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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, Aug. 30

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The Chinese embassy in Kyrgyzstan was attacked Tuesday morning by a suicide car bomber, in which the lone assailant was killed and five others were wounded besides serious material damage.

In staging the car bomb attack, the unidentified assailant drove a Mitsubishi Delica van and parked at the west gate of the Chinese embassy at 9:28 a.m. local time (0328 GMT). At around 9:31 a.m. (0331 GMT), another car arrived at the same place and parked there. The relation between the two cars is yet to be established. (Kyrgyzstan-Chinese Embassy-Explosion)

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MOSCOW -- Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Barack Obama may communicate with each other on the sidelines of the G20 summit to be held in China on Sept. 4-5, the Russian news agency TASS reported Tuesday.

Earlier on Monday, Ben Rhodes, Obama's deputy national security adviser, said the U.S. president hopes to meet his Russian counterpart to discuss some issues during the summit. (Obama-Putin-Meeting)

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BEIJING -- On his first official visit to China, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday made it clear that he is seeking to rebuild ties with China and that Canada is treating the relationship with China as nothing less than critical and important.

"Any economic strategy that ignores China or treats that valuable relationship as anything less than critical and important is not just short-sighted, it is irresponsible," Trudeau said in a dialogue session with Chinese entrepreneurs Tuesday. (Canada-Trudeau-China visit)

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MOGADISHU -- At least seven people were killed and several others injured in a bomb explosion that hit a popular hotel in Mogadishu on Tuesday, police have confirmed.X Two journalists from a local television station alongside lawmakers were among those injured in the deadly explosion at SYL Hotel near the presidential palace in the Somali capital. (Somali-Explosion)

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BRUSSELS -- The European Union (EU) said U.S. tech giant Apple must repay up to 13 billion euros (14.5 billion U.S. dollars) to the Irish government after ruling that some tax treatment granted by Ireland to Apple was illegal under EU state aid rules.

"The European Commission has concluded that Ireland granted undue tax benefits of up to 13 billion euros to Apple. This is illegal under EU state aid rules, because it allowed Apple to pay substantially less tax than other businesses," the statement said. (EU-Apple-Tax evasion) Endi