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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, Feb. 17

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SAN FRANCISCO -- U.S. aeroplane manufacturer Boeing Company said that its new 737 MAX-9 aircraft has been certified by the Federal Aviation Administration for commercial service.

Boeing said in a statement that the amended type certificate issued by the U.S. aviation regulator affirms that the airplane's handling, systems and overall performance all comply with required aviation regulations. (US-Boeing-Plane)

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NEW YORK -- Over 10,000 spectators are expected to flood the Flushing Chinatown, one of the largest and fastest-growing ethnic Chinese enclaves in New York City (NYC), to watch the colorful Lunar New Year parade on Saturday.

It is the biggest event celebrating the Year of the Dog in the bustling neighborhood of NYC's Queens borough, where roughly two-thirds of the residents are from Asia. (US-NYC-Lunar New Year Parade)

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NEW DELHI -- The death toll from cooking gas cylinder blasts during a marriage function in India's western state of Rajasthan Saturday rose to nine, officials said.

A total of 21 people were injured in the blasts. (India-Clinder Blasts)

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MEXICO CITY -- Thirteen people were killed after a military helicopter crashed in southern Mexico following an earthquake in the region, prosecutors in Oaxaca State said Saturday.

Twelve people died at the scene of the crash and another person later died in hospital. Fifteen others were injured, the state prosecution office said. (Mexico-Helicopter Crash-Death Toll) Enditem

 

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