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Xinhua world news summary at 1600 GMT, April 3

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Two subway stations were hit by explosions with destructive elements in the Russian city of St. Petersburg Monday and so far at least 10 people have been reportedly killed and 50 others injured, according to Russian news media.

All subway stations had been closed at 3:40 p.m. local time (1240 GMT) in the second largest city of Russia, and an evacuation was underway. (Moscow-Explosion)

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SRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir -- Troops of India and Pakistan Monday exchanged heavy fire and targeted each other's positions on Line of Control (LoC), dividing the disputed region of Kashmir, officials said.

Defense officials said the exchange started at around 9:30 a.m. local time in the morning and went on for some time. (Srinagar-Kashmir-Fire Exchange)

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MANILA -- At least 31 Philippine soldiers, including two military officers, have been wounded in fresh clash with Muslim militants in the southern Philippine Sulu province, the military said Monday.

Col. Cirilito Sobejana of the Philippine Army said that a lieutenant colonel and a lieutenant were among those hit by shrapnel from explosives fired by more than 100 Abu Sayyaf militants during a heavy fighting that broke out Sunday in a remote town in Sulu province. (Manila-Clash)

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NEW DELHI -- At least six girl students from a nursing college were killed and 14 others including a teacher injured, some of them critically, after a vehicle carrying them rammed into a roadside tree in western Indian state of Gujarat, police said Monday.

The accident took place near Ruparel village in Panchmahal district, about 138 km east of Gandhinagar, the capital city of Gujarat. (New Delhi-Accident) Endite