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Xinhua World News Summary at 0030 GMT, August 1

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Casualties were feared in the early hours of Monday after a powerful blast rocked the Afghan capital of Kabul when the city was plunged in darkness, witnesses said.

The huge bang was heard around the city roughly at 01:25 local time (20:55 GMT Sunday), causing panic among local residents.(Afghanistan-blast)

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YEREVAN -- Armenia's security service said Sunday that the 20 gunmen holed up in a police building in Yerevan just announced their surrender, ending a two-week standoff.

"After consistent and coordinated measures, the special forces of the law-enforcement agencies of Armenia have made the members of the armed group to lay their arms and surrender," the security service said in a statement.(Armenia-Gunmen)

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MOGADISHU -- Al-Shabaab militants attacked the headquarters of Somalia's Criminal Investigations Department (CID) in the capital Mogadishu on Sunday, killing at least six people, and seven attackers were killed, a senior official said.

Security Minister Abdirizak Mohamed told the media that the militants tried to force their way into the CID headquarters but were repulsed by police.(Somalia-Al-Shabaab)

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LILONGWE -- Malawi President Peter Mutharika Saturday sacked army chief, General Ignacio Maulana, replacing him with his deputy, Lieutenant Griffin Supuni-Phiri, who has since been promoted to the rank of General.

Maulana has since been redeployed to head the country's food reserve agency.(Malawi-President-Army) Endi