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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, Jan. 8

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Turkish security forces detained 58 members of the outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) in southeastern Turkey later Thursday while they attempted to escape, the military said on Friday.

Several PKK members were trying to flee the area by disguising themselves in women's clothes, including skirts and scarves, the military said. (Turkey-PKK-Arrest)

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RABAT -- The Moroccan police said on Friday that they had dismantled a seven-member IS recruitment cell in the suburbs of Casablanca.

Police investigations have revealed that the cell members supported the IS terrorist group, and its leader had close ties with IS leaders in Syria and Iraq with the aim of recruiting and sending Moroccan fighters to its camps, according to the Interior Ministry. (Morocco-IS)

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PARIS -- Paris Prosecutor Francois Molins on Friday expressed doubts about the identity of the man shot dead by police when he tried to attack officers in a northern suburb of Paris on Thursday.

The man tried to push his way into a police station in Paris carrying a meat cleaver and shouting "Allahu Akbar" (God is great). He attempted to stab policemen before being shot dead. (France-Attacker-Identity)

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BERLIN -- After scores of women reported sexual assaults and mugging by men on New Year's Eve in the western German city of Cologne, German police have identified a total of 31 suspects, most of whom were asylum seekers, German media Focus Online reported on Friday.

According to the report, the German Federal Police has detected 32 crimes on the New Year's Eve at Cologne's Central Station, with 31 suspects who have been identified by names. (Germany-Sexual Assaults-Suspects) Endi