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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, Aug. 23

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A Chinese tourist who was kidnapped in northwestern Pakistan a year ago was rescued, Pakistani Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan told local media on Sunday.(Pakistan-Chinese tourist)

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GENEVA -- At least one person has been killed after two small planes collided in the air at an air show in Dittingen, Switzerland, on Sunday, media reports and police sources said.(Switzerland-Planes-Crash)

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LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan -- A total of 31 Taliban militants including a key commander were killed and 30 others injured as military aircraft pounded militants' hideouts in Musa Kala district of southern Helmand province on Sunday, said Brig. Mohammad Rasoul Zazai, an army spokesman in the province. (Afghanistan-Taliban-Air Raid)

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ADEN, Yemen -- A British hostage has been released following a UAE military intelligence operation against al-Qaida kidnappers in Yemen's southern port city of Aden, the government source said. (Yemen-British Hostage-Release)

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SAN SALVADOR -- At least 14 prisoners were killed in a suspected in-fighting between two rival fractions of El Salvador's most notorious street gang taking place in a jail near the capital city of San Salvador on Saturday, the authorities said. (Salvador-Prisoners-Fighting)

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TEHRAN -- Britain reopened its embassy in Iran's capital of Tehran on Sunday after four years of closure.

British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond, who arrived in Tehran on Sunday, presided the reopening ceremony. (Iran-Britain-Embassy) Endi