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Xinhua world news summary at 0100 GMT, April 23

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Two armed perpetrators with ties to Islamic State who were planning terrorist attacks were killed in Russia's southern Stavropol Territory, the country's National Anti-terrorism Committee (NAC) said Saturday. (Russia-Terrorism)

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LAGOS -- Police in Nigeria's southern state of Akwa Ibom said Friday it had rescued two Turkish nationals kidnapped in their hotel rooms at Eket area of the state.

The Turkish citizens are staff of BKS Construction Company in Onna Local Government Area. (Nigeria-Abduction)

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WASHINGTON -- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Friday that it will revise up further China's economic growth forecast for 2017 due to a strong start of the year.

China's "growth in the first quarter has surprised almost across the whole range of indicators," Markus Rodlauer, deputy director of the IMF's Asia Pacific Department, told Xinhua at a press briefing. (IMF-China Growth)

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MANILA -- Five people were killed in a road accident involving a truck and three motorcycles in the southern Philippine province of Cotabato on Saturday, police said.

Cotabato Provincial Police Office said the incident occurred at about 5:00 a.m. local time on Saturday at Malasila village in Makilala town. (The Philippines-Road Accident)

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DAMASCUS -- The ruling Ba'ath party in Syria replaced half of its members in the leadership on Saturday during a meeting chaired by President Bashar al-Assad, state news agency SANA reported.

Half of the 15 members of the Regional Command were replaced during the meeting of the central committee of the Ba'ath party. (Syria-Leadership) Endi