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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, Aug. 3

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Dubai International Airport will resume flights about six hours after a plane crash-landing earlier on Wednesday, according to an official statement. (UAE-Dubai-Flights)

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JUBA -- South Sudan President Salva Kiir on Tuesday evening sacked six Sudan People's Liberation Movement-in Opposition (SPLM-IO) ministers and two deputies. (South Sudan-President-Ministers)

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NEW DELHI -- Two bodies have been recovered while over 20 others are feared missing after a British-era bridge collapsed on a highway in the western Indian state of Maharashtra in the wee hours of Wednesday, plunging around a dozen vehicles into the water, officials said. (India-Bridge-Collapse)

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TEHRAN -- Iran's Intelligence Ministry said on Wednesday that it has dismantled a "terrorist" cell in the western province of Kurdistan suspected of attacks on security forces, Press TV reported. (Iran-Kurdistan-Terrorists)

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MANDERA, Kenya -- Kenya's security forces on Wednesday repulsed Somali militants who had planned to raid a security camp in Mandera County along the Somalia border. (Kenya-Security-Somali Militants) Endi