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Xinhua world news summary at 0830 GMT, May 22

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HAVANA -- One of the survivors of the tragic plane crash in Cuba died Monday afternoon due to complications, taking the death toll in the incident to 111.

Grettel Landrove, a 23-year-old college student, passed away following serious neurological traumas, said Cuba's public health ministry.(Cuba-Plane Crash)

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WASHINGTON -- U.S. media reported on Monday that the United States and China have "agreed on the broad outline of a deal" to settle the issue of Chinese telecom equipment maker ZTE.

A report of the Wall Street Journal quoted the people with knowledge of the matter as saying that the details "are still being hammered out."(US-China-ZTE)

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GHAZNI, Afghanistan -- At least 12 police personnel, including two senior police officers, were killed in fresh clashes with Taliban militants in Ghazni province, eastern Afghanistan, overnight, a local official said Tuesday.

"Hundreds of Taliban militants launched coordinated attacks on Dih Yak and neighboring Jaghato districts Monday night, triggering heavy gunfights lasting for hours. The clashes left 12 policemen killed and 15 others injured," provincial government spokesman Harif Noori told Xinhua.(Afghanistan-Taliban-Clashes)

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SEOUL -- South Korea on Tuesday expressed regrets over the failed visit by its journalists to cover the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)'s planned dismantlement of its nuclear test site ahead of the summit between Pyongyang and Washington.

Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon expressed regrets in a statement.(South Korea-DPRK-Nuclear-Journalists) Enditem