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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, April 20

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Thirteen people were killed on Tuesday in clashes between the Democratic Republic of Congo army and Mai Mai Simba militia in Central-Biakato locality, Mambasa territory in the east of the country.

A local administrator told Xinhua that 12 militia fighters and one soldier were killed, and three soldiers were injured in the fighting. (DR Congo-Security)

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WASHINGTON -- Billionaire Donald Trump and former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday won sweeping victories in the New York primary, strengthening their leads in securing Republcian and Democratic nominations. (U.S.-Primary-New York)

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ISLAMABAD -- At least seven policemen, deployed to guard polio-eradication teams, were killed and three others injured when gunmen opened fire at them in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi on Wednesday, officials said.

Feroze Shah, deputy Inspector General Police, said the policemen were escorting teams who were giving polio vaccines to children in Orangi Town of Karachi, the capital city of the country's south Sindh province. (Paksitan-Police-Attack)

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DHAKA -- At least 13 people were killed and 30 others injured when two buses collided head-on on a highway in Bangladesh's northwestern Rangpur district, police said on Wednesday.

"At least 13 passengers were killed and 30 others sustained injuries in the head-on collision between the passenger buses," Abdul Latif Miah, officer-in-charge of Taraganjr Police Station in the district, told Xinhua. (Bangladesh-Collision) Enditem

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VIENTIANE -- Politburo member of the Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party Thongloun Sisoulith was appointed as prime minister of the Lao People's Democratic Republic on Wednesday morning, the first day of the first session of the eighth Lao National Assembly. (Laos-Election) Endi