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Xinhua world news summary at 0100 GMT, April 10

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Twenty five people have died after a bus crashed with another vehicle in central Zambia's Kabwe town, police said on Saturday.

The accident happened when the bus driver attempted to avoid a stationary truck, but ended up being in another lane and collided with an oncoming mini bus, police spokesperson Charity Munganga Chanda said in a statement.

Chanda said the dead include 21 adults and four juveniles, and all the passengers in the minibus, including the driver, died on the spot.

(Zambia-Road Accident)

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BRUSSELS -- A suspect of Paris terror attacks arrested Friday in Brussels has confessed to investigators that he is "the man in the hat" caught in the Brussels airport security cameras on March 22, Belgian federal prosecutor said Saturday.

The man, named Mohamed Abrini, was confronted with the results of various expert assessments and admitted his presence, said the federal prosecutor in a statement. "The person told investigators that he had thrown his jacket in a trash can and then sold his hat."

(Belgium-Terror Suspect)

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BUENOS AIRES -- Former Argentinean President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has been formally accused of money laundering, local daily La Nacion reported Saturday.

Prosecutor Guillermo Marijuan announced the measure against the former president after a previously incarcerated businessman, Leonardo Farina, made statements incriminating Kirchner and other former government figures in money laundering investigations, La Nacion said.

(Argentine-Former President-Charge)

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KABUL -- A rocket attack rocked Afghan capital of Kabul on Saturday night hours after U.S. secretary of state wrapped up a one-day trip to the country, sources and witnesses said.

"At least two rockets were fired from eastern part of Kabul towards the diplomatic district in central part of the city," a security source told Xinhua. (Afghanistan-Rock Attack) Endi