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Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Aug. 8

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Austria's Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz said he doesn't favor the "new chapters" of EU-Turkey negotiation in an interview with the Austrian newspaper Kurier.

"I have a seat and vote in the (EU) foreign ministers' council, there it is about whether new negotiating chapters with Turkey is to be open. And I'm against it," Kurz said in the interview.

The Austrian foreign minister means he might veto the unanimous agreement required by the council, according to the report. (Austria-EU-Turkey)

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RIO DE JANEIRO -- The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said it will look into the unfriendly comment Australian swimmer Mack Horton made on Chinese rival Sun Yang before it gave any comment.

IOC spokesperson Mark Adams said on Sunday that he did not konw the incident until reporters told him that Horton called defending 400m freestyle champion Sun a "drug cheat" before and after the men's 400m freestyle final at the Rio Olympic Games.

"I didn't know the incident. I need to look into it," said Adams. (Sports-Olympics-Swimming-China-Comments )

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MOSCOW -- An appeal has been filed against the decision of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) to ban Russian athletes from the Rio Paralympic Games, a senior Russian sports official said Sunday.

"We have just lodged an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). It will be considered in accordance with the established procedure," said President of All-Russia Sport Federation f the Physically Disabled Lev Seleznev.

Earlier in the day, the IPC released a statement on suspending Russian athletes from 2016 Rio Paralympics "with immediate effect." (Sports-Paralympics-Russia)

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BAKU -- Leaders of Iran and Azerbaijan discussed ways to boost trade here on Sunday before a trilateral meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, who arrived here on Sunday, talked with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on ways to bolster cooperation in commerce, industry, energy and transportation, the official AZERTAC news agency reported.

The two sides signed six bilateral documents including an intergovernmental protocol of intent on cooperation on the North-South international transport corridor project. (Azerbaijan-Iran-Russia) Endi