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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, Aug. 27

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At least 16 people, all Kyrgyz nationals, were killed and four others injured in a warehouse fire in northeastern Moscow, local media reported Saturday.

The injured have been hospitalized, while 12 people were rescued, the RIA Novosti news agency said, citing an unnamed source. (Russia-Fire)

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ROME -- The death toll of the deadly earthquake in central Italy has risen to 284, said ANSA on Saturday morning.

A 6.2 magnitude earthquake that hit central Italy Wednesday has devastated several mountainous towns there. (Italy-Quake)

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DHAKA -- The mastermind of Bangladesh's Gulshan cafe attack and two militants were killed during a raid on a hideout of militants in Narayanganj on the outskirts of capital Dhaka on Saturday, the country's police chief told Xinhua.

Three militants including Bangladesh-born Canadian citizen Tamim Chowdhury were killed during the special operation of the joint forces, said A K M Shahidul Hoque, inspector general of Bangladesh Police.

(Bangladesh-Attack)

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NEW DELHI -- At least two people have been killed and several others injured in a major fire that broke out at a government hospital in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal Saturday, a senior police official said.

"The incident took place at Behrampur Medical College in the state's Murshidabad district in the afternoon. The blaze first broke out in a room on the hospital's third floor and then quickly spread to other adjacent rooms, including the children's ward," he said, on condition of anonymity.

(India-Fire-Deaths) Endi