Xinhua world news summary at 1030 GMT, Sept. 6
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JERUSALEM -- Six Palestinian prisoners escaped from a prison in Israel on Monday, prompting a massive manhunt, Israeli authorities said.
The extremely rare break-out took place overnight in the Gilboa Penitentiary, a high-security jail for Palestinian prisoners in northern Israel, the police said in a statement. (Israel-Palestinian Prisoners)
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KABUL -- Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said here on Monday that a new Afghan government will be announced in the next few days, after confirming that the group has taken over Panjshir, the only province that had remained out of Taliban's control.
Afghanistan might form a caretaker government as the preparation was underway to announce the new administration, Mujahid told a press conference.
"The new administration might be in the form of a caretaker government. It is a suggestion, it is possible, if we have a caretaker government, so there will be place for bringing changes or reforms in the government's frame," he said. (Afghanistan-Taliban Control)
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KABUL -- The Taliban armed forces have seized eastern Panjshir province following heavy fightings on Monday, gaining control over the last province of Afghanistan's 34 provinces, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid confirmed.
"Our latest efforts to bring peace to the entire country succeeded as the Panjshir province is completely conquered and came under the control of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan," Mujahid wrote on Twitter. (Afghanistan-Capture of Panjshir)
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KAMPALA -- The death toll at a construction site where a building collapsed in Uganda's capital here on Sunday has increased to six and seven people so far have been rescued, a police spokesperson said on Monday.
Luke Owoyesigyire, deputy police spokesperson for Kampala Metropolitan Police, said in a statement that three more bodies have been retrieved from the rubble after the collapse of a four-story building in Kisenyi, in the downtown Kampala area.
"Six people have been confirmed dead after the collapse of the four-story building. Among those confirmed dead are five male and one female," said Owoyesigyire. (Uganda-Building Collapse-Death) Enditem
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