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Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Aug. 26

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The Pentagon said Tuesday it was concerned about the arms deal between Iran and Russia for missile systems.

"On the S-300, we've long expressed our concerns of reports on this possible sale of this missile system to the Iranians," said Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook at the daily briefing. "We don't see this as a positive development." (US-Iran)

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PARIS -- Gunshots killed three people and severely injured four others, including two gendarmes, in northern France, French TV channel BFMTV reported Tuesday.

The gunshots took place in Roye, Haute-Somme department, in northern France, around 4:30 p.m. local time (1430 GMT), next to a supermarket where nomads camped, said the daily Le Courrier Picard. (France-Gunshots)

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WASHINGTON -- Authorities in the eastern U.S. state of West Virginia said Tuesday that a 14-year-old male student with a pistol had held several students and a teacher hostage earlier at a high school in the state.

All hostages were set free and the suspect was in police custody. No injury was reported, said a statement by West Virginia State Police Department. (US-School-Hostage)

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MOGADISHU -- At least 12 Al-Shabaab militants on Tuesday were killed by government forces in heavy clashes in a village near Garbaherey town in Gedo region, southern Somalia, officials and witnesses said.

Abdullahi Osman, Somali government forces commander in Gedo region, told journalists that they launched a heavy attack on the Tula Barwako village. (Somalia-Militants) Endi