Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Feb. 27

Police said Sunday that over 100 headstones have been vandalized at a Jewish cemetery in Philadelphia, damage discovered less than a week after similar vandalism in Missouri, local media reported.

In a related incident, less than a week ago, nearly 200 headstones were damaged and toppled in the Chesed Shel Emeth Society cemetery in the St. Louis suburb of University City in Missouri.(U.S.-Jews-Damage)

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ALGIERS -- Three police officers were injured late on Sunday as a suicide bomber blew himself out near a police station in the eastern province of Constantine, local media reported.

The terrorist attack occurred in the locality of Bab el Kantara in downtown Constantine, TSA news website reported, specifying that a suicide bomber tried to blow himself out inside the police station, but was deterred by a policeman who opened fire on him.(Algeria-Suicide Bombing)

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GAZA -- Islamic Hamas movement rejected on Sunday Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's proposal to send international forces to the Gaza Strip, the coastal enclave that Hamas has been ruling since 2007.

Abdulatif al-Qanou, Hamas spokesman in Gaza said in an emailed press statement that sending international forces to the Gaza Strip "is a dangerous matter and it is totally rejected."(Hamas-Israel)

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MANAMA -- Four policemen were injured on Sunday night in a terrorist blast in Jaw village in Bahrain.

The interior ministry said in a statement the blast targeted a police vehicle near the village, adding that the injured are in stable conditions.

This is the third terror attack since Thursday where radical groups have stepped up their activities.(Bahrain-Blast) Endi