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Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Nov. 25

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A hostage situation is ongoing Tuesday night in Roubaix in northern France, where many police have been deployed there following gunshots, media reported.

"An intervention is ongoing following a hostage-taking," Le Figaro reported, adding that "there were gunshots and the block is closed down." (France-Hostage Situation)

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BRUSSELS -- NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg called for calm and de-escalation after a meeting of NATO's political decision-making body on Tuesday.

The extraordinary meeting of the North Atlantic Council was requested by Turkey after it shot down a Russian fighter jet. Turkey became a NATO member state in 1952. (NATO-Turkey-Russia-Plane Shoot Down)

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TUNIS -- Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi declared Tuesday a nationwide state of emergency and curfew in Tunis after a deadly bomb attack on a presidential security guards bus in the capital.

"As a result of this painful event... I proclaim a state of emergency for 30 days under the terms of law, and a curfew in greater Tunis from 9:00 pm (2000 GMT) until 5:00 am (0400 GMT) tomorrow," the president addressed the TV. (Tunisia-Bombing)

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CAIRO -- The death toll of Tuesday's suicide bombing at a hotel in Egypt's North Sinai's city of Arish rose to seven people including four policemen, two judges and a civilian, official MENA news agency reported.

"More than ten people were injured in attack," MENA quoted a security source as saying. (Egypt-Suicide Bombing)

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ISTANBUL -- A Russian warship passed the Dardanelles Strait in northwestern Turkey and headed toward the Mediterranean Sea on Tuesday, just about half an hour after a Russian warplane was downed by the Turkish military, local media reported.

The "Yamal" Russian warship entered the strait 36 minutes after Turkish jets shot down a Russian SU-24 over alleged airspace violation, the Dogan News Agency reported. (Turkey-Russia-Military Operation) Enditem