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Malaysia

Police remove migrants' remains

Malaysian police forensic teams began removing the remains of dozens of suspected human-trafficking victims on Tuesday from shallow graves discovered at a jungle camp near the border with Thailand. The government said it was investigating whether local forestry officials were involved with the people-smuggling gangs believed responsible for nearly 140 such graves found around the camps.

Mali

Peacekeeper killed, 1 wounded

Militants opened fire on two United Nations peacekeepers in Bamako, Mali's capital, killing one and seriously wounding the other, security sources said. "Armed men that we have not yet identified shot at two peacekeepers who were on board a UN vehicle on Monday night," a Malian security source said.

Italy

39 arrested in anti-mafia bust

Italian police arrested 39 people and seized assets worth some 10 million euros ($10.9 million) in two major anti-mafia operations on Tuesday, local reports said. One operation targeted alleged members of the Sicilian mafia, or Cosa Nostra, operating in an eastern neighborhood of the regional capital of Palermo, according to La Repubblica newspaper.

Israel

PM supports more peace talks

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has proposed resuming peace negotiations with the Palestinians, with the initial focus on identifying those Jewish settlements that Israel would keep and expand, an Israeli official said on Tuesday. Peace talks collapsed in April 2014 over Israeli settlement-building in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, areas Palestinians seek for a state and after Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas angered Israel by reaching a unity deal with the Islamist group Hamas in Gaza.

Austria

Teen gets 2 years in terrorism case

A 14-year-old boy from Austria who downloaded bomb-making plans onto his PlayStation games console was sentenced to a two-year prison term on Tuesday after pleading guilty to terrorism charges, a spokeswoman for the regional court in Sankt Poelten said.

Burundi

No compromise despite unrest

Burundi's government on Tuesday condemned mounting diplomatic pressure over President Pierre Nkurunziza's controversial bid for a third consecutive term, signaling it would not bow to international criticism. The government has "red lines", spokesman Philippe Nzobonariba said.

Xinhua - Reuters - AFP

(China Daily 05/27/2015 page12)