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Xinhua World News Summary at 1630 GMT, June 22

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At least 26 people have been confirmed killed in a series of violence which broke out early this week in central Nigeria's Benue State, local authorities said on Wednesday. (Nigeria-Violence)

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ISLAMABAD -- Three people including famous Sufi singer Amjad Sabri were killed in firing on their vehicle in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi on Wednesday afternoon, local media and officials said.

Urdu TV channel Abb Takk said that Sabri, his close friend and driver were killed when they were passing by Liaqatabad area of Karachi, the capital city of the country's south Sindh province.(Pakistan-Singer-Killing)

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DAMASCUS -- Syria's President Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday ordered the current minister of electricity, Emad Khamis, to form a new government, state news agency SANA reported.

Assad appointed Khamis to be the prime minister of the new government, replacing former prime minister Waerl al-Halqi. (Syria-government)

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JAKARTA -- Landslides and floods in central Indonesia's North Sulawesi Province have left four people dead, one missing and hundreds of houses damaged, an official of the local disaster mitigation agency said on Wednesday. (Indonesia-Floods)

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NEW DELHI -- India on Wednesday successfully launched a record 20 satellites with one rocket from the southern spaceport of Sriharikota.

The state-owned Indian Space Research Organization's (ISRO) flagship rocket Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) carried the satellites into space in a 26-minute flight from Sriharikota. (India-Space-Satellite)

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NEW DELHI -- At least 80 people have been killed in lightning strikes and rain-related incidents in India over the past two days, a senior official said Wednesday.

"The deaths were reported from the eastern state of Bihar and Jharkhand, and the northern state of Uttar Pradesh since Monday," the official said, on condition of anonymity. (India-Rains-Deaths) Endi