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Xinhua world news summary at 0130 GMT, Oct. 7

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At least seven people were killed and 12 others wounded when a suicide bomber blew himself in front of a gathering of the Shiite Houthi group in Yemen's capital of Sanaa on Tuesday night, a security official told Xinhua.

The initial investigation showed that seven people were killed and 12 others wounded in the suicide bombing attack in the southern gate of Iman university in Hassaba area in central Sanaa, Houthi-controlled Saba news agency reported. (Yemen-Bombing)

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CAPE TOWN -- Chinese and African health officials on Tuesday adopted the Cape Town Declaraion which outlines the objectives for future cooperation in health development.

This emerged after the ministers in charge of health affairs in China and African countries, met in Cape Town for the 2nd Ministerial Forum of China-Africa Health Development. (S.Africa-China-Cooperation)

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DAMASCUS -- Thousands of rebels are fleeing their positions toward Turkey and Jordan, as a result of the Russian and Syrian airstrikes, the state-run TV reported Tuesday.

The rebels have suffered "great losses," which led to a "collapse in their morale," as thousands of them fled toward Turkey and Jordan and part of them fled toward Europe, the TV said. The report collaborated with what a senior military officer told Xinhua on Sunday that "the Russian airstrikes have a tangible efficiency." (Syria-Rebels)

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SYDNEY -- Five males aged 16 to 24 were arrested in dawn raid in Sydney on Wednesday in relation to the fatal shooting of an employee outside New South Wales police headquarters last Friday.

More than 200 police officers raided homes in western Sydney.

Those arrested include a 16-year-old boy and an 18-year-old man from Wentworthville, a 22-year-old man and a 24-year-old man from Merrylands, and a 22-year-old man from Marsfield. (Australia-Shooting) Endi