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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, Aug. 18

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Five soldiers were killed and six others injured Thursday by a roadside bomb believed to be planted by outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) militants in Turkey's eastern Bitlis province, Dogan News Agency reported. (Turkey-PKK-Bombing)

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BERLIN -- An armed man was shot dead by police in the western German city of Dortmund on Thursday, local media reported.

The 53-year-old man was supposed to be arrested by local prosecutors office with a warrant, because he had repeatedly committed internet frauds and misappropriated money from a sex worker, the office and the police said. (Germany-Dortmund-Police Shooting)

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ASADABAD, Afghanistan -- Three Afghans were killed and about 50 others wounded on Thursday in a mortar attack in Asadabad city, capital of eastern province of Kunar, as the country celebrated the Independence Day, sources said. (Afghanistan-Mortar Attack)

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SANAA -- A Saudi-led military coalition fighting Shiite Houthi rebels conducted 95 airstrikes throughout Yemen in the last 24 hours, killing at least six women in two cities, officials and residents said Thursday. (Yemen-Airstrikes-Women)

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JAKARTA -- Another Indonesian hostage fled Abu Sayyaf bandits in the southern Philippines after nearly two months in captivity, Indonesian senior minister disclosed here on Thursday. (Indonesia-Hostage-Escaping)

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ISTANBUL -- Turkish police on Thursday launched simultaneous operations against 204 companies in 18 cities across the country, as the purge continues in the wake of a failed coup attempt last month. (Turkey-Operations-Companies) Endi