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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, Dec. 21

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A van which lost control ran into an assembly of school children in Nigeria's northeastern state of Gombe, killing 12 and injuring 19 others, local police said on Wednesday.

Gombe State police spokesman Ahmed Usman told Xinhua the incident occurred Tuesday during an annual religious procession by school children in Malam Sidi Town, located 20 kilometers away from Gombe, the state capital. (Nigeria-Children)

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BERLIN -- German police is searching nationwide for a 23-year-old man under suspect after a lorry ploughed into a crowd at a Christmas market in Berlin on Monday night, killing 12 people and injuring many others.

According to information of German media Die Welt, the man who drove the truck to the Christmas market should come from Tunisia. In the footwell of the driver's cabin of the truck, identity documents of Anis A. were found. (Germany-Suspect)

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MEXICO CITY -- Twenty six people were killed in a fireworks market explosion near Mexico City on Tuesday, said State of Mexico's chief prosecutor Alejandro Gomez.

Gomez raised the toll of the blast from the previous nine deaths, according to local television.

Earlier Tuesday, Mexican federal police said via Twitter that at least nine people were killed in an explosion Tuesday at the San Pablito fireworks market in Tultepec, a town in the State of Mexico close to the capital Mexico City. (Mexico-Explosion)

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KUALA LUMPUR -- One pilot was killed while three officers were injured in a plane crash on Wednesday at a Malaysian air force base in Butterworth in the northern Penang state, the Star reported on Wednesday.

The plane was a Beechcraft twin-turboprop Super King Air 200T and was reported to be conducting an exercise when it crashed at around 5:20 p.m. local time. (Malaysia-Plane Crash)

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ANKARA -- Four Turkish soldiers were killed and another 15 were wounded Wednesday during clashes with Islamic State (IS) militants in Northern Syria's al-Bab region, Turkish General Staff stated.

Turkish General Staff also said 15 soldiers are being treated at hospitals inside Turkey and one of the wounded soldiers was in critical condition, adding that clashes with militants in the region were ongoing. (Turkey-IS) Endi