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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, Oct. 20

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Russia announced on Thursday to extend the humanitarian truce in Syria's Aleppo by 24 hours.

The move came as an order of Russian President Vladimir Putin, and it was supported by the leadership of Syria, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said. (Russia-Syria-Humanitarian Truce)

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JUBA -- At least 10 people have been killed and five others shot dead in separate attacks this week in a village about 75 km from South Sudan's capital of Juba, authorities said on Thursday.

A Police spokesman, Daniel Justine Bolo told Xinhua that police recovered bodies of 10 charcoal traders from Mangalla County, northeast of Juba, adding that the dead included eight men and two women, among them a Sudanese national. (South Sudan-Attack)

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SRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir -- At least 20 people were killed and 40 others injured Thursday, after a bus they were travelling in skidded off the road and fell into a deep gorge in Indian-controlled Kashmir, officials said.

The accident took place in the morning in mountainous Bidda area of Reasi district, 297 km south of Srinagar city, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir. (Kashmir-Road Accident)

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YANGON -- Myanmar has temporarily closed a border trade point in the western Rakhine state with Bangladesh due to armed clashes in the border area, the Ministry of Commerce said on Thursday.

Three border posts in Maungtaw were attacked on Oct.9 by hundreds of armed men with five soldiers and eight policemen being killed in the incident. (Myanmar-Border Trade Point)

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NEW DELHI -- At least eight people were killed and more than 10 others injured in a major fire at a huge cracker manufacturing hub in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu Thursday, a senior police official said.

"The fire broke out at Sivakasi, known as the country's fireworks capital and is some 500 km from state capital Chennai, during the offloading of a big consignment of crackers from a vehicle to a shop," he said, on condition of anonymity. (India-Fire-Deaths Toll) Endi