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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, Dec. 27

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Belgian authorities have thwarted at least six attempts to carry out terror attacks in the country since the end of 2014, a senior judicial official told media here on Tuesday.

According to Eric Jacobs, head of the Brussels Federal Judicial Police, fighting terrorism has become increasingly difficult as the Belgian capital region now houses people of more than 200 nationalities. (Belgium-Terrorism)

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MOSCOW -- The main flight recorder of the Russian military Tu-154 aircraft that crashed Sunday into the Black Sea has been retrieved from the wreckage, the Russian Defense Ministry said Tuesday.

In the next few hours, the recorder, also known as the black box, would be delivered to the Central Research Institute of the Russian Air Force near Moscow for specialists to decode, the ministry said in a statement. (Russia-Plane Crash)

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KIEV -- At least 467 government soldiers have been killed in the conflict area in eastern Ukraine since the beginning of 2016, local media reported Monday, citing a report from the press service of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

According to the report, 211 soldiers were killed in clashes with the insurgents in 2016, while 256 others died in landmine accidents and in other non-combat actions. (Ukraine-Soldiers)

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NEW DELHI -- At least 38 college students were injured in a road mishap in the southern Indian state of Kerala on Tuesday, a senior police official said.

"The mishap happened when a private bus of the Kerala-based Attingal Government College overturned in the state's Kozhikode town when the students were returning to their college from the town of Mysore in the neighboring state of Karnataka," he said. (India-Accident)

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ANKARA -- Turkish army hit 158 targets of Islamic State (IS) terrorists and neutralized 13 IS terrorists in the Al-Bab area of Northern Syria, Turkish General Staff stated on Tuesday.

Turkey's military often uses the word "neutralized" to imply the terrorists in question were captured, heavily wounded or killed. (Turkey-IS) Endi