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Xinhua world news summary at 0100 GMT, Aug. 29

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Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Friday formed an interim power-sharing government to act until the snap elections scheduled for Nov. 1.

The election cabinet is mainly composed of bureaucrats, mostly current undersecretaries of the ministries and independents with three ministers from opposition parties. (Turkey-Prime Minister-Elections)

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PARIS -- French President Francois Hollande and Austria's Chancellor Werner Faymann on Friday discussed worsening migration crisis after Austrian police found 71 migrants dead in an abandoned freezer truck near the Hungarian border on Thursday.

Facing a surge in migrants escaping violence and war in their native countries and most of then ended up in the bottom of sea, Hollande and Faymann expressed determination to fight smugglers and protect borders. (France-Refugee-Crisis)

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RABAT -- A new round of Libyan political dialogue will be convened in Geneva on September 3-4, the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) announced on Friday.

Upon the end of two-day talks in the Moroccan city of Skhirat, UNSMIL pointed out in a statement that the new round will be held at the United Nations Office in Geneva to complete the discussions with a view to finalizing the Libyan Political Agreement for it to be ready for signing a few days afterwards. (Libya-Geneva-Talk)

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NEW DELHI -- Indian army Friday killed six Naga militants in the northeast state of Nagaland, the military said. Meanwhile, two other Naga separatist activists were also injured in the army operation in Nokalak in Tuensang district of the state.

The Indian army has been intensifying operations against Naga militants near the Myanmar border since an army convoy was ambushed, in which 18 soldiers were killed and 15 others injured. (India-Army-Militants) Endi