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Xinhua world news summary at 0130 GMT, Nov. 6

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Two soldiers were killed in a suicide car bomb attack near parliament buildings in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Saturday evening, a security official said.

The official, who requested anonymity, said several other soldiers sustained injuries in the attack. Somalia's Islamist group Al-Shabaab, which has carried out waves of attacks in the country, has claimed responsibility for the attack. (Somali-Car Bomb)

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ABUJA -- The Nigerian army has identified a Chibok girl who recently escaped from the den of terror group Boko Haram.

More than 200 schools girls were seized by armed men who stormed their dormitories on the night of April 14, 2014, at the Girls Secondary School in Chibok. The Nigerian government said it will continue with the negotiations for the release of other girls still in Boko Haram's captivity. (Nigeria-Boko Haram)

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SRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir -- A militant was killed and a trooper wounded Saturday during a gunfight in restive Indian-controlled Kashmir, officials said.

A guerrilla war is going on between rebel militants and Indian troops stationed in Indian-controlled Kashmir since 1989. Kashmir, the Himalayan region divided between India and Pakistan, is claimed by both in full. Since their Independence from Britain, the two countries have fought three wars, two exclusively over Kashmir. (India-Pakistan)

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MOSUL, Iraq -- Eighteen displaced people were killed and four policemen wounded in a roadside bomb attack.

The attack targeted a convoy carrying Iraqi families fleeing a town seized by Islamic State (IS) militants in Iraq's Salahudin province, a provincial security source said on Saturday. (Iraq-Mosul-Bomb Attack)

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CAIRO -- At least 11 militants were killed in military raids in the cities of Arish and Sheikh Zuweid in Egypt's restive North Sinai governorate bordering Israel and the Palestinian Gaza Strip, Egyptian military authorities said on Saturday. (Egypt-Sinai-Terror) Endi