Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Nov. 18
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At least 73 people were killed and dozens of people injured after a tanker truck exploded in northern Mozambique on Thursday, the government said.
The blast took place in Tete province when the tanker truck was en route transporting petrol to Malawi from Mozambican central port city of Beira, the government said in a statement.(Mozambique-Explosion)
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JUBA -- Authorities in South Sudan's southwestern town of Yei have recovered 12 bodies of civilians who were abducted by unknown gunmen early this month, a local official said Thursday.
Athanasio Yongule, a minister in the Yei River State government, said bodies were found in two burnt huts in a neighborhood 3km from Yei town.(South Sudan-Violence)
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STOCKHOLM -- Over 500 unaccompanied migrant children have gone missing after arriving in Sweden this year and the number of homeless people is growing, Swedish Television reported on Thursday.
The number of asylum seeker children who go underground has gone up from 288 in 2015 to 560 this year, according to the Swedish Migration Agency.(Sweden-Refugee-Missing Children)
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WASHINGTON -- U.S. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper announced Thursday that he will be stepping down in January.
Clapper told a hearing in the House of Representatives that he had handed his resignation letter Wednesday evening, and "felt pretty good."
The 75-year-old veteran said he had been planning for some time to retire after the Obama administration ends. (U.S.-Resignation) Endi