Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, May 29

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ABUJA -- Nigerian troops on Friday killed 10 Boko Haram militants while thwarting an attempted attack on a military base in the northeastern state of Borno, a spokesman for the army said on Saturday.

Mohammed Yerima, the spokesman for the army, said in a statement that the militants came in their numbers, mounted on gun trucks, and attempted to infiltrate the main entrance of Rann, a town in the northern state, with a heavy presence of troops. (Nigeria-Boko Haram)

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MOGADISHU -- The Somali National Army (SNA) said Saturday its forces killed 37 al-Shabab militants in Middle Shabelle region on Friday night amid the ongoing military operations to flush out the extremists in the southern part of the country.

"The Somali National Army (SNA) last night carried out a planned operation in the Galka-Harare area of Middle Shabelle where the militants were based, killing 37 al-Shabab militants and capturing two others," SNA said in a statement issued in Mogadishu. (Somalia-Army)

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CHARIKAR, Afghanistan -- At least four people were killed and 11 others wounded after a roadside bomb hit a university bus in Afghanistan's eastern Parwan province on Saturday, an Interior Ministry official said. (Afghanistan-Roadside Bomb-University Bus)

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QALA-E-NAW, Afghanistan, May 29 (Xinhua) -- A father and his son were killed in a security forces' gunfire in Afghanistan's western Badghis province, a local official confirmed on Saturday.

The incident happened late on Friday night when the victims walking through a district road ignored signals from security forces in the restive Ab Kamari district, district chief Khudadad Tayeb told Xinhua.

(Afghanistan-Civilans-Shooting)

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NEW DELHI -- The death toll in the toxic liquor consumption incident in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh has risen to 22, officials said Saturday.

The incident took place in Aligarh district, about 416 km northwest of Lucknow, the capital city of Uttar Pradesh.

"So far 22 people have died after consuming toxic liquor here," an official at district magistrate office Aligarh said. "Some of the people who have been hospitalized after complaining illness following consumption of the liquor are undergoing treatment." Enditem

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