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Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, May 4

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At least 21 miners were killed and scores injured in a coal mine explosion in the northern Iranian province of Golestan on Wednesday, state TV reported.

Some 35 miner were trapped in the mine following the explosion, the Chief of Crisis Management of Golestan province, Sadegali Mogaddam told the state IRINN TV. (Iran-Explosion-Mine)

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MOGADISHU -- Unknown gunmen shot dead Somali Minister of Public Works and Reconstruction Abbas Abdullahi Sheikh Siraji on Wednesday evening in the restive Mogadishu, police and government officials said.

Somali Minister of Information and National Guidance Abdurahman Omar Osman confirmed the killing, saying the deceased was killed close to the presidential palace by gunmen. (Somali-Gunmen-Siraji)

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HOUSTON -- Two persons were killed Wednesday morning in a shooting at the North Lake College in Irving, a city in the northeastern part of U.S. state of Texas.

The shooting happened late Wednesday morning, the suspected gunman and a second person died in an apparent murder-suicide on the campus of the college, according to the police. (U.S.-Shooting-Texas)

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CARACAS -- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Wednesday ordered new search and capture operations for "armed fascist groups," as these groups were launching attacks against the people.

The president explained that these groups are promoting terrorism and he affirmed that the State "has the right to defend itself." (Venezuela-Maduro-Capture)

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WASHINGTON -- Americans' trust in federal government remains near historic low after last year's general election, with only one in five saying they trust the government all the time or most of the time, according to a new poll released Wednesday.

Currently nearly seven in 10 U.S. adults say they trust the government to do what's right only some of the time and 11 percent say they never trust the government, the Pew Research Center poll finds.(U.S.-Trust-Pew) Endi