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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, March 23

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Afghan militancy and counter-militancy have claimed 15 lives including 13 Taliban militants and two police personnel on Wednesday, police sources said.

In the latest violent incident, anti-government militants conducted ambuscade in Sholgara district of the northern Balkh province on Wednesday afternoon, killing two police personnel and injuring three others, a local police official, Nazar Gul confirmed. (Afghanistan-Militants)

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THE HAGUE -- Two Dutch people were missing after the attack at Brussels airport, the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed on Wednesday.

Alexander and Sascha Pinczowski, a brother and sister in their twenties from Maastricht, were supposed to fly on Tuesday morning from Brussels to the United States where they live. (Netherlands-Brussels Attacks)

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ISLAMABAD -- Four people died at a hospital in Pakistan's south Hyderabad district where they were shifted after consuming toxic liquor, on Wednesday, bringing the death toll to 44 over the last three days, local media reported.

Samaa said that most of the victims were from minority Hindu community who bought home-brewed alcohol from a local drug dealer to celebrate their religious festival in the Tando Muhammad Khan, a less-developed district located near Hyderabad in the country's south Sindh province. (Pakistan-Toxic Liquor)

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BAMAKO -- Nineteen suspects, including 18 Malians and one Togolese national, were arrested following Monday's terrorist attack at Nord-Sud hotel in Bamako, Director General of Mali police Moussa Ag Infahi said Tuesday.

The hotel was attacked by three or four assailants who were carrying light weapons, security sources said. (Mali-Hotel Attack) Endi