kefraya region in the western part of the Bekaa, the NNA report said. (Lebanon-Czechs-Kidnap)

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NEW DELHI -- At least two persons were killed Saturday night and six others seriously injured when a four-story building collapsed in the western part of the Indian capital, said police.

At least 10 people are still believed to be trapped in the debris of the building in Western Delhi's Vishnu Garden area and rescuers are trying to find them. (India-Building Collapse-Death)

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LONDON -- Buckingham Palace Saturday voiced its concern over local tabloid The Sun's decision to publish the footage from 1933 showing Britain's Queen Elizabeth performing a "Nazi salute" as a young girl.

A spokesman of the palace said it was "disappointing that film, shot eight decades ago and apparently from her Majesty's personal family archive, has been obtained and exploited in this manner". (Queen Elizabeth-Nazi salute film)

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UNITED NATIONS -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon on Saturday condemned "in the strongest terms" a bomb attack on a busy market in a town north of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, which reportedly left more than 100 civilians dead, and voiced his hope that the perpetrators "are swiftly brought to justice."

Ban Ki- moon on Saturday also condemned the terrorist attacks that killed more than 60 people in northeast Nigeria, and reiterated the UN's support for the Nigerian government in its fight against terrorism. ((United Nations-Iraq-Nigeria-Attack)

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SRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir -- Clashes and protests broke out in Indian-controlled Kashmir Saturday on the eve of Eid-ul-Fitr-Muslim religious festival, officials said.

Indian police and paramilitary fired dozens of tear smoke shells to disperse the protesters in Srinagar city, the region's summer capital and southern town of Anantnag. (Kashmir-Clashes-Protests) Endi