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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, Dec. 12

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MOGADISHU -- United States forces early Tuesday conducted an airstrike in Somalia on Al-Shabaab militants, the U.S. Africa Command (Africom) said.

No civilian was killed in the drone strike, which was carried out in coordination with the Somali government and targeted an al-Shabaab vehicle-borne improvised explosive device, about 65km southwest of the capital, Mogadishu, Africom said.(Somalia-U.S.-Shabaab)

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NAKURU, Kenya -- More than 25 people were killed and several others injured on Tuesday when a truck hit about a dozen passenger vehicles along the busy Nakuru-Eldoret highway in northwest Kenya.

Regional criminal investigation commander Gideon Kibunja said the crash occurred when the driver of the truck, which was being chased by National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) officers, lost control of the truck and hit oncoming vehicles.(Kenya-Accident)

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JUBA -- The number of people killed in clashes between rival Dinka tribe clans in central South Sudan has risen to 172, a local official said on Tuesday.

"The death toll is 172 and the wounded people are 213. Some of the injured victims are dying," said Dharuai Mabor Teny, Member of Parliament in Rumbek East of Western Lakes State.(South Sudan-Conflict)

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VIENNA -- One person was killed and at least 17 others were injured Tuesday in an explosion at a gas station in Baumgarten an der March, some 60 km east of Vienna, local media said.

Fire brigades and rescue teams are at the site, which has been largely closed to the public.(Austria-Explosion)

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BUNGOMA, Kenya -- At least 19 people were killed and several others injured in a road accident in Bungoma County in western Kenya, police said Tuesday.

A minibus rammed into a tractor carrying sugarcane and overturned on the Kitale-Kamakuywa road Monday evening.(Kenya-Accident)

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NEW DELHI -- At least three people were killed and seven others critically injured after a tourist bus plunged into a river in the southern Indian state of Kerala Tuesday, police said.

The accident occurred near Thalassery, some 450 km from state capital Thiruvananthapuram.(India-Bus Accident-Casualties) Enditem

 

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