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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, July 27

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A suitcase exploded near a reception center for refugees in Zirndorf, a city near Nuremberg in southern Germany, local media reported on Wednesday. (Germany-Suitcase-Blast)

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BRUSSELS -- The EU will not impose financial sanctions on Spain and Portugal over their excessive deficits but will set out a new fiscal adjustment path for both countries, said Valdis Dombrovskis, vice president of the European Commission, on Wednesday. (EU-Sanctions-Spain)

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WASHINGTON -- Charges against all remaining three U.S. police officers were dropped on Wednesday in the case involving the death of black man Freddie Gray in Baltimore, Maryland, local media reported. (US-Police-Freddie Gray)

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RAMADI, Iraq -- A total of 31 Islamic State (IS) militants were killed on Wednesday in airstrikes targeting the extremist militants in Iraq's western province of Anbar, a provincial security source said. (Iraq-Airstrikes-IS)

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FREETOWN -- Health authorities in the West African state of Sierra Leone have confirmed a case of lassa fever in the Kenema district in the east end of Sierra Leone.

Lassa fever is a kind of epidemic caused by Lassa virus. The disease was first found in Lassa Village in Nigeria. (Sierra Leone-Lassa Fever)

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SANAA -- A bomb ripped through a crowded qat market in Yemen's government-held city of Marib on Wednesday, killing at least four people and wounding 20 others, a provincial official said. (Yemen-Marib-Bomb)

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ANKARA -- The total number of Fethullahist Terror Organization (FETO) terrorists in our military is 8,651, or 1.5 percent of the entire Armed Forces, Turkish General Staff stated on Wednesday. (Turkey-Army-FETO)

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DAMASCUS -- Islamic State (IS) group claimed responsibility for the suicide bombings killing 31 people in Syria's northeastern city of Qamishli on Wednesday. (Syria-IS-Qamishli) Endi