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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, Nov. 19

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A collision between a bus and a car killed 32 people in Osizweni, KwaZulu-Natal Province on Thursday, authorities said.

According to the initial report from the scene, 32 people have died and four others were injured. (South Africa-Collision)

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PARIS -- Suspected mastermind of Paris attacks on Nov. 13 Abdelhamid Abaaoud was "officially identified" among the terrorists killed during a police raid on Wednesday, the office of Paris Prosecutor announced in a statement on Thursday.

"Abdelhamid Abaaoud was just officially identified after comparison of fingerprints, and killed during the raid," according to Paris Prosecutor Francois Molins. (France-Terror Attack)

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SOFIA -- A passenger jet flying from Poland to Egypt has made an emergency landing in Burgas, Bulgaria, after a false alert by a passenger that a bomb was placed on board the aircraft, officials said Thursday.

The authorities found that the report was made by a 67-year-old Polish passenger, the Bulgarian Ministry of Interior said in a statement on its website, adding that based on his information, he had consumed alcohol. (Bulgaria-Bomb Scare)

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PUL-E-KHUMRI, Afghanistan -- About nine civilians were wounded in a bomb attack near a police station in Afghanistan's northern province of Baghlan on Thursday, police said.

"An Improvised Explosive Device (IED) attached to a motorcycle was detonated near the entrance of Baghlan-e-Markazi district police station at around 9:30 in the morning, causing nine people wounded," deputy provincial police chief, Abdul Rahid Bashir, told Xinhua. (Afghanistan-Bomb Attack)

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JERUSALEM -- A knife-wielding Palestinian on a stabbing spree killed two Israeli men and injured another at a chapel on Tel Aviv's seafront on Thursday.

Police identified the suspect as 24-year-old Palestinian from the West Bank Dura, a village in southwest of Hebron. His name was not immediately released, but Channel 2 TV news reported he had no previous record of involvement in acts of terror. (Israel-Palestine) Endi