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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, March 14

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The death toll from Sunday's attack on a beach resort in Cote d'Ivoire has risen to 18 from 16, authorities said on Monday.

Interior Minister Hamed Bakayoko said 15 civilians and three government soldiers were killed while over 30 others injured.

Gunmen raided three hotels in the country's southern seaside resort town of Grand-Bassam Sunday, killing at least 14 civilians and two government soldiers. (Cote d'Ivoire-Death)

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CARACAS -- Up to 25 gold miners are feared to be missing or slain after violence erupted in gold mines in the southeastern state of Bolivar on March 4, Venezuela's Ombudsman Tarek William Saab said on Sunday.

Families and witnesses said the missing miners were killed by unidentified gangsters. (Venezuela-Miner)

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ISLAMABAD -- At least 49 people were killed and 80 others injured in separate accidents caused by the current spell of torrential rains in Pakistan over the last four days, the authorities said Monday.

The country's National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said in a statement that the country's south Balochistan province was the worst hit where 18 people were killed, 22 others injured and 49 houses collapsed in separate incidents caused by torrential rains. (Pakistan-Torrential Rains)

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ANKARA -- Turkish security forces have arrested 18 suspects following a car bomb attack that killed at least 37 people in the capital city of Ankara, private Dogan news agency reported on Monday.

The arrests were made in simultaneous operations in the northwestern province of Eskisehir and the southeastern province of Sanliurfa, Eskisehir Governor Gungoz Azmi Tuna was quoted as saying. (Turkey-Car Bomb) Endi