Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, March 27
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At least seven people were killed and 10 others seriously injured on Saturday after their truck hit a roadside billboard at Igunga village in Tanzania's central region of Tabora.
Khamis Selemani, Tabora regional police commander, said initial investigations revealed that the truck was on high speed and hit the billboard at 9:00 a.m. local time after its rear tyre burst. (Tanzania-Accident)
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ROME -- Italian police arrested an Algerian man on suspicion of collusion with the deadly attacks in Paris and Brussels, Italian media reported on Saturday.
Djamal Eddine Ouali was arrested in Bellizzi, a town in the costal province Salerno in southern Italy, on suspicion of producing fake documents that might also be used by some extremists related to the attacks in Paris and Brussels, according to Italian news agency Ansa. (Italy-Suspect-Attacks)
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CAIRO -- The Egyptian army killed 19 militants south of Sheikh Zuweid city in the restive North Sinai province on Saturday, the state-run Al-Ahram news website reported.
The security forces also arrested six terrorist suspects and destroyed 23 hideouts, 27 vehicles, two digging loaders and two motorbikes, Al-Ahram quoted security sources as saying. (Egypt-Militants)
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TIRANA -- Albanian police forces stopped on Saturday six Syrian refugees in Kakavija, Albanian southern border with Greece and arrested an Albanian citizen for helping them crossing the border.
According to police sources, the refugees were detected through thermal vision cameras near the place called "Mulliri" in Kakavija. (Albania-Refugee) Endi