Xinhua world news summary at 1030 GMT, June 20

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HERAT, Afghanistan -- Three police were killed and three others sustained injury as a roadside bomb struck a police vehicle in the western Herat province on Saturday, provincial government spokesman Jilani Farhad said.

A mine planted by militants struck a police van outside Herat city on Saturday afternoon, killing three police and wounding three others, Farhad has confirmed. (Afghanistan-Police-Bomb)

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VIENTIANE -- Dengue cases in Laos have reached 1,992 with five deaths since December 2019, Lao Ministry of Health reported in its press release on Saturday.

The highest number of dengue patients were reported in Lao capital Vientiane at 434. The five deaths included two in Lao capital Vientiane and one each in Xayaboury, Khammuan and Luang Namtha province. (LAOS-VIENTIANE-DENGUE)

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SHARANA, Afghanistan -- At total of 17 insurgents were killed and 12 others wounded as a clash erupted in Afghanistan's eastern Paktika province on Friday, a statement of Interior Ministry said Saturday.

The clash erupted late on Friday night after tens of Taliban militants stormed security checkpoints in Sar Rawza area and police retaliated forcing the militants to flee after leaving 17 bodies behind and 12 others injured, the statement said. (Afghanistan-Insurgent-Clash)

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CAIRO -- Egypt has requested late on Friday the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to intervene to resolve the dispute over the controversial Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Nile River.

In a statement, Egyptian foreign ministry said Egypt has submitted a request to the UNSC over the GERD, calling on the UN body to intervene "to emphasize the importance for Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan to continue negotiations with good will." (Egypt-UN-Dam)

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JAKARTA -- Ten people went missing after a ship sank in waters off Sunda Strait in the western part of Indonesia, while a search for the victims continued on Saturday, an official of a search and rescue office said.

The ship, KM Puspita Jaya, went down after leaving Banten province for Rakata Island near Child of Krakatau volcano, spokesman for the National Search and Rescue Office Yusuf Latief said. (Indonesia-Ship-Sinking) Enditem

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