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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, March 28

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At least three youth were killed and 13 others wounded Tuesday after government forces fired upon protesters near a gunfight site in restive Indian-controlled Kashmir, police said.

The clashes broke out at village Durbugh in Chadoora of Budgam district, about 22 km south of Srinagar city, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir. (India-Clashes)

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DHAKA -- At least 4 people have been killed and 14 still missing after a jam-packed boat capsized in the river of Panguchi in Bangladesh's Bagerhat district, some 178 km southwest of capital Dhaka, on Tuesday morning.

The district's police chief Pankaj Chandra Roy told Xinhua over mobile phone that the boat carrying some 70 passengers sank at about 10:30 a.m. local time Tuesday. (Bangladesh-Boat Accident)

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RIO DE JANEIRO -- An outbreak of yellow fever continues to advance over Brazil's southeastern region, with Rio de Janeiro state announcing on Monday the sixth case in the state.

The case was registered in the small town of Sao Fidelis, in the state's northern area. It was the first case of yellow fever to be registered outside the town of Casimiro de Abreu. (Brazil-Yellow Fever)

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PARIS -- French police officers used batons and tear gas as around one hundred people from local Chinese community Monday evening staged a protest against the killing of a Chinese national at his home by police in a reported clash Sunday.

At least one man of Chinese origin was injured, according to witnesses, as police officers intervened with batons and tear gas at around 8:40 p.m. local time to disperse protesters outside a police station on the Erik Satie street of the 19th arrondissement. (France-Chinese-Protest) Endi