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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, Dec. 10

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Fighting between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) army and Uganda's Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels have left 39 people dead in Beni territory, within North Kivu province, military spokesman for the UN mission in Congo, Amouzoun Codjo Martin, said Wednesday.

"The fighting that occurred on Nov. 29 left one peacekeeper, seven DR Congo soldiers, ten civilians and 21 ADF rebels dead," Codjo said during the UN's weekly press conference. (DR Congo-Uganda-Rebels)

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GENEVA -- Geneva increased its level of security alert on Thursday as law enforcement personnel were actively tracking down individuals thought to be linked to the Paris terrorist attacks in November.

This follows information sent Wednesday by the confederation to law enforcement authorities in Geneva signalling that suspects were believed to be located in Geneva or in the Geneva region. (Geneva-Suspect)

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PYONGYANG -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has turned into "a powerful nuclear weapons state ready to detonate self-reliant A-bomb and H-bomb to reliably defend its sovereignty and the dignity of the nation," the official KCNA news agency reported Thursday, quoting the country's top leader Kim Jong Un.

Kim made the remarks while inspecting a remodeled revolutionary site. (DPRK-Nuclear Weapons)

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KABUL -- Taliban militants have intensified activities in their former strongholds across Afghanistan over the past months.

They stormed Kandahar airport on Tuesday night, triggering heavy fighting. The militants first occupied a residential complex, and then stormed their targeted airport. (Afghanistan-Taliban Militants)

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ANKARA -- Four migrants drowned and nine remain missing after their boat capsized off Turkey's Aegean Sea coast on Thursday, the state-run Anatolia news agency reported.

The boat smuggling Iraqi migrants from Turkey's Aegean Aydin province to Greece capsized near Bulamac Island early Thursday, according to the report.

Turkish and Greek coast guards launched rescue operations in the region and retrieved the bodies of four refugees. (Turkey-Refugee) Endi