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Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Nov. 3

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A senior Iranian diplomat on Monday criticized Saudi Arabia's "unconstructive" role in recent international talks on Syria crisis, threatening to walk out of the talks should the next meeting be "unproductive," Iran's Alalam satellite TV reported.

In the meeting in Vienna, "some countries, particularly Saudi Arabia, played negative and unconstructive roles, as they could not provide a logic for their positions vis-a-vis Syria's conflicts," Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian was quoted as saying. (Iran-Syria-Talks)

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VIENNA -- Tougher German border controls have led to a huge increase in the number of migrants stuck in Austria awaiting onward travel, an allegedly confidential document from the Austrian federal government claimed.

The Kronen Zeitung reported the details of the document Monday, stating that in just 11 days, the number of migrants waiting to cross into Germany from the Austrian states of Salzburg and Upper Austria increased from 6,300 to 20,300. (Austria-Refugees)

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SRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir -- Two Indian military troopers were killed Monday in skirmishes with Pakistan military on Line of Control (LoC), officials said.

The skirmishes broke out in Gurez sector of Bandipora district, about 145 km north of Srinagar city, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir. (India-Pakistan-Kashmir)

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BEIJING -- President Xi Jinping and his French counterpart Francois Hollande issued a joint statement on climate change in Beijing on Monday, vowing to promote a working program to accelerate pre-2020 efforts in mitigation, adaptation and support during the Paris climate summit.

They called for a better transparency system to build trust and confidence in the Paris pact, as well as means to review the actions and support of various parties. (China-France-Climate) Endi