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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, April 1

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The inter-communal conflict at Bouna, a town in the north-east region of Ivory Coast, has claimed the lives of twelve Burkina Faso nationals, an official source on Thursday said in Ouagadougou.

The governmental information service (SIG) made public the death data in a release, and lamented that other 1,550 Burkina nationals have returned to their motherland. (Burkina Faso-Conflict)

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SEOUL -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Friday fired off a ground-to-air missile into eastern waters, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said.

The short-range missile, which flew about 100 km, was launched at around 12:45 p.m. local time (0345 GMT) from the eastern region near the coast of Seondeok in South Hamgyeong province. (DPRK-Missile)

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PARIS -- At least 10 people were injured, including one in critical condition, during the explosion caused by gas in the sixth district of Paris, the firefight commander told BFMTV on Friday.

Among the 10 injured, six were firefighters, BFMTV reported citing the rescue sources. (France-Explosion)

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KABUL -- Seven Taliban militants have been killed over the past 24 hours across Afghanistan, the country's defense ministry said on Friday.

"Seven militants have been killed and 14 others wounded when Afghan National Security Forces launched joint operations in the countryside over the past 24 hours," the ministry said in a statement providing daily operational updates. (Afghanistan-Taliban)

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ANKARA -- Two soldiers of the Turkish security forces were killed and six others wounded in a bomb attack staged by the militants of the outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) on Friday, private Dogan news agency reported,

The hand-made bomb exploded when a military vehicle carrying journalists was passing through in Nusaybin town of Mardin province bordering Syria early Friday morning, leaving eight people wounded on the scene, according to the report. (Turkey-PKK Militants) Endi