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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, Feb. 20

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NAKURU, Kenya -- Five people were killed and eight others injured in a road accident along the busy Nairobi-Nakuru highway on Monday night.

Area divisional police commander Sarah Koki said Tuesday that a truck, which was headed to Eldoret from Nairobi, lost control and rear-ended a minibus (matatu), killing two passengers on the spot. Three others died while receiving treatment at the local hospital. (Kenya-Road Accident)

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ATHENS -- Seventeen Turkish nationals reached the Greek island of Oinousses in the Aegean Sea on a small boat on Monday and requested asylum in Greece, Greek Coast Guard said on Tuesday.

According to sources, the group comprised of seven men, four women and six children. (Greece-Asylum)

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MALE -- The Maldivian parliament on Tuesday approved extending the state of emergency by 30 days following a request by President Abdulla Yameen, local media reported.

The crucial vote was held in the parliament on Tuesday evening in the 85-member chamber. (The Maldives-State of Emergency)

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JERUSALEM -- A confidant of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is suspected of attempting to bribe a judge in return for closing a corruption case against Netanyahu's wife, the police said Tuesday.

Nir Hefetz, also a former spokesman of Netanyahu, is suspected of offering a retired judge, Hila Gerstel, the position of the attorney general if she would drop a corruption case against Netanyahu's wife Sara. (Israel-Corruption)

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TEHRAN -- Five Iranian security forces were killed following Monday riots in the north of capital Tehran, Tasnim news agency reported on Tuesday.

The intense clashes erupted between Iran's security forces and members of the "Deravish Gonabadi" who had gathered in front of a police station, demanding the release of some detained members of their community, the report said. (Iran-Protest) Enditem

 

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