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Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Dec. 29

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More than 70 people have been killed and more than a hundred others injured in sporadic bombings and suicide attacks that struck northern Nigeria since Sunday, according to police and eyewitnesses.

Nigerian police on Monday said scores of people were killed after bomb blasts hit near a mosque in the outskirt of Maiduguri, capital of the country's restive northeast Borno State. (Nigeria-Bombings)

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WASHINGTON -- A ship carrying over 25,000 pounds (11,000 kg) low-enriched uranium materials departed from Iran for Russia, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday, calling it "one of the most significant steps Iran has taken toward fulfilling its commitments."(Iran-Nuclear Deal)

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HAVANA -- Chinese Ambassador to Cuba Zhang Tuo on Monday said the launch of a direct Beijing-Havana flight is expected to boost China-Cuba ties in several areas, especially tourism.

The inaugural plane, operated by Air China, one of major Chinese airlines, landed at the Jose Marti International Airport in Havana, Cuba's capital, at 9:15 p.m. local time Sunday (0115 GMT Monday).(Beijing-Havana-Flight)

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OTTAWA -- Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is to pay an official visit to the United States on March 10, U.S. Ambassador to Canada Bruce A. Heyman said here Monday.(Canada-U.S.-Visit)

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DAMASCUS -- As many as 300 family members of the Islamic State (IS) militants fled a northern Syrian city following the recent military progress made by the Syrian army and a newly-formed rebel group called Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a monitor group reported on Monday. (Syria-IS-Military Progress)

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TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Monday held telephone talks after the two countries' foreign ministers reached an agreement earlier in the day in Seoul on resolving the lingering "comfort women" issue.

During the phone talks, Abe reiterated that the newly reached deals were "final and irreversible" and he expressed apology and remorse to the South Koreans who once served as "comfort women," a Japanese euphemism for sex slavers in wartime. (Abe-Park-Telephone tal