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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, Jan. 20

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LAGOS -- Nigeria on Friday said it has successfully researched and developed six traditional herbal products for the treatment of Ebola, malaria and other diseases.

Karniyus Gamaniel, director general of National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development (NIPRD), said "NIPRIBOL", a fixed dose combination drug was developed by the institute for the treatment of Ebola Virus Disease, and that the institute had also developed "NIPRIMAL", an anti-malaria for treatment of uncomplicated malaria. (Nigeria-Ebola-Malaria)

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BERLIN -- Storm Friederike has killed at least eight people and left a path of physical destruction in Germany, local media reported on Friday.

The fatalities, recorded in the states of North-Rhine Westphalia, Thuringia, Saxony-Anhalt, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Brandenburg, and included two firefighters. Across the country, several people were also injured by falling trees, branches and rooftop tiles. (Germany-Snowstorm)

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VENICE, Italy -- As tourism increasingly becomes a key factor for economic development worldwide, two major global actors met here on Friday to agree on boosting cooperation and investments in the sector.

High-level representatives from the European Union (EU) and China gathered at the Doge's Palace to celebrate the official opening of 2018 China-EU Tourism Year, aimed at strengthening both tourism exchanges and mutual understanding. (China-EU-Tourism)

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NEW DELHI -- At least seven people have been killed and 20 others injured in a road accident in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal Saturday, police said.

"The accident occurred when a passenger bus veered off the road and overturned on a highway at Beldanga in the state's Murshidabad district this morning," a senior police official said. (India-Road Accident)

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ANKARA -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Saturday the military operation in Syria's Afrin has "actively" started.

"The Afrin operation has actively begun on the field. The Manbij operation will follow," he said during a televised speech in the Aegean province of Kutahya. (Turkey-Syria-Military Operation) Enditem

 

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