Xinhua world news summary at 0800 GMT, Nov. 12

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DHAKA -- At least 12 people were killed and 28 others injured in a collision between two passenger trains in Bangladesh's Brahmanbaria district, some 109 km northeast of capital Dhaka, police said.

The accident happened at about 2:00 a.m. local time Tuesday (2000 GMT Monday). (Bangladesh-Train crash-Toll)

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KABUL -- The Afghan government has decided to swap three Taliban prisoners with a U.S. professor and an Australian professor kidnapped in August 2016 in Kabul, Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani announced on Tuesday.

Ghani named the Taliban prisoners as Annas Haqqani, Hajji Mali Khan and Hafiz Rashid. (Afghanistan-Taliban Prisoner)

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DAMASCUS -- Two civilians were killed and 6 others injured on Tuesday morning in a missile attack targeting a residential building in Al-Mazzeh area of Syria's capital Damascus, state media reported. (Syria-Missile Attack-Death)

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PUL-E-KHUMRI, Afghanistan -- Units of Afghan Special Force have killed 13 armed militants during overnight operations against Taliban outfit in Dand-e-Ghori area outside Pul-e-Khumri, the capital of the northern Baghlan province, Abdul Ghafar Nuristani, the spokesman for the Special Force, said Tuesday.

Three more militants sustained injuries and their hideout have been destroyed during the operations backed by fighting aircraft, the official said. (Afghanistan-Taliban-Toll) Enditem

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