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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, Sept. 19

Xinhua, September 19, 2015 Adjust font size:

The African Union (AU) has suspended Burkina Faso and threatened sanctions on coup leaders.(AU-Burkina Faso-Coup)

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ATHENS -- A girl about five years old died and at least 13 undocumented refugees and migrants were missing on Saturday after a boat transferring dozens of people from Turkey to Greece overturned off Lesvos island, Greek Coast Guard said.(Greece-Refugees)

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CAIRO -- Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi swore in on Saturday a new government, state media reported, just a week after the previous cabinet resigned following a corruption scandal.(Egypt-President-Cabinet)

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DAMASCUS -- An array of Jihadi groups, mainly al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front, have so far executed as many as 71 Syrian soldiers in a captured airbase in northwestern Syria, a monitor group reported Saturday.(Syria-Rebels-Execution)

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ADEN, Yemen -- Airstrikes by the Saudi-led Arab coalition killed about 30 people and injured scores of others in Yemen's capital Sanaa early on Saturday and overnight, the Houthi-controlled Saba News Agency and residents said. (Yemen-Airstrikes)

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KABUL -- Ten Taliban militants have joined the government-initiated peace and reconciliation process in Afghanistan's eastern province of Nangarhar, authorities said on Saturday. (Afghanistan-Taliban) Endi