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Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Sept. 1

Xinhua, September 1, 2015 Adjust font size:

Calls for partnership in face of crises, especially escalating migration crisis in Europe, were made at the 10th Bled Strategic Forum in Slovenia on Monday.

The participants also urged close cooperation of all stakeholders in what is seen as the most pressing issue presently affecting the EU, according to Slovenian Press Agency (STA). (Slovenia-EU-Migrant Crisis)

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VIENNA -- The arrival of hundreds of asylum seekers at the Vienna Westbahnhof railway station on Monday evening has led to chaotic scenes.

The refugees had arrived at around 18:10 pm local time from trains originating in Hungary, with three platforms cleared for each of the train arrivals. (Austria-Migrant Crisis)

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KIEV -- The "Sea Breeze-2015" international military exercises, which are co-hosted by Ukraine, the United States and Moldova, started Monday in southern Ukraine, the country's Defense Ministry said.

Flags of the three countries were raised and national anthems were played at the opening ceremony at Shyrokolanivsk military facility in Nikolaev region, the press service of the ministry said. (Ukraine-Int'l Drill)

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MADRID -- Five people have been confirmed dead and six taken to hospital following an explosion in a fireworks factory on the outskirts of the city of Zaragoza in central Spain on Monday.

The explosion at the factory of the Pirotecnica Zaragozana (Zaragoza Firework Company), a company established in 1860 which employs 40 people in a 12-hectare site, happened at 2:15 p.m. local time (1215 GMT) and could be heard up to 20 km away, according to local media. (Spain-Explosion)

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RAMALLAH/JERUSALEM -- Fierce clashes broke out on Monday night between dozens of Palestinians and Israeli army soldiers in the northern West Bank refugee camp of Jenin, witnesses and security officials said.

The eyewitnesses said the clashes broke out when an Israeli army force, backed by armored vehicles, stormed the refugee camp while firing tear gas and percussion bombs at dozens of young men who threw stones at the soldiers. (Israel-Palestine-Clashes)

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TRIPOLI -- A car bomb exploded in Libyan capital Tripoli on Monday, according to a security source.

"A car bomb exploded in central Tripoli in front of an oil company co-owned by Italy's ENI," the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.

He added that the explosion damaged a number of cars parked nearby, but no details are available about any casualty. (Libya-Car Bomb) Endi