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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, April 15

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LOS ANGELES -- Two people were killed and four others hospitalized in a fire on Saturday in Studio City, a community located 10 kilometers west of Los Angeles downtown.

According to the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), 83 firefighters responded to the incident at a one-story commercial building about 7:00 a.m. Saturday and extinguished the flames inside a small music studio in just 28 minutes.(Los Angeles-Fire)

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DAMASCUS -- The Syrian army on Saturday declared capturing the Douma district, the last rebel bastion in the Eastern Ghouta countryside of Damascus, after the evacuation of rebels and their families, according to the state news agency SANA.

The capture of Douma comes as the rebels of the Islam Army have fully evacuated to the rebel-held city of Jarablus in northern Syria in batches.(Syria-Eastern Ghouta)

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ABUJA -- The Nigerian military on Saturday confirmed seven Boko Haram fighters were killed in an ongoing operation aimed at clearing remaining terrorists from the country's northeast region.

Military spokesman Onyema Nwachukwu said the terror fighters were neutralized in separate ambushes on the troops on Friday.(Nigeria-Boko Haram)

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UNITED NATIONS -- A Russian-drafted resolution, which would have condemned the military strikes on Syria carried out by the United States, France and Britain, failed to be adopted by the Security Council.

Three of the 15 members of the Security Council -- Russia, Bolivia and China -- voted in favor. Four countries -- Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Kazakhstan, Peru -- abstained. The remaining eight members of the council voted against it.(UN-Syria-Russia)

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JERUSALEM -- Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday said Israel "fully supports" the joint airstrikes on Syria by the U.S., Britain and France.

"A year ago, I made clear that Israel fully supports President Trump's decision to stand firmly against the use and proliferation of chemical weapons," said Netanyahu in a statement on Saturday, "President Trump's determination and Israel's support have remained unchanged."(Israel-U.S. Strike) Enditem

 

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