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Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, May 5

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ABUJA -- Four bombers and three locals died following multiple suicide blasts early Friday in Nigeria's northeastern state of Borno, local police said.

Seven others were wounded following the blasts in two villages near Maiduguri, the capital of Borno, according to Edet Okon, spokesman of the police in the northern state. (Nigeria-Borno-Suicide blast)

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GAZA -- More than 1,000 Palestinians were injured Friday in daylong fierce clashes between hundreds of Palestinian demonstrators and Israeli soldiers stationed on the border between eastern Gaza Strip and Israel, medics said.

Ashraf al Qedra, a Palestinian Health Ministry spokesman, told reporters that demonstrators were injured by live gunshots, rubber-coated metal bullets, gunshots shrapnel, and tear gas suffocation. (Gaza-Israel-Clashes)

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NEW YORK -- An earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale jolted 16km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii at 22:32:55 GMT on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 5.0 km, was initially determined to be at 19.3702 degrees north latitude and 155.0321 degrees west longitude. (US-Hawaii-Earthquake)

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MOSCOW -- The Federal Security Service (FSB) killed two suspected terrorists during an operation in Nevinnomyssk city in North Caucasus, on Friday, the Russian agency said.

"Two leaders of a religious extremist cell who had plotted terrorist attacks resisted during the detention and were killed," the FSB said in a statement. (Russia-Terrorists) Enditem