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Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, May 4

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday warned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad of "repercussions" if his government does not adhere to the ceasefire agreement.

"Unequivocally, if Assad does not adhere to this, there will clearly be repercussions," Kerry told reporters at the State Department." (U.S.-Syria-Conflict)

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PARIS -- French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve on Tuesday rejected the calls to ban nocturnal protest in the Republic Square where hundreds of people flocked every night for over a month to oppose a labor reform.

"I do not agree with those who demonstrate in the Republic Square but I will do everything to let them continue (their action)," Cazeneuve told lawmakers. (France-Nocturnal protest)

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NAIROBI -- Kenyan police said Tuesday they are interrogating a suspect who was arrested last week for planning various terror attacks in East Africa.

Inspector General of Police Joseph Boinett said Mohamed Abdi Ali, a medical intern in Wote Hospital in Makueni County of eastern Kenya has links with the Islamic State (IS) group. (Kenya-Terrorism)

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JERUSALEM -- Three Israeli soldiers were injured and a Palestinian attacker was killed in a car-ramming attack in the West Bank on Tuesday, the Israeli military said.

One soldier was seriously injured and the other two were moderately injured after a car drove to them near Dolev, a Jewish settlement north of Jerusalem in the West Bank. (Israel-Palestinian-Attack) Endi