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Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Jan. 12

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Germany has been sending hundreds of refugees back to Austria each day as per the Dublin Regulation including 260 on Sunday alone, local media reported Monday.

The Austria Press Agency quoted a spokesperson from the German federal police headquarters in Munich as saying that a main reason for the higher number of rejections of refugees is due to a more orderly approach at its border with Austria that has been implemented over the past few weeks. (Refugee-Germany)

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BAGHDAD -- The Islamic State (IS) militant group Monday claimed responsibility for the suicide attack targeting a crowded mall in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, which killed at least seven people, the group said in an online statement.

The group said that four of its suicide bombers carried out the attack on a gathering of Shiite crowds at al-Jawhara Mall in Baghdad al-Jadida in eastern Baghdad. (Iraq-Attack-Mall-IS)

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KABUL -- The second round of four-party meeting on Afghan peace process will be held in Kabul on January 18, Afghan Foreign Ministry said on Monday.

Earlier on Monday, senior officials from Afghanistan, Pakistan, the United States and China met in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad to work for the revival of stalled peace talks between the Afghan government and Taliban representatives. (Pakistan-Afghanistan-Peace)

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MOSCOW -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and the U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday agreed to meet in the near future over a range of international issues.

According to an online statement released by the Russian Foreign Ministry, the two during a phone conversation "agreed to continue the dialogue in a personal meeting in the near future." (Russia-U.S.-Syria) Endi