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Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Sept. 4

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A tourist boat capsized due to strong wind and rainfall in Turkish resort province of Antalya on Saturday, 86 people on board were rescued while one passenger is still missing.

According to Governor of Antalya Munir Karaloglu, a large number of coast guards and maritime police officers were dispatched to the scene, Daily Sabah reported. (Turkey-Boat Capsizal)

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ANKARA -- About 100 Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants were either killed or wounded in the anti-terrorism operation in southeastern Hakkari province, Turkish army said in a statement on its website Saturday.

The remaining militants retreated back to northern Iraq, the statement added. (Turkey-PKK)

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NIAMEY -- Five people were killed in an overnight attack by suspected Boko Haram militants in east Niger, according to local media reports.

The attackers, believed to belong to the extremist group Boko Haram, rode into the village of Toumour on camels on Friday night. They burnt down houses, and killed and injured residents in the village. (Niger-Boko Haram-Attack)

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HANGZHOU, China -- President Xi Jinping said China opposes the deployment of a U.S. missile shield in the Republic of Korea, asking the United States to respect China's strategic security interests.

Xi made the remarks Saturday when meeting with his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou on the eve of a G20 summit. (China-US-Nuclear)

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WASHINGTON -- Tropical Storm Hermine on Saturday moved towards U.S. mid-Atlantic and northeastern states after slamming U.S. southern state of Florida, putting millions of people along the U.S. East Coast under tropical storm.

According to weather forecasts, Hermine, which had turned into a hurricane-like storm with winds up to 70 mph, would arrive off the New Jersey coast late Sunday and into Monday after causing two deaths, severe property damages from Florida to Virginia on Friday. (US-Tropical Storm) Endi