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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, Feb. 1

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Four suspects were killed and another arrested in a raid on a group suspected of planning terror attacks in Azerbaijan, the State Security Service said Wednesday. (Azerbaijan-Terrorists-Arrest)

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JALALABAD, Afghanistan -- Air raid against Islamic State (IS) group has killed a local commander of the armed militants in the eastern Nangarhar province on Wednesday, spokesman for provincial government Attaullah Khogiani said. (Afghanistan-IS-Airstrike)

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FRANKFURT -- A terror suspect was arrested on Wednesday in Frankfurt amid a massive operation of raids, Germany's Hessen State Criminal Police Office announced. (Germany-Terror Suspect-Arrest)

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ABUJA -- A police inspector in Nigeria was killed in an ambush suspected to have been carried out by terror group Boko Haram in the country's northeastern state of Borno, police authorities said on Wednesday. (Nigeria-Police-Boko Haram)

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KOTA KINABALU, Malaysia -- As the search and rescue operation for the victims of the sunken boat in waters off the Malaysian state of Sabah enters its sixth day, the possibility of survival for the six missing passengers is wearing thin, said a Malaysian official on Wednesday. (Malaysia-Sabah-Boat Accident) Endi