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Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Feb. 26

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Up to seven people were killed and 31 others injured in two suicide bomb attacks at a Shiite mosque in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad on Thursday, an Interior Ministry source said.

The attacks occurred after the sunset during the evening prayer when two suicide bombers detonated their explosive vests at the gate of al-Rasoul al-Adham mosque at the predominantly Shiite district of Shula in northwestern Baghdad. (Iraq-Suicide bombings)

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NEW DELHI -- As many as 247 school students fell ill after having lunch at school Thursday in western Indian state of Maharashtra, local media reported.

The suspected food poisoning incident took place in Vikramgad of Palghar district of the state. The children were served food called Khichdi, which is a mixture of rice and dal and within half an hour, students started complained of stomachache, vomiting and giddiness. (India-student-food poisoning)

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WASHINGTON -- The deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD), an advanced U.S. missile defense system, in South Korea may threaten China's security interests, visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Thursday.

The range of X-band radar associated with the THAAD system goes far beyond the Korean Peninsular and well into the interior of China. Washington and Seoul started talks on THAAD after the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) conducted its fourth nuclear test on Jan. 6 and allegedly launched an Earth-observation satellite to test ballistic missile technology on Feb. 7 this year. (U.S.-China-THAAD)

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GENEVA -- A total of 67,300 people passed away in Switzerland last year, up from 63,900 in 2014, representing the highest number of deaths since 1918 when the Spanish influenza pandemic hit the global community, the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO) reported on Thursday.

Authorities said that the flu season at the beginning of the year combined with an exceptionally hot summer contributed to an increase in deaths in the confederation. FSO reported that similar trends were witnessed in other European countries including France, Italy, Germany and England. (Switzerland-deaths-flu) Endi