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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, May 20

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The Egyptian Armed Forces said in a statement on Friday it had found parts of debris from the missing EgyptAir plane 290 kilometers north of the coastal city of Alexandria.

"The Egyptian aircraft and navy vessels have found some personal belongings of passengers and parts of the wreckage," Mohamed Samir, spokesman for the army, said in a statement on his Facebook page. (Egypt-Plane-Wreckage)

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LONDON -- Four women were injured near a supermarket car park in west London on Friday morning, local police confirmed.

Metropolitan Police said on Friday they were called at approximately 10:30 British Summer Time (0930 GMT) Friday morning to The Avenue in Hampton, Richmond and Twickenham, following reports of a man in possession of a knife. (Britain-Attack)

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PARIS -- A helicopter of the French gendarmerie crashed Friday afternoon in Cauterets, Hautes-Pyrenees, in southwest France, killing four gendarmes on board, Le Figaro reported Friday, citing a gendarmerie source.

According to a senior official of the gendarmerie, the accident took place shortly before noon during a mission in Cauterets. (France-Helicopter-Crash)

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LONDON -- Passengers were evacuated temporarily from a lounge at Liverpool's John Lennon airport on Friday due a scare caused by the failure of scanning machines, the airport confirmed.

"Due to a technical problem with one of the Airport's passenger scanning machines, all passengers have been removed from the Departure Lounge and are currently in the process of being rescreened," the airport said at its website. (Britain-Airport-Evacuation)

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PARIS -- Salah Abdeslam, the surviving suspect of last November's deadly Paris attacks, Friday appeared before a French anti-terror court for a first questioning, local media reported.

Under heavy security, Abdeslam arrived at the Paris main law court to face questioning on his role in the series of shootings and explosions which left 130 victims dead. (France-Paris Attacks-Suspect)

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BAMAKO -- Over 20 people lost their lives and about 30 others were injured in a road accident that occurred on Thursday in the Malian capital Bamako, an official source has said.

The accident occurred after a lorry carrying sand collided with a public transport bus, the source said. (Mali-Road Accident) Endi