Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, Feb. 8
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A total of 33 migrants were found drowned on Monday after two boats capsized off Turkey's Aegean coast, Dogan News Agency reported.
At least 22 migrants were killed when a boat carrying migrants bound for the Greek island of Lesbos capsized off Turkey's Edremit Bay. The Turkish Coast Guard rescued four migrants from the sea. (Turkey-Migrants)
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KABUL -- Violent incidents in the shape of suicide attack and bomb blast claimed the lives of 10 people including six civilians and injured 27 others including 18 army personnel on Monday, officials confirmed.
In the first violent offensive which rocked the northern Mazar-e-Sharif city Monday morning, four people including the attacker were killed and 18 army personnel sustained injuries, an official said. (Afghanistan-Blast)
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RAMADI, Iraq -- Iraqi security forces on Monday recaptured a new district from Islamic State (IS) militants in eastern the flashpoint city of Ramadi, the capital city of Iraq's western Anbar province, a provincial security source said.
The troops and allied paramilitary Sunni tribal fighters swept Juwiba district and raised the Iraqi flag on the buildings after fierce clashes with IS militants, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity. (Iraq-IS)
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NEW DELHI -- At least five people were trapped in debris as a building, which housed a police station and parcel office inside a railway station collapsed at Hubli in the southern Indian state of Karnataka Monday afternoon, said local TV channel India Today.
The trapped were women constables working there, according to the report. (India-Building Collapse) Endi