Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, March 12

JAKARTA -- The death toll from floods and landslides in the Indonesian province of West Sumatra has risen to 32, the country's National Disaster Mitigation Agency reported on Tuesday.

According to the agency, five of the province's 12 regencies had declared a state of disaster emergency as more than 1,500 houses, over 50 worship centers and over 10 roads were damaged by floods and landslides. (Indonesia-Flood-La