Following are the foreign stories at 1700 hours

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UNSC to hold close consultations on Kashmir on Friday United Nations: The UN Security Council will meet here on Friday to discuss India revoking the special status of Jammu and Kashmir after Pakistan wrote a letter on the issue to the world body. By Yoshita Singh

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Indians in the US celebrate Independence Day with fervour Washington/Houston: Members of the Indian community assembled in large numbers outside the Indian Embassy in Washington and Indian Consulates in New York, Houston, San Francisco and Chicago to celebrate India's 73rd Independence Day. By Lalit K Jha/Seema Hakhu Kachru

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Pak summons Indian diplomat over 'ceasefire violations' Islamabad: Pakistan on Friday lodged a strong protest with India, the third in as many days, over the alleged ceasefire violations by Indian troops along the Line of Control (LoC).

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Mass training camps in Xinjiang eliminated religious extremism: China Beijing: China on Friday defended its much-criticised “vocational education camps” in the restive Xinjiang where thousands Uighur Muslims have been kept, saying that the training centres have "effectively eliminated" religious extremism in the restive province. By K J M Varma

FGN15 PAK-BOMBING

Mosque bombing in southwest Pakistan kills 5 Karachi: A powerful bomb ripped through a mosque during Friday prayers in Pakistan's Balochistan province, killing at least five persons and injuring 15 others, police said.

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