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Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, April 20

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Landslides destroyed some 75 homes and killed at least 14 residents in Manizales, a town in west-central Colombia on Wednesday, according to local authorities.

Another 22 people are missing and nearly 400 have been evacuated from homes in danger of being affected by the landslides that hit the capital of Caldas department before dawn. (Colombia-Landslide-Manizales)

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NEW DELHI -- At least seven people were killed and a few others injured in a devastating blaze inside a firecracker shop in central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, officials said Wednesday.

The fire broke out in Ranipura area of Indore district, about 195 km southwest of Bhopal city, the capital of Madhya Pradesh. (India-Madhya-Fire)

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NEW DELHI -- At least six people were killed and several others suffered burn injuries in a devastating fire Wednesday inside an electronic factory near Indian capital city of New Delhi, police said.

The fire broke out inside a LED bulb manufacturing factory in Noida in the outskirts of Delhi in the late afternoon. (India-Fire-Noida)

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ATHENS -- A bomb device exploded outside a central Athens bank branch on Wednesday causing material damage but no injuries, Greek national news agency AMNA reported.

Police had sealed the area around Eurobank's branch near the Athens Academy after an unidentified person had made a warning telephone call to a local news site about half an hour before the bomb went off, police sources said. (Greece-Bomb-Athens bank)

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MOSCOW -- Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) has killed two foreign terrorist suspects who came from one of Central Asian countries, the FSB said on Wednesday.

In the course of the operation, components were found for the manufacture of an explosive device, and AK-74 assault rifle and a PM submachine gun, as well as diverse ammunition, the FSB said in a statement. (Russia-FSB-Terrorist) Endi