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Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, March 11

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Top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Jong Un has ordered all nuclear strike means to be ready for action when he watched a firing drill of ballistic rockets, the official KCNA news agency reported Friday.

Kim ordered all nuclear strike means of the military strategic force that targets South Korean combat command centers and U.S. military bases in the Asia Pacific region to be always ready for action and fight a decisive battle, the report said. (DPRK-Nuke)

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MOSCOW -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Thursday told U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry that the United States should stop its anti-Russia campaign in the Western media.

"Lavrov drew attention to the need to end the U.S.-fueled deliberate media anti-Russia campaign in the West, which by no means facilitates engagement in areas presenting a common interest," an online Foreign Ministry press release said. (Russia-U.S.)

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BRUSSELS -- European Union (EU) member states' home affairs ministers during their Thursday meeting here welcomed the latest outcome of the EU's cooperation plan with Turkey in curbing refugee influx.

"Our Council (of ministers) welcomed the Turkish proposals; it could help a great deal both to curb migration influx and prevent people from putting their life in the hands of ruthless smugglers," said Klaas Dijkhoff, Minister for Migration of the Netherlands. (EU-Turkey-Refugees)

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WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Barack Obama acknowledged on Thursday partisan divide was widened during his term, but dismissed his critics' claim that he was responsible for the rise of Donald Trump, the provocative front-runner of the Republican field.

"One of my regrets is the degree to which polarization and the nasty tone of our politics has accelerated rather than waned over the course of the last seven-and-a-half years, and I do all kinds of soul searching," said Obama here during his joint press conference with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. (U.S.-Partisan Divide) Endi