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Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Jan. 26

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Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras admitted defeat to Radical Left SYRIZA party on Sunday evening after the announcement of the first official results of the critical general elections.

"Greek people have spoken. We all respect the electorate's choice," the conservative leader told media shortly after calling SYRIZA's leader Alexis Tsipras for congratulations. (Greece-Election)

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CAIRO -- The way the braided beard of Egyptian Pharaonic masterpiece King Tutankhamun's mask was glued back on random and lacking scientific standards, said Egyptian experts.

Although it King Tut's beard broke off and glued back on in August 2014, the issue was the talk of the hour over the past few days, as the job did not seem to have been perfectly done that the joint between the beard and the mask was a little wider than before and tiny trace of glue could be noticed if compared to previous photos of the 3,000-year-old golden mask. (Egypt-King Tut-Mask)

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LAGOS -- Scores of Boko Haram militants were killed on Sunday after Nigerian troops repelled massive attacks launched at Maiduguri and other towns in the northeast state of Borno, a security source told Xinhua.

The source who requested anonymity said the Boko Haram fighters who attacked Maiduguri, the state capital in the early hours of Sunday were successfully repelled by security forces stationed in the state. (Nigeria-Boko Haram-Crack down)

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THE HAGUE -- During the annual National Holocaust Remembrance in Amsterdam on Sunday Mayor Eberhard Van der Laan urged to "keep remembering and keep in mind the lessons of World War II."

After a silent march from the City Hall to the monument 'Never Again Auschwitz' in the Wertheimpark several hundreds of people, including Van der Laan and Deputy Prime Minister Lodewijk Asscher, attended the National Holocaust Remembrance, almost 70 years after the liberation of the former concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau on Jan. 27, 1945. (Netherlands-Auschwitz-Commemoration)

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CAIRO -- Eleven people have been killed Sunday during protests across Egypt to mark the fourth anniversary of the January 2011 uprising, state-run Al-Ahram Arabic news website reported.

According to the newspaper's website, ministry of health announced the death of 11 people in clashes with security forces nationwide during demonstrations to observe the fourth anniversary of the revolution that toppled former president Hosni Mubarak. (Egypt-Protest) Endi