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Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Aug. 30

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Death toll from a truck crash involving young girls has risen to 65, the Swaziland Solidarity Network reported on Saturday.

The truck, which was carrying the girls on their way to cut reeds for the annual Umhlanga (ceremony) Reed Dance in Swaziland, crashed near a border area in Mbabane, capital of Swaziland late Friday, said the report. (Swaziland-Truck-Clash)

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CAPE TOWN-- A bus drove off a cliff, killing 35 people on board in Eastern Cape Province on Saturday, authorities said.

Only nine of the 44 passengers survived the horror crash, according to the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC). (SAfrica-Bus-Accident)

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ABU DHABI -- The United Arab Emirates (UAE) President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan ordered here on Saturday a major humanitarian campaign to reach out to about 10 million people affected by the unfolding crisis in Yemen, state news agency WAM reported. (UAE-Yemen-Compaign)

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BUDAPEST -- A court in Kecskemet, Hungary, 85 km southeast of Budapest, approved on Saturday to formally arrest the four men already in detention for a role in the deaths of 71 refugees found in a truck abandoned on motorway A4, near Vienna, according to Hungarian News Agency MTI. (Hungary-Budapest-Detention)

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TRIPOLI -- Three suspects were arrested in Libya on Saturday over possible involvement in recent migrant crises that nearly killed 200 people, according to a statement of Tripoli's Special Intervention Squad. (Libya-Suspects-Arrest) Endi