Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, Sept. 18

BEIRUT -- The death toll from Tuesday's pager explosions in Lebanon has risen to 12, including two children, with 2,750-2,800 others injured, Lebanese Health Minister Firas Abiad announced Wednesday.

Of the total wounded, around 750 were reported in the south, 150 in the eastern Bekaa region, and 1,850 in the capital Beirut and its southern suburbs, Abiad said in a press conference, mentioning that about 300 inj