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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, Jan. 14

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Indonesia's Jakarta police chief Tito Karnavian said terror group Islamic State (IS) was the perpetrator of the suicide bombing in the capital city on Thursday that killed seven people and injured 20 others.

"The network of the perpetrator is the group related to the IS," the police chief told a press conference. (Indonesia-Attack)

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LONDON -- Britain's East Midlands Airport has been closed after an aircraft was forced into an emergency landing on Thursday, local newspaper Derby Telegraph reported.

The plane is believed to have crashed onto the runway shortly after midday at the airport after its landing gear failed, the Derby Telegraph said. (Britain-Airport-Close)

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GENEVA -- The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday declared the end of the most recent flare-up of Ebola virus disease in Liberia, saying all known chains of transmission have been stopped in West Africa.

The WHO announcement came 42 days (two 21-day incubation cycles of the virus) after the last confirmed patient in Liberia tested negative twice for the disease. (Ebola-West Africa)

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BAGHDAD -- Iraqi security forces on Thursday recaptured territories seized earlier in the day by Islamic State (IS) militants in Salahudin province, security sources said.

At least 30 IS militants were killed in the fighting, when government troops and allied paramilitary units, known as Hashd Shaabi retook the areas of Tal Gseiba and al-Madad, some 30 km east of the provincial capital city of Tikrit, said Jasim al-Jbara, head of security committee of Salahudin provincial council. (Iraq-IS-Fighting) Endi