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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, April 26

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Part of the elements of the U.S. Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile defense system has been deployed in southeastern South Korea, Seoul's defense ministry said Wednesday.

Without elaborating, the ministry said in a statement that part of the THAAD battery was installed in the site in a bid to secure an initial operational capability without any separate construction of facilities. (South Korea-THAAD)

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PYONGYANG -- Kim Jong Un, the top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), supervised the largest ever combined firing drill by the Korean People's Army (KPA) marking its 85th founding anniversary on Tuesday, said official media Wednesday.

The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said the event took place on "the eastern front," without specifying the site of the drill. (DPRK-Kim-Fire demonstration)

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PARIS/BRUSSELS -- Ten people have been arrested between Monday and Wednesday in France and Belgium in suspicious linkage to the terror attacks on Charlie Hebdo and a Kosher supermarket in 2015 in Paris, media reported Wednesday.

On Jan. 9, 2015, four people died when Amedy Coulibaly attacked a Jewish supermarket in Paris. Another 12 people died two days before, when the brothers Cherif and Said Kouachi opened fire against the office of the newspaper Charlie Hebdo. (France-Belgium-Terrorism)

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JALALABAD, Afghanistan -- At least 28 Islamic State (IS) militants were killed during a ground offensive and ensuing airstrikes in Afghanistan's eastern province of Nangarhar since early Tuesday, the provincial government said Wednesday.

"The cleanup operation was conducted in Asad Khel and Ragha localities of Achin district and a huge number of weapons and ammunition were also destroyed," it said in a statement. (Afghanistan-IS-Operation) Endi