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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, July 4

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Zimbabwean police said they had arrested 30 people involved in inciting violent protests between police and commuter omnibus drivers in the capital Harare's eastern suburbs on Monday.

Drivers of commuter omnibus, the most common transportation in the country, abandoned their routes protesting against what they perceived as increased police harassment on the roads. (Zimbabwe-Clash-Protest)

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QALAT, Afghanistan -- Up to two dozen Taliban militants were killed as a suicide vest went off accidentally in the southern Zabul province on Monday, deputy to provincial police chief Ghulam Jilani Farahi said.

"A group of Taliban militants were playing with a suicide jacket in their hideout in Khak-e-Afghan district today morning when the device exploded suddenly killing 24 insurgents including 11 suicide bombers on the spot," Farahi told Xinhua. (Afghanistan-Blast)

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KUALA LUMPUR -- Malaysian police said Monday that an earlier explosion injured at least eight was the first such attack related to the Islamic State (IS) in the country.

Two suspects were arrested, said National police chief Khalid Abu Bakar, adding that they had received instructions from a Malaysian IS member in Syria to attack entertainment outlets in the country. (Malaysia-IS Attack)

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BAGHDAD -- Iraq began on Monday a three-day national mourning for victims of Sunday's car bombing attacks in the capital city of Baghdad, as the death toll rises to 166.

An Interior Ministry source said at least 165 people were killed and 225 others wounded in a suicide bomb attack in Karrada-Dakhil district in southern Baghdad. Another one was killed in a separate car bombing in a market in northeastern Baghdad. (Iraq-Bombings-IS)

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RIYADH -- A suicide bomber carried out an attack early Monday near the U.S. consulate general in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, local media reported.

The attacker was killed in the car bombing, and no other deaths were immediately known, according to the Okaz news website.

The Sabq online newspaper said two security officers were injured "as a result of the failed bombing" on July 4, the U.S. Independence Day. (S.Arabia-Suicide Bombing) Endi