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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, July 26

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Windows were shattered and homes shaken on Tuesday in the town of Shirvan in Azerbaijan, 125 km west of the capital Baku, after a huge blast rocked the Araz armory owned by the country's Ministry of Defense Industry. (Azerbaijan-Armory-Blast)

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A gunman killed himself after shooting a doctor at the clinic in southwestern Berlin on Tuesday afternoon, local police said. (Germany-Clinic-Shooting)

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PARIS -- French President Francois Hollande on Tuesday condemned the "heinous terrorist attack" targeting a church in northern France in which a priest was killed and a second one remains in critical condition. (France-President-Priest)

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PARIS -- Two more people were arrested in France over their presumed links with the Bastille Day massacre in Nice which left 84 people dead, local media reported on Tuesday. (France-Massacre-Arrest)

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NEW DELHI -- An Emirates plane from Dubai to Maldives Tuesday made an emergency landing in Indian city of Mumbai, following detection of smoke in its cabin, local media reports said. (India-Emirates-Emergency Landing)

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MOGADISHU -- At least 13 people, most of them UN contractors, were killed and five others were injured in twin explosions on Tuesday near the airport in Mogadishu, security officials have confirmed. (Somalia-Explosions-Casualties) Endi