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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, Aug. 17

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A Taliban key commander Qari Zabihullah is among 19 militants have been killed in the northern Kunduz province on Wednesday, Interior Ministry said in a statement released here.

"Security forces in crackdown against militants in Khan Abad and Chardara districts of Kunduz province on Wednesday have killed 19 rebels including notorious Taliban commander Qari Zabihullah," said the statement. (Afghansitan-Taliban)

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NEW DELHI -- India on Wednesday rejected Pakistan's invitation for foreign secretary-level talks on Indian-controlled Kashmir.

Highly placed sources said that Indian Envoy to Pakistan Gautam Bambawale has handed over New Delhi's response to Pakistan Foreign Office on Islamabad's invitation for talks on Kashmir. (India-Talk Proposal-Refusal)

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CONAKRY -- Violence broke out during Tuesday's protests by Guinean opposition parties in the capital Conakry, leaving one person dead and two others seriously injured after being shot at by police, civil society sources said.

The victim, 20-year old Thierno Hamidou Diallo was shot during violent clashes between the security forces and protesting youths at Bambeto roundabout which is within the opposition stronghold. (Guinea-Violence)

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BERLIN -- German police have arrested a 27-year-old man who allegedly planned a bomb attack later this month, German media reported on Wednesday.

The attack intended to target at the city festival in the eastern German city of Eisenhuttenstadt near the border with Poland. The three-day festival is scheduled for Aug. 26 to 28. (Germany-Terror Suspect)

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ABUJA -- Three people were confirmed dead early Wednesday after a mud house collapsed Tuesday in Nigeria's northwestern state of Jigawa, an official said.

The building collapsed following torrential downpour in Guri district of the state late Tuesday, according to district official Muhammad Hassan. (Nigeria-Building Collapse) Endi