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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, Dec. 11

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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday warned of immediate destruction to any forces threatening Russian military troops in Syria.

"Any targets threatening Russian forces or our ground infrastructure should be destroyed immediately, and I order (them) to act as tough as possible," Putin, who is also the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Armed Forces, said at a meeting of senior Defense Ministry officials. (Russia-Syria-Warning)

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YAOUNDE -- At least 11 people were killed and many others injured in a suicide bomb blast Friday morning in the Far North Region of Cameroon, a military source told Xinhua.

According to the source, one girl aged around 13 years broke into a house in Kolofata, a town neighboring Nigeria at around 6:00 a.m. local time (0500 GMT) before she detonated the bomb attached to her, killing herself and five others, wounding many. (Cameroon-Blast)

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PARIS -- The final version of a deal to combat global warming should be presented early Saturday morning by Laurent Fabius, France's foreign minister and president of the COP21, to negotiators from the 196 Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), a spokesperson of Fabius told Xinhua early Friday morning.

"The final version should be presented early Saturday morning in order to be adopted in the middle of the day," he said. (Paris-COP21)

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KABUL -- An explosion and ensuing gunfire rocked a diplomat district in central Kabul on Friday evening, witnesses and sources said.

"A powerful blast took place at around 5:40 p.m. in Shairpoor locality. The blast was followed by several shots of gunfire," witness Mohammad Murtaza told Xinhua. (Afghanistan-Blast)

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ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan on Friday testfired a surface-to-surface ballistic missile, with a maximum range of 2,750 km, the military said.

The test flight of Shaheen-III was aimed at validating various design and technical parameters of the weapon system, an army statement said. (Pakistan-Missile) Endi