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Xinhua world news summary at 1600 GMT, April 16

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An 18-year-old man from Birmingham was arrested at Manchester airport on Saturday for "Syria-related terrorism offences," Britain's West Midlands Police said. (Britain-Terror-Arrest)

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MADRID -- The number of fatalities caused by the collapse of a five-story apartment block on the island of Tenerife on Thursday has risen to six, local authority confirmed on Saturday. (Spain-Accident)

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UNITED NATIONS -- The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Friday strongly condemned the firing of a ballistic missile by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) earlier in the day.

(UN-DPRK-Condemnation)

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KUNDUZ, Afghanistan -- Up to 49 Taliban militants were killed since the Taliban's launch of offensive around Kunduz provincial capital the Kunduz city on Friday, an army spokesman in the northern region Nasratullah Jamshidi said Saturday. (Afghanistan-Kunduz-Clash)

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OSAKA -- At least 22 people have been confirmed dead after a 7.3-magnitude earthquake rocked Japan's southwestern Kumamoto Prefecture on Saturday, bringing the total number killed since Thursday to 31. (Japan-Earthquake) Endi