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Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Aug. 11

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Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday welcomed more Chinese investment and hailed China's "Belt and Road" initiative while meeting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.

China is a sincere friend and important partner of Kenya, Kenyatta said, expressing thanks for China's support to Kenya's economic and social development. (Kenya-China-Wang Yi)

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LISBON -- A forest fire in Portugal's Madeira island has left three people killed, the autonomous regional government revealed on Wednesday.

The fire that broke out on Monday afternoon in the island off northwest Africa has already forced around 1,000 people to evacuate from home and is spreading to the regional capital Funchal, according to media reports. (Portugal-Fire-Death)

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MEXICO CITY -- The death roll rose to 50 after tropical storm Earl triggered landslides in Mexico's central and eastern mountainous communities over the weekend, a government official said Wednesday.

Ricardo de la Cruz, director of Mexico's Civil Protection under the Interior Ministry, said 36 were killed in the central state of Puebla, one more than the latest official report published Tuesday. (Mexico-Earl-Death Toll)

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LIMA -- At least 17 people were killed and 41 injured when two passenger buses collided on the Panamericana highway, in the southern region of Ica, the country's highway police announced Wednesday.

The accident occurred around midnight, when a bus belonging to the Flores Hermanos company, travelling from Ica to Nasca, collided with another from the Palomino company, at kilometer 429 of the Panamericana. (Peru-Accident)

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ANKARA -- A total of six civilians were killed and 54 others wounded on Wednesday in two separate attacks staged by militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in southeastern Turkey, local Dogan News Agency reported.

Two civilians were killed and 50 others wounded when a roadside bomb was detonated by PKK militants in Kiziltepe district of Mardin province, according to an official. (Turkey-P