Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, July 31

NEW DELHI -- The death toll from Tuesday's multiple landslides in India's southern state of Kerala further mounted to 166 on Wednesday, and 107 others were still missing, confirmed a local administration official to Xinhua over phone.

Nearly 50 bodies were recovered from under the rubble after the landslides on Wednesday, added the official. (India-Landslides)

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TOKYO -- The Bank of Japan (BO