Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, Jan. 5

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LOS ANGELES -- Three people have been killed and four others injured in a shooting at the Gable House Bowl in the U.S. coastal city of Torrance near Los Angeles, the Torrance Police Department said Saturday.

"Three men were pronounced dead at the scene and two others were taken to a hospital for treatment of their injuries," Sgt. Ronald Harris of the Torrance Police Department was quoted as saying by the local news outlet City News Service. Two other men sought medical attention on their own, Harris added. (U.S.-Shooting)

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TIRIN KOT, Afghanistan -- At least 17 militants loyal to the Taliban group were killed following an Afghan forces operation in southern Uruzgan province, an army statement released on Saturday said.

The 24-hour operation was launched in Kotwal area outside provincial capital Tirin Kot city, leaving 17 fighters dead and scores wounded, the statement from the 205th Atal Corps Press Office said. (Afghanistan-Militants-Toll)

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JUBA -- South Sudan on Saturday said 19 civilians were killed and eight others wounded in a village west of Gorom in southern part of the country in the latest rebel attack.

Mawien Makol, spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Republic of South Sudan, said in a statement issued in Juba that opposition forces loyal to the National Salvation Front (NAS) attacked the villagers, mostly children and women, on Wednesday. (South Sudan-Rebel attack)

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BANGKOK -- Tropical storm Pabuk has killed three people and prompted an evacuation of more than 34,000 villagers in southern Thailand, a senior government official said on Saturday.

Director General of the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) Chayaphol Thitisak said one crewmember of a fishing boat was reportedly killed and another was missing due to the tropical storm in the sea off Pattani province, while two elderly persons were reportedly killed in Nakhon Si Thammarat province on Friday. (Thailand-Tropical Storm-Evacuation) Enditem

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