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Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, July 25

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German police say one person has been killed and another 11 injured in an explosion at a cafe in the Bavarian city of Ansbach.

Police said that it wasn't clear what caused the late Sunday night blast in the city near Nuermber. (Germany-Explosion)

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MEXICO CITY -- The mayor of a town in one of Mexico's most violent drug corridors was shot to death, the second mayor killed in Mexico in two days.

Ambrosio Soto was mayor of a township that includes Ciudad Altamirano, a known haven for drug traffickers in southern Guerrero state. (Mexico-

Violence)

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MUNICH -- The teenager behind the deadly shooting rampage in Munich was a withdrawn loner obsessed with playing "killer" video games in his bedroom, a victim of bullying who suffered from panic attacks set off by contacts with other people, investigators said Sunday, adding that he had planned the attack for a year.

Law enforcement officials piecing together a portrait of the 18-year-old shooter said he was seeing a doctor up to last month for treatment of depression and psychiatric problems that began in 2015 with inpatient hospital care followed by outpatient visits. (Germany-Munich Shooting)

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YENAGOA -- A Nigerian former militant group said on Sunday it has been holding talks with the government to end a wave of attacks on oil and gas facilities in the Niger Delta which has crippled the country's crude output.

On Thursday, the office of President Muhammadu Buhari said

the government was using oil firms and security agencies to talk

to the militants "to find a lasting solution to insecurity in

the region". (Niger-Delta Attacks)

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REUTLINGEN -- A Syrian refugee was arrested after killing a woman with a machete in the German city of Reutlingen, in an incident police said did not bear the hallmarks of a "terrorist attack" and was more likely to have been a crime of passion.

Three people were also injured in the assault, which ended when the 21-year-old assailant was hit by a car. (Germany-Crime-Syria ) Endi