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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, April 15

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A passenger plane experienced engine fire after take-off at the airport in South Kalimantan of Borneo Island on Friday, J.A. Barata, spokesman of the transport ministry, told Xinhua via telephone. (Indonesia-Plane-Fire)

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TOKYO -- Japan and Russia on Friday agreed to schedule a date for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in a move Tokyo hopes will help improve bilateral ties with Moscow and see both sides move closer towards settling a long-held territorial dispute. (Japan-Russia-Dispute)

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ADEN, Yemen -- A car bomb went off on Friday near the Foreign Ministry building in Yemen's temporary capital of Aden, with no casualties reported so far, a security official told Xinhua. (Yemen-Car Bomb)

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LONDON -- Five people have been arrested in Birmingham and at Gatwick Airport on suspicion of terror activities, West Midlands Police confirmed Friday. (Britain-Airport-Terror) Endi