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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, Sept. 24

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Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said Friday that his country is willing to open free trade talks with Canada as a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) will benefit both sides.

"Signing an FTA with Canada will be a challenge for China as it will have to bear greater pressure than the developed countries," Li said at a business forum also attended by his Canadian counterpart, Justin Trudeau.

(China-Canada-FTA)

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SAN FRANCISCO -- A shooting at a mall north of Seattle in the U.S. State of Washington killed four women on Friday night.

Washington State Patrol in the U.S. Pacific Northwest state said a lone gunman with a rifle was on the loose after the incident, which took place at Cascade Mall in Burlington. (US-Mall Shooting)

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LIVERPOOL -- Left-wing politician Jeremy Corbyn held on to his job Saturday as leader of Britain's main opposition Labour Party.

He beat off a challenge from one of his former front bench shadow ministers Owen Smith. The result of the leadership election was announced in Liverpool where Labour is holding its annual conference. (Britain-Corbyn)

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TIKRIT, Iraq -- Two senior security officials of Iraq's central province of Salahudin escaped suicide bomb attacks in the province's capital city Tikrit on Saturday morning, a provincial security source told Xinhua.

At least eight people were killed and 23 others injured in the twin bomb attacks, the source said on condition of anonymity. (Iraq-Bomb) Endi