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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, Feb. 22

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Some 14 people were killed and 11 others injured as a suicide bombing rocked Afghanistan's eastern province of Parwan on Monday, a provincial government spokesman said. (Afghanistan-Suicide Bombing)

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DAMASCUS -- The Islamic State (IS) cut the government forces' road into Syria's northern city of Aleppo, reports said on Monday.

The terror-designated group captured three points on the road to Aleppo overnight, said the pan-Arab al-Mayadeen TV. (Syria-IS-Aleppo)

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RAMADI, Iraq -- Security forces on Monday repelled an attack by the Islamic State (IS) in the Iraqi province of Anbar, killing at least 40 IS militants, a security source said. (Iraq-IS-Anbar)

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PHNOM PENH -- Cambodian police have arrested four Cambodian men for stabbing two Chinese men to death in a dispute at a karaoke parlor in northern Preah Vihear province, a local police chief confirmed on Monday. (Cambodia-Arrests)

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TOKYO -- Japan on Monday while saying it would endeavor to resolve a long-standing territorial dispute with South Korea saw Seoul rap Tokyo over a senior official presiding over a ceremony in western Japan to contend its claims over disputed islets as being Japanese territory. (Japan-South Korea-Dispute) Endi