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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, Jan. 10

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The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) said Saturday it is ready to "temporarily suspend" nuclear test if the United States agrees to temporarily halt joint military exercises with South Korea this year.

The DPRK government made a "crucial" proposal Friday to the U.S. side demanding suspension of joint military drills to be conducted with South Korea for this year, which "contributes to easing tension on the Korean Peninsula," said a report released by the official KCNA news agency. (DPRK-US-Nuke Test)

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JAKARTA -- The tail section of crashed AirAsia flight QZ8501 was hoisted from the Java Sea off Indonesia' s Central Kalimantan coast on Saturday as weather condition in the search area improved.

Footage of the TV One channel showed the tail, partially buried in the seabed 30 meters underwater, was lifted to the surface by floating balloons. (Indonesia-AirAsia-Search)

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WASHINGTON -- After two delays, private U.S. firm SpaceX launched its fifth cargo mission to the International Space Station (ISS) early Saturday morning, but its rocket recovery test seemed to have failed.

The mission has generated a lot of interest because SpaceX was trying to realize a precise landing of the company's Falcon 9 rocket's first stage on a floating ocean platform for the first time. (U.S.-SpaceX)

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ABUJA -- The Nigerian police on Saturday confirmed the suicide bomb attack at a local poultry market in Maiduguri, capital of Nigeria's northeastern state of Borno and headquarters of Boko Haram in the West African country but said no official casualties figure has so far emerged.

The extent of damage was still being ascertained and rescue efforts still going on at the place of the explosion, according to state police spokesperson Gideon Jibrin, who confirmed the incident to Xinhua. (Nigeria-Attack)

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SANAA -- A top leader of the Yemen-based al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) praised attacks at the Charlie Hebdo magazine and at a Jewish supermarket in Paris, threatening France with more attacks "if they did not stop abusing Muslims," according to a video posted on Saturday.

In the five-minute online video posted by the AQAP, the AQAP Sharia official, Harith al-Nadhari, did not directly tell if his group was behind plotting the attacks, but praised the two brothers, Said Kouachi and Cherif Kouachi, who were killed by the French police on Friday after a hostage standoff. (Yemen-AQAP-France) Endi