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Xinhua world news summary at 0130 GMT, May 22

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Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansoor was likely killed in a U.S. airstrike on Saturday "in a remote area of the Afghanistan-Pakistan border region", TV networks reported.

The Pentagon confirmed the airstrike in a statement, noting that the U.S. military was still assessing the results of the strike taking place around 6 a.m. Eastern time. (Taliban-U.S.-Strike)

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DAMASCUS -- At least 125 militiamen with the al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front and like-minded groups have been killed by the Syrian army in the central province of Hama, state news agency SANA reported on Saturday.

Those militants were killed during a military offensive near the town of Hur Binafsuh in Hama countryside, said SANA, adding that the military forces managed to break the siege imposed by the rebels on the Thermal Station of the nearby town of Zara on Saturday. (Syria-Government-Conflicts)

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ALGIERS -- Algerian army killed six militants on Saturday during a wide scale dragging operation in the northern province of Bouira, the Defense Ministry said.

The operation, which is still underway, was carried out near the forest of Errich in Bouira, about 120 km southeast Algiers. (Algeria-Militants-Attack)

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SARAJEVO -- A thermal power plant built by a Chinese company in northern Bosnia and Herzegovina was permitted on Saturday for a test run.

The plant, located near Stanari and built by Chinese company "Dongfang Electric Corporation," has an installed capacity of 300 megawatts. (BiH-China-Plant)

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SRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir -- Five militants were killed and two Indian troopers wounded in a fierce gunfight Saturday in restive Indian-controlled Kashmir, officials said.

The gunfight between militants and troops broke out at village Drugmulla of frontier Kupwara district, about 83 km northwest of Srinagar city, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir. (India-Kashmir-Militants) Endi