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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, July 13

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Government archives and historical materials show that Japan admitted both publicly and in government documents in the 1920s and 1930s that the Xisha Islands in the South China Sea belong to China, said Zhu Jianrong, a professor of international relations at Toyo Gakuen University in Tokyo, Japan.

Meanwhile, there is also evidence showing that Japan knew all along there had been Chinese fishermen living on the Nansha Islands in the early 20th century, a strong support for China's claim of the islands. (Japan-South China Sea-Archive)

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ULAN BATOR -- Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrived in Ulan Bator on Wednesday to pay an official visit to Mongolia, in a fresh bid to further consolidate mutual trust and boost bilateral cooperation between the two neighboring Asian countries.

A series of cooperation deals covering trade, infrastructure, finance and energy, as well as climate change and media exchanges, will be signed during the two-day visit. (Mongolia-China-Visit)

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KAMPALA -- The Ugandan government on Wednesday announced that at least ten of its citizens were killed and over ten others injured in the weekend renewed fighting between South Sudan's rival army factions in the capital Juba, a top foreign affairs official said here. (Uganda-citizens killed)

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KUNDUZ -- Seven Taliban militants have been killed and three others injured as clash erupted in Chardara district of the northern Kunduz province on Wednesday, an army spokesman in the province Brigadier Abdul Khalil said.

The clash, according to the official, flared up early Wednesday in Atmanzai village. After hours of fighting, seven militants were killed while three others were injured. (Afghanistan-Taliban)

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SEOUL -- South Korea's defense ministry on Wednesday announced an agreement with the United States to deploy the U.S. missile defense system, called Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD), in its southeastern region despite continued oppositions from neighboring countries. (South Korea-THAAD) Endi