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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, March 24

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A Nigerian Airforce jet fighter has crashed land at the Yola International Airport in northeast Adamawa State, aviation sources told Xinhua on Thursday.

One of the source at the airport said the incident occurred around 8:00 p.m. local time Wednesday night when the jet which return from a mission hovers round for about 30 minutes before attempting to land. (Nigeria-Jet Crash)

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ANKARA -- Three soldiers were killed and nine others were injured on Thursday in attacks by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in the Nusaybin district of the southeastern province of Mardin, Dogan News reported.

The PKK militants detonated an explosive placed in a building during a gendarmerie special unit's operation. One specialized sergeant was killed and four soldiers were wounded. (Turkey-PKK Attack)

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KANDAHAR -- About seven police personnel were killed in a suspected insider attack in Afghanistan's southern province of Kandahar overnight, an official said on Thursday.

"Seven personnel of Afghan Local Police (ALP) died after three ALP members turned their guns against them at a security checkpoint in Arghandab District at around midnight," a provincial official told Xinhua anonymously. (Afghanistan-Insider Attack)

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JERUSALEM -- Two Palestinian attackers were killed and an Israeli soldier was lightly wounded in a stabbing attack in Hebron in the West Bank on Thursday morning, the Israeli army said.

The two Palestinian assailants stabbed an Israeli soldier in a military post in Hebron, an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesperson said in a statement. (Israel-Stabbing Attack) Endi