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Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Jan. 9

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The top American envoy for Western Hemisphere affairs will travel to Havana on Jan. 21-22 for talks on reestablishing U.S.-Cuba diplomatic relations, the State Department said Thursday.

Spokeswoman Jennifer Psaki said normalized ties between the two countries will be on the agenda of Roberta Jacobson, assistant secretary of state for Western Hemisphere affairs, when she visits Cuba as the highest-ranking U.S. official over the years. (US-Cuba-Ties)

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WASHINGTON -- As of Jan. 5, the U.S. Defense Department has spent 384.9 million dollars in response to the Ebola crisis that broke out in Africa last year, according to a DOD statement released on Thursday.

Of the total amount, the military's logistical, medical staff training and medical facility engineering efforts account for 312. 3 million dollars, cooperative threat reduction measures, including biosurveillance and biosecurity, take up 47 million dollars while vaccine research and development costs 25.6 million dollars. (U.S.-Ebola)

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PARIS -- Police's searching operation for the two main suspects of Charlie Hebdo attack is finished, suspects still at large, said BFMTV on Thursday night.

According to French television BFMTV, one of its journalists witness the departure of police vehicles. However, police presence is maintained there to deal with any eventuality. (France-Suspects)

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LONDON -- Britain has taken "precautionary" steps to increase security at the French-British border following the deadly attack on the Paris office of French magazine Charlie Hebdo, British Home Secretary Theresa May said Thursday.

Twelve people were murdered and 11 others injured when masked gunmen stormed the offices of the French satirical magazine in Paris on Wednesday. (Britain-Security-Precaution)

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BERLIN -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday reiterated the importance of a full implementation of the Minsk peace agreement for resolving the conflict in Ukraine. (Germany-Ukraine-Minsk) Endi