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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, Oct. 1

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Some 11 civilians were killed in a roadside bomb explosion in Afghanistan's southern province of Helmand on Saturday, provincial government spokesman said.

"Eleven civilians were travelling on a tri-cycle in Bolan, an area in outskirts of Lashkar Gah at around mid-day. The vehicle touched off an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) and the blast caused all the people aboard the vehicle killed," Omar Zwak told Xinhua.

He blamed Taliban militants for planting the IED along the road in the province, 555 km south of Afghan capital of Kabul. (Afghanistan-Blast)

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JAKARTA -- A total of 13 holiday makers, including foreigners, who were visiting Mount Barujari in central Indonesia when the volcano erupted earlier this week, have not returned from the area, a senior official of local disaster agency said on Saturday.

Mount Barujari, child of Mount Rinjani in West Nusa Tenggara province spewed a column of massive ash by up to 2 km to the sky on Tuesday, forcing authorities to force hundreds of tourists to leave the area, Head of Emergency Unit of the province Agung Pramuja said. (Indonesia-Volcano-Tourists)

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ANKARA -- Turkey has completed equipping its first military base in Africa in the capital of Somalia, Mogadishu, which is also the second overseas military installation, local daily Sabah said Friday.

The base, which is expected to be operational soon, will host Turkish military officers to train Somali troops against terror groups.

Some 200 Turkish officers will be deployed to the base in the first stage to train 10,500 Somalian soldiers, the report said. (Turkey-Somali-Military Base)

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PARIS -- French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian on Friday said a military offensive to retake the Iraqi city of Mosul, a stronghold of Islamic State (IS), will start soon.

"The battle for Mosul has not started yet, but there will soon be a major attack," Le Drian was quoted as saying by local media.

During a visit to a naval shipyard in northwestern France, French minister added that the Rafale warplanes mission in Iraq was "an extension of support for the coalition." (France-Iraq-IS) Endi