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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, Oct. 7

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The death toll of three suicide attacks early Wednesday in Nigeria's Damaturu city, capital of the northeastern state of Yobe, has risen from 16 to 18, local police said.

Two more people died while receiving treatment at the hospital, Yobe State police spokesman, Toyin Gbadegesin, told Xinhua. He said eight other people are receiving treatment at a state-owned health facility in the state. (Nigeria-Suicide Attacks)

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STOCKHOLM -- Three scientists share 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced Wednesday.

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2015 was awarded jointly to Tomas Lindahl, Paul Modrich and Aziz Sancar "for mechanistic studies of DNA repair," that is for having mapped at a molecular level how cells repair damaged DNA and safeguard genetic information. (Sweden-Nobel Prize-Chemistry)

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BRUSSELS -- The European Commission Tuesday said it will continue to work towards a renewed and safe framework for the transfer of personal data across the Atlantic after top European Union (EU) court ruled the "Safe Harbour" agreement was invalid.

The European Court of Justice has ruled earlier the same day that the transatlantic data-sharing deal -- "Safe Harbour" agreement which allows American tech companies such as Facebook to transfer users' data from the EU to the United States is invalid. (Europe-US-Data Tapping)

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DAMASCUS -- The Syrian army started Wednesday a ground operation against rebel-held areas in the countryside of the central province of Hama under Russian and Syria air force cover, a military source told Xinhua.

The operation aims primarily at targeting jihadi groups in the northern countryside of Hama, more specifically in towns of Latamenh and Kafr Zaita. Those areas have fallen to rebels of Jaish al-Fateh, or the Conqure Army, which is an alliance of several jihadi groups, mainly the al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front, said the source on condition of anonymity. (Syria-Conflict)

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JERUSALEM/RAMALLAH -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has canceled his visit to Germany on Thursday amid the escalated Israeli-Palestinian violence, his office said on Wednesday.

Netanyahu said Israel would "crackdown" on the recent wave of terrorism, announcing moves like expediting the demolition of homes of Palestinian militants, installing more security cameras on West Bank roads and continuing to deploy vast security forces in east Jerusalem and the West Bank area. (Israel-Palestine-Clashes) Endi