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Xinhua World News Summary at 0030 GMT, May 14

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The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) launched what believed to be a ballistic missile early Sunday, South Korea's Yonhap News Agency reported.

The "unidentified missile" was fired early Sunday morning from a site near the city of Kusong in North Pyongan Province, the news agency quoted the Joint Chiefs of Staff as saying. (DPRK-South Korea-Missile)

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ATHENS -- The death toll from the derailment of a passenger train on Saturday evening at the outskirts of the northern Greece city of Thessaloniki has risen to four, Greek railways operator TRAINOSE announced.

Five people have been hospitalized, among them the train's driver which is seriously injured, TRAINOSE told Greek national news agency AMNA.

Approximately 100 people were on board the train which was heading from Athens to Thessaloniki when it derailed 200 meters off Adendrou train station and its first wagon crashed onto a house under yet unclear circumstances, Greek police said (Greece-Train Accident)

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MADRID -- Tens of thousands of people from all parts of Spain marched through the center of the Spanish capital of Madrid on Saturday to demand an end to the tradition of bullfighting, local media reported.

The march was organized by 17 different animal rights organizations under the banner "Tauromaquia es violencia y tu la puedes parar." ("Bullfighting is violence and you can stop it")(Spain-March-Bullfighting)

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BAGHDAD -- Up to 13 Islamic State (IS) militants were killed in the airstrike by Iraqi jets targeting a meeting of IS leaders and other IS posts in Iraq's western province of Anbar, said the Iraqi military on Saturday.

According to intelligence reports, the jet fighters conducted the airstrike on Friday on an IS hideout where some IS leaders believed they were holding a meeting in the town of al-Qaim near the border with Syria, said Iraq's Joint Operations Command (JOC) in a statement.(Iraq-airstrike) Endi