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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, Nov. 12

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Police in Denmark's capital city of Copenhagen said on Thursday that three young people, who were found dead on Wednesday, have been shot dead, local media reported.

The police said the three, aged 19, 23 and 24, were found dead in an apartment in the Frederiksberg district, according to the Danish news agency Ritzau. Police have not yet disclosed more details of the victims. A further investigation into the case is under way. (Denmark-Gunshot)

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KABUL -- Afghan government forces in crackdown against insurgents killed over two dozen armed militants in the northern and eastern region of the conflict-ridden country.

While militants abducted 12 civilians over the past 24 hours, officials said Thursday. (Afghanistan-Insurgents)

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BAGHDAD -- Iraqi Kurdish security forces on Thursday cut strategic supply lines between the stronghold of Islamic State (IS) militants in the town of Sinjar and other IS strongholds in Mosul and neighboring Syria, a Kurdish security source said.

The troops, known as Peshmerga, backed by international aircraft, began a major offensive in the morning and managed to seize the main road between Sinjar, which located some 100 km west of Mosul, and the nearby IS-held town of Tal Afar in east of Sinjar, while other troops took control of the main roads in west of the town, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity. (Iraq-Kurdish Militants)

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DHAKA -- A Bangladesh court in capital Dhaka sentenced a girl to death on Thursday after convicting her of murder of her parents about two years ago.

Judge MD Sayeed Ahmed of the Dhaka's Speedy Trial Tribunal-3 said Oishee Rahman, the only daughter of slain inspector of Special Branch (SB) of Bangladesh Police and his wife, was an adult when she killed her parents. (Bangladesh-Murder)

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RIO DE JANEIRO -- The death toll in the rupture of two tailings dams last week in Mariana, southeast Brazil, has reached six, authorities said Tuesday. Twenty-two people remained missing.

Over the past few days, people and animals were evacuated from the disaster area. (Brazil-Dams) Endi