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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, Sept. 1

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U.S. stocks opened sharply lower on Tuesday as a renewed broad-based sell-off around the world rattled nervous investors.

Tokyo equities dived with its benchmark Nikkei stocks index plunging 3.84 percent on Tuesday amid weak performances in other stocks markets. (US-Stocks-Tumbling)

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ANKARA -- A police officer was killed in an ambush by the rebels of the banned Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) in Igdir province of eastern Turkey on Tuesday, private Dogan news agency reported.

Police officer Olgun Kurbanoglu walked toward a military post in the Karakoyunlu town of Igdir Tuesday morning after a child informed him of "two suspects" in the area, according to the report. (Turkey-PKK-Conflicts)

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NEW DELHI -- At least 15 people were killed and 12 others injured on Tuesday when a bus rolled down a 200- meter deep gorge in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, said police.

The incident took place at the state's Kinnaur district some 18 km from the state capital Shimla, and the death toll could increase as some people are still unaccounted for. (India-Road-Accident)

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MADRID -- The number of victims in the explosion at a fireworks manufacturer based outside of Zaragoza, Spain rose to six on Tuesday morning as another body was found in the wreckage.

The five other confirmed dead were all employees at the Pirotecnia Zaragozana factory; a further six were taken to hospital in serious condition as the result of an explosion which happened at 2:15 p.m. local time (1215 GMT) on Monday. (Spain-Zaragoza-Explosion)

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NAIROBI -- The number of acutely and severely malnourished children in Somalia is likely to increase to 343,400 and 63,400 respectively through the end of the year, a UN-backed food security assessment says.

Widespread acute malnutrition persists across Somalia and large numbers of people will be acutely food insecure through December, according to the Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit for Somalia (FSNAU) managed by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization. (UN-Somali-Famine)

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BANGKOK -- Thai police have arrested an important suspect in a recent deadly bombing attack at Erawan Shrine in downtown Bangkok, police spokesman Prawut Thawornsiri said on Tuesday.

The suspect was arrested in Sa Kaeo province while he was trying to cross the border to Cambodia, Prawut said at a press conference. (Thailand-Bangkok-Explosion) Endi