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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, Aug. 24

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The death toll in a strong earthquake in central Italy has risen to 73, according to Italy's civil protection agency on Wednesday.

The 6.0-magnitude earthquake hit the city of Rieti at 3:32 a.m. Wednesday (0132 GMT), with a shallow depth of 4.2 km, according to the National Institute of Volcanology and Seismology. (Italy-Earthquake)

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ANKARA -- As many as 46 Islamic States (IS) militants have been killed so far in Turkey's operation in northern Syria, Dogan News agency reported on Wednesday.

Turkey-backed Syrian rebels, the Free Syrian Army (FSA), have now taken four villages in northern Syrian, Dogan said. (Turkey-Syria-IS)

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YANGON -- A strong earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale rocked Myanmar Wednesday at 05:04:54 p.m. local time, according to the country's Meteorology and Hydrology Department.

With an epicenter 197.9 kilometers southwest of Mandalay and 19.3 kilometers west of Chauk, the quake jolted most parts of the country including Nay Pyi Taw and Yangon. (Myanmar-Earthquake)

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MOSCOW -- Russia might use Iran's Hamadan airbase again to carry out attacks on terror targets in Syria, a senior defense official said Wednesday.

Moscow and Tehran would conduct mutually beneficial cooperation and reach agreements on some specific issues soon, including the use of the Hamadan airbase by the Russian military to strike extremist groups in Syria, Vladimir Komoedov, chairman of the Defense Committee in the State Duma, said in an interview with Izvestiya newspaper. (Russia-Iran-Airbase) Endi