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Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, March 9

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One Israeli was killed and nine others were injured in stabbing attacks carried out by one attacker in Jaffa, where U.S. Vice President Joe Biden is attending a conference.

The assailant stabbed dozen of bystanders in several locations, starting at the Jaffa port, then continuing to stab people near the clock tower square, as well as on a location hundreds of meters to the north near a Tel Aviv seaside restaurant. (Israel-Attack)

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ISTANBUL -- Turkish and Greek prime ministers said Tuesday that they are determined to prevent illegal traffickers and migration in the Aegean Sea bordering the two countries.

"Turkey and Greece share the same perspective with regards to solving the Syrian refugee crisis," Turkey's Prime Minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, said during a joint press conference with his Greek counterpart, Alexis Tsipras, in Turkey's western city of Izmir. (Turkey-Greece-Refugees)

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WASHINGTON -- The United States said Tuesday that Iran's recent ballistic missile tests did not violate an international nuclear agreement, adding it will address the issue appropriately with "unilateral and multilateral tools."

"This is not a violation of the nuclear agreement," White House spokesman Josh Earnest told a daily press briefing, referring to "Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action" -- the nuclear deal implementation mechanism. (US-Iran-Missile)

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PYONGYANG -- The top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) said nuclear warheads "have been standardized to be fit for ballistic missiles" through miniaturization, the official KCNA news agency reported Wednesday.

"This can be called true nuclear deterrence," Kim Jong Un was quoted by KCNA as saying when he met nuclear scientists and technicians and guided work for further developing the country's nuclear arsenal. (DPRK-Nuclear Weapons) Endi