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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, Feb. 20

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At least eight people were killed and 28 others injured after two buses collided in Turkey's eastern Igdir province on Monday, local channel CNNTurk reported. (Turkey-Bus-Clash)

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MOSCOW -- Four Russian servicemen were killed and two others injured when their vehicle was blown up by a radio-detonated mine in central Syria on Thursday, the Russian Defense Ministry said Monday. (Russia-Servicemen-Blast)

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ANKARA -- A total of 34 members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) were killed on Monday in two separate cross-border airstrikes in northern Iraq, Turkish Armed Forces said in a written statement. (Turkey-PKK-Airstrikes)

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BRUSSELS -- U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on Monday reaffirmed "strong commitments" to the European Union (EU), in a bid to allay the bloc's doubts on the new U.S. administration's stance towards it. (U.S.-VP-EU)

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GHAZNI, Afghanistan -- A Taliban key commander has been confirmed dead after a drone attacked a Taliban hideout in eastern Ghazni province on Sunday, an army spokesman in the province Liaqat Ali Amini said Monday. (Afghanistan-Taliban-Drone) Endi