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Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Dec.12

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A Chinese envoy to the United Nations on Friday called on the international community to further strengthen the diplomatic efforts for the political settlement of the question of Ukraine.

"To find a fundamental and lasting solution to this question, it is important to address the legitimate rights and interests and concerns of all the ethnicities and regions in Ukraine," said Wang Min, China's deputy permanent representative to the UN, at a Security Council meeting. (China-Ukraine-Solution)

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WASHINGTON -- British Defense Secretary Michael Fallon said here on Friday Britain would not send ground troops to Iraq, adding that the Iraqi leadership had made clear to him that "Western boots on the ground" were not wanted in Iraq.

"We're not proposing to send combat troops back into Iraq or into Syria," said Fallon here in a joint press conference with U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter. (Britain-Iraq-Troops)

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TRIPOLI -- Libya's two rival parliaments announced on Friday that Dec. 16 is the date to sign the final peace agreement.

"We have agreed that Dec. 16 will be the date for signing the final agreement to form a government in Libya after 14 months of negotiations," said Mohammed Shuaib, representative for Libya's internationally recognized parliament House of Representatives. (Libya-Agreement)

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KABUL -- At least two persons were killed and seven others injured after a Taliban suicide bomber struck a foreign guesthouse in a diplomat district in central Kabul on Friday evening, sources said.

"A car bomb was detonated by a terrorist near the gate of a guesthouse belonging to Spanish Embassy at around 05:40 p.m. (local time) in Shairpoor locality. The blast was followed by several warning shots of gunfire," a security source told Xinhua. (Afghanistan-Bombing)

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PARIS -- "All the conditions are ripe to reach a universal and ambitious agreement," French Foreign Minister and president of the COP21 Laurent Fabius said Friday evening.

The negotiations will proceed to final adjustments of the text, Fabius said, noting that he would present a text which "will be as ambitious and balanced as possible". (Paris-Climate Change) Endi