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Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, March 15

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday that the results of state elections in Germany on Sunday "make her party think."

Eligible German voters cast their ballots on Sunday in the southwestern states of Baden-Wuerttemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate as well as eastern Saxony-Anhalt to elect three new regional parliaments. (Germany-Election Results-Merkel)

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MOSCOW -- The Russian air forces deployed in Syria would start withdrawal from March 15, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday.

Putin said the decision was discussed and coordinated with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad during a phone conversation earlier in the day, adding that "the fundamental tasks set for the Russian armed forced in Syria were resolved." (Russia-Syria-Withdraw)

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ISTANBUL -- Tens of thousands of Turks took to the streets on Monday to protest against the government's failure to prevent more terror attacks, after a latest one in the capital Ankara claimed at least 37 lives.

In Istanbul, hundreds of protesters gathered in the bustling Istiklal Street to voice their displeasure at inadequate security measures. (Turkey-Bombing-Protests)

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PYONGYANG -- Top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Jong Un said his country will conduct a nuclear warhead explosion test and a test-fire of ballistic rockets able to carry nuclear warheads "in a short time," the official KCNA news agency reported Tuesday.

Kim made the remarks when he guided an environmental simulation for reentry into atmosphere of the warhead tip of a ballistic missile, the report said. (DPRK-Nuke-Ballistic Rockets) Endi