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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, Feb. 4

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Some 10 people lost their lives and 12 others wounded after snow avalanche struck a village in northern Afghan province of Badakhshan Friday night, a local official said on Saturday.

The number of the causalities may further rise as the natural disaster also destroyed 18 houses in the remote village. The mountainous province, some 315 km northeast of national capital of Kabul, has received heavy snowfalls over the past weeks. (Afghanistan-Avalanche-Deaths)

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JAKARTA -- Rescuers have recovered 10 bodies after a boat capsized in waters off South Sulawesi province in eastern Indonesia, a senior disaster official said on Saturday.

The boat sank after it left a seaport in Takalar town heading to Pulau Tanakeke of Takalar district. The number of people on board was not clear and it could be between 32 to 35. A total of 21 people have been evacuated so far. (Indonesia-Boat-Sink)

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KOTA KINABALU, Malaysia -- A postmortem will be carried out to determine the identity of a female body, which was found on Saturday morning in waters near the Mengalum island, as the search for the missing from the Sabah sunken boat have been refocused on the area where the body was found.

The ill-fated boat, carrying 28 tourists from China, capsized en route from Kota Kinabalu to Mengalum island, which is about 50 kilometers west of Kota Kinablau. Three of the tourists have been confirmed dead while another five and a crewmember are still missing. (Malaysia-Deaths)

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SRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir -- Two militants were killed and two police officers including a senior officer wounded Saturday in a gunfight in restive Indian-controlled Kashmir, police said.

A guerrilla war is going on between militants and Indian troopers stationed in the region since 1989. Kashmir, the Himalayan region divided between India and Pakistan is claimed by both in full. (India-Militant)

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SAN FRANCISCO -- U.S. District Court Judge James Robart ruled Friday in favor of the state attorneys general of Washington and Minnesota on a lawsuit to overturn President Donald Trump's travel ban.

The temporary ruling appeared to be the most severe legal blow to the executive order Trump issued on Jan. 27, a week after he was inaugurated. Trump's week-old executive order barred nationals from seven countries from entering the United States, triggering wide criticism both domestically and internationally. (US-Court-Trump) Endi