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Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Jan. 27

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At least 15 people were killed and many others wounded on Tuesday by two explosions that rocked Syria's central city of Homs, state news agency SANA said.

A booby-trapped car ripped through a pro-government district of Homs, followed by another explosion carried out by a suicide bomber, who detonated his explosive belt in the same district Tuesday, SANA reported. (IS-Syria)

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JERUSALEM -- Israel's chief military coordinator with the Palestinian threatened Tuesday to close off all Gaza crossings if Hamas won't stop "abusing" exit permits that Israel gives Gazan residents.

The commanding officer of the Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories, Yoav Mordechai, told al-Quds newspaper that Hamas, a militant organization that controls Gaza, tries to recruits Gazans with exit permits for "terror activities." (Israel-Gaza)

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SAN DIEGO -- No evidence or signs of casualties were found after sweeps of a building at the Naval Medical Center in San Diego where an active gunshot was reported Tuesday morning, said a Navy commanding officer.

An active shooter was reported around 8 a.m. local time on Tuesday morning in the southern California border city of San Diego. Local police officer confirmed a single witness reporting three gunshots fired in the basement of Building 26 of the center.(Shoot-U.S.)

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UNITED NATIONS -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon told the UN Security Council Tuesday that continued Israeli settlements were an affront to the Palestinian people and the international community.

"I am deeply troubled by reports (Tuesday) that the Israeli Government has approved plans for over 150 new homes in illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank," said Ban. Recent months have witnessed an wave of violent tension between Israel and Palestinians in the West Bank, east Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip.(UN-Israel-Palestinian)

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COPENHAGEN -- The Danish Parliament on Tuesday passed a controversial bill that empowers the authorities to confiscate valuables of asylum seekers to finance their stay in the country and tightens rules on asylum.

Under the law, Danish police will now be able to search luggage of asylum seekers and seize cash and any individual items worth over 10,000 Danish kroner, or about 1,452 U.S. dollars. It also favors delaying family reunifications for some refugees by up to three years instead of one year, and making it harder for refugees to obtain permanent residency and to shorten temporary resident permits.(Danmark-Refugee bill) Endi