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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, Sept. 25

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At least four people were killed and 18 others wounded on Sunday in a suicide bomb attack at Shiite neighborhood in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, a police source said.

A suicide bomber detonated his explosive vest at a tent set up near a school building by Shiite Muslims as part of preparations to observe one of their major rituals next week, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity. (Baghdad-Suicide Bomb Attack-Shiite)

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JAKARTA -- Rescuers had discovered 36 bodies and were still looking for 22 others who are missing after floods and landslides hit West Java province in western Indonesia earlier this week, an official from the local disaster agency said on Sunday.

In Garut district, rescuers found 33 bodies and are searching for all the missing persons, Haryadi Wargadibrata, head of provincial disaster agency, told Xinhua by phone from the province. (Indonesia-Floods-Death Toll)

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BUDAPEST -- The explosion in downtown Budapest Saturday night was caused by some kind of bomb, not by gas leak, Attila Ladocsi, Hungarian forensic demolition expert, told television channel M1 on Sunday.

It was definitely some kind of bomb, he said, adding that the debris around the shop at the corner of Terez Ring and Kiraly Street clearly showed that a large amount of explosive was behind it. (Hungary-Explosion-Expert)

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ASSADABAD -- A total of 11 people including four civilians lost their lives as an explosive device of Taliban militants went off prematurely in the eastern Kunar province Saturday night, provincial police chief Juma Gul Hemat said Sunday.

"A group of Taliban rebels were planting a mine on a road in Dangam district Saturday night to target security forces' convoy, but the device exploded prematurely killing 11 people including seven militants and four civilian passersby on the spot," Hemat told reporters here. (Afghanistan-Taliban-Blast)

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TIRANA -- The Albanian ministry of agriculture, rural development and water administration will promote investments in forestry to reduce human-induced forest degradation and increase communities' income in targeted project areas, local media reported Sunday.

It is the first time that the Albanian authorities will work with the World Bank office in Albania to support projects designed to preserve and revitalize mountain ecosystems by promoting investments in forestry, the ministry sources was quoted as saying. (Albania-World Bank-Forestry) Endi