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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, Nov. 9

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At least 5 people were killed and several others were injured Monday in two suicide bomb blasts in Cameroon's Far North Region, an army source told Xinhua.

The explosions, which took place in Fotokol town, were believed to be a terrorist act carried out by Nigerian Islamic sect Boko Haram. (Cameroon-Blasts)

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CAIRO -- Egyptian security forces killed on Monday a leading Islamic State (IS) militant in a gunfight in Cairo, according to the Interior Ministry.

Ashraf Ali el-Gharabli is a leading member of IS-affiliated Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis group, which carried out a series of attacks in the North African country, the ministry said in a statement. (Egypt-IS-Police)

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PUL-E-KHUMRI, Afghanistan -- Three militants have been killed and 11 others sustained injuries as clash flared up in Afghanistan's northern Baghlan province, provincial police spokesman Zabihullah Shija said on Monday.

"The security forces launched cleanup operation in Dand-e-Shahabudin on Sunday and so far three Taliban rebels have been killed and eight others injured," Shija told reporters. (Afghanistan-Clash)

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AMMAN -- Two Americans and a South African were shot dead on Monday at a police training center in Amman by a Jordanian policeman, state-run Petra news agency reported.

Jordan's Minister of State for Media Affairs Mohammad Momani said the three victims were all trainers at the police training facility in Al Mwaqqar. (Jordan-Shooting)

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NAY PYI TAW -- Myanmar's Union Election Commission (UEC) on Monday released the first series of the result of the general election held on Sunday following the opening of the election results center in Nay Pyi Taw.

According to the first series of the result, candidates from the opposition National League for Democracy (NLD) have won 12 seats at the House of Representatives (Lower House) so far from their respective constituencies in Yangon region. (Myanmar-Election) Endi