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Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Dec. 13

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Over 70 assailants were killed in attacks on military barracks Friday in the Burundian capital Bujumbura and Mujejuru in Bujumbura province, the Burundian army said Saturday.

"79 assailants were killed and 45 were captured while 97 guns of different kinds and several ammunitions were seized during the operation. On our side, 4 soldiers and 4 policemen were killed. 9 soldiers and 12 policemen were also injured,"said Burundian Army Spokesman Colonel Gaspard Baratuza in a statement. (Burundi-Attacks-Military Baracks)

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PARIS -- The historic Paris agreement on climate change was finally adopted with no objection on Saturday by the 196 Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) during the 21st session of the Conference of the Parties (COP21) hosted by France.

"The Paris Climate Conference is a crucial point in the global climate governance process. The outcome has a bearing with the undertaking of climate change of the human being and our future of sustainable development," China's Special Representative on Climate Change Xie Zhenhua said after the adoption of the Paris agreement. (France-Climate Conference)

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GENEVA -- Two individuals from a Syrian provenance on suspicion of manufacture, concealment and transport of explosives and toxic gases have been arrested in the Geneva area, Swiss authority announced on Saturday.

The Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland, which is responsible for criminal proceedings related to Terrorism, said in a statement Saturday that it has opened a related criminal proceeding concerning a terror alert in the area of greater Geneva. (Switzerland-Terror Suspects)

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DAMASCUS -- The Islamic State (IS) group claimed responsibility for the deadly bombing that rocked Syria's central city of Homs earlier on Saturday, the group said in a statement.

The IS said it had carried out the bombing that killed over 20 people and wounded tens of others in the pro-government district of al-Zahr'a, home to Syrians of the Alwaite minority, to whom the Syrian leadership belongs. (Syria-IS-Bombing) Endi