Xinhua world news summary at 0100 GMT, Sept. 19
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One person was killed and 14 were injured following an explosion in a block of flats in the town of Premia del Mar on Sunday morning.
According to emergency services, the blast happened at around 8:25 a.m. local time (0625 GMT) in the seaside town which is 25 kilometers north of Barcelona. (Spain-Barcelona-Explosion)
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NEW YORK -- All 29 people wounded in Saturday's blast in New York City were released from hospitals, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Sunday at a news conference on the explosion. (US-New York-Blast)
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MOSCOW -- Conflicts in Syria have intensified over the week despite the Russia-U.S. truce accord which started on Monday, as militants continued targeting Syrian government troops, the Russian Defense Ministry said Sunday.
"Only the Syrian government forces have observed the cessation of hostilities over the past six days since it came into effect... while militants attacks against the Syrian army are on the rise," the ministry's spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said. (Russia-US-Syria)
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ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan on Sunday rejected as "baseless" Indian accusations after the attack on an army base in Indian-controlled Kashmir.
Indian military said that militants killed at least 17 troopers and injured over 20 others in a suicide attack on an Indian military base in Indian-controlled Kashmir. (Pakistan-India-Kashmir)
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WASHINGTON -- The attack that wounded nine people at a mall in the northern U.S. state of Minnesota Saturday night is being investigated as a potential act of terrorism, a U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) official said on Sunday. (US-Mall Stabbing-FBI) Endi