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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, Sept. 13

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At least 12 militants from the Islamic State (IS) extremist group were killed in clashes with Iraqi security forces in Iraq's western province of Anbar on Sunday, while a U.S.-led coalition air strike destroyed a vehicle bomb factory, a provincial security source said.

In the early morning hours, fierce clashes erupted in Fallujah University compound and the nearby Haiyakel area, just south of the IS-held city of Fallujah, which located some 50 km west of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity. (Iraq-IS)

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ATHENS -- The death toll of the latest tragedy unfolding on Sunday in the Aegean Sea off the coasts of Farmakonissi island after the sinking of a boat carrying undocumented migrants and refugees from Turkey to Greece has reached 28 victims, including 14 children and babies, according to Greek Coast Guard.

As a rescue operation to locate a yet unclear number of missing was underway Greek authorities said that they have so far retrieved the bodies of at least four babies and ten children next to adults. (Greece-Migrants-Toll)

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RIYADH -- The death toll from a crane crash in Saudi Arabia's Grand Mosque rose to 111 on Sunday, local media reported.

The incident that came only two weeks before the pilgrimage season also left 331 others injured. (Saudi Arabia-Death Toll)

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YAOUNDE -- Ten people were killed and 14 others injured in twin suicide bomb blasts which took place in Kolofata, a town neighboring Nigeria in Cameroon's Far-North Region, on Sunday morning, military sources told Xinhua on phone.

It is suspected Nigerian Islamic sect Boko Haram is behind the attacks. (Cameroon-Boko Haram)

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PARIS -- A man was shot dead and five others were wounded by a group of armed men outside a bar in the southern French city of Marseille, local media reported Sunday.

Citing a police source, news channel BFMTV said gunmen opened fire early Sunday morning against people who were outside a bar in the 1st district of Marseille. (France-Shooting) Endi