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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, Sept. 10

Xinhua, September 10, 2016 Adjust font size:

Turkey on Saturday welcomed a U.S.-Russian deal for a ceasefire in war-torn Syria, Turkish Foreign Ministry said in a statement on its website Saturday. (Turkey-US-Russia)

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BAGHDAD -- The death toll from two bomb explosions Friday at a busy mall in Baghdad rose to 16, a police source told Xinhua Saturday.(Iraq-Mall-Blast)

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TOKYO -- One person died and two were injured following an explosion at a South Korean oil tanker Friday in waters off Wakayama prefecture in western Japan, local media reported Saturday. (Japan-South Korea-Oil Tanker)

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TEHRAN -- Iran began the construction of a nuclear power plant in the southern port city of Bushehr on Saturday, official IRNA news agency reported. (Iran-Nuclear Plant)

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BAGHDAD -- The Islamic State (IS) group on Saturday claimed responsibility for two bomb explosions at a busy mall in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad that killed 11 people and wounded 29 others, the group said in an online statement. (Iraq-IS-Mall)

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YANGON -- Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi Saturday left for the United States on an official visit, according to official sources. (Myanmar) Endi