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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, Dec. 28

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At least 30 people were killed and 65 others injured on Monday after twin blasts hit a mosque in Nigeria's Maiduguri, capital of the northeastern state of Borno, security and hospital sources said. (Nigeria-Blasts)

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KABUL -- A suicide car bomb rocked Afghan capital Kabul on Monday, killing one civilian and injuring 13 others, Kabul police chief Abdul Rahman Rahimi said.

"One innocent civilian was martyred and 13 others sustained injuries," Rahimi told reporters at the site of the blast. (Afghanistan-Car Bombing)

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YAOUNDE -- Two suicide bombers killed themselves Monday morning in Cameroon's Far North Region when they attempted to attack local villagers.

According to witnesses, two young women suspected to be members of Nigerian Islamic sect Boko Haram exploded the bombs attached to them in Bodo, a village in Far North region neighboring Nigeria, killing themselves and injuring one boy. (Cameroon-Suicide bomb)

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NEW DELHI -- At least six people were killed and over a dozen others injured in a building collapse in the central government-controlled territory of Chandigarh in northern India Monday, a senior police official said. (India-Collapse)

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DAMASCUS -- At least 32 people were killed and 90 others wounded on Monday when two car bombs tore through a pro-government district in Syria's central city of Homs, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based watchdog. (Syria-Attacks) Endi