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Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Aug. 16

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Ecuador's President Rafael Correa gave the order on Saturday to evacuate communities to the south of Cotopaxi Volcano, as the colossus continued to belch columns of ash high into the sky. (Ecuador-President-Volcano)

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RAMALLAH -- Israeli soldiers opened fire and killed on Saturday a Palestinian young man at an Israeli army checkpoint near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, eyewitnesses and medics said. (Israel-Palestinian Man)

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TEHRAN -- Iran has given the documents of its past nuclear activities to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) together with answers to relevant questions, the spokesman for Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Behrouz Kamalvandi, said here on Saturday.(Iran-IAEA-Documents)

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JERUSALEM -- Two Israeli soldiers were stabbed and lightly wounded in two separate incidents occurring throughout the West Bank on Saturday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Spokesperson Unit announced in a statement.(Israel-Soldiers-Stabbed)

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SANTO DOMINGO -- A road accident in northern Haiti on Saturday has left at least 17 people dead, mostly women, and 18 wounded, according to authorities. (Haiti-Road Accident-Death) (Endit