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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, Sept. 26

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Cubans from all walks of life are paying close attention to Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's visit and highly value the island country's relations with China, expecting bilateral relations will be enhanced through high-level exchanges of visits and economic cooperation.

State media have highlighted Li's visit to Havana with photos and reports. Besides major news outlets on the island, people in the street have a lot to say about the visit. (Cuba-China)

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PARIS -- Two people were seriously injured on Monday when a man opened fire outside a supermarket in Yvelines, in the northern France region of Ile-de-France, according to local reports.

The man in his seventies opened fire at 12:30 local time (1030 GMT) on a 57-year-old cashier and a 73-year-old man, before holing himself up in a building, the news channel BFMTV reported. (France-Shooting-Supermarket)

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TOKYO -- Japan's National Diet kicked off a 66-day extraordinary session on Monday, with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's economic policies, as well as whether to swiftly ratify the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade pact and to change the pacifist Constitution, under the spotlight.

Japanese Prime Minister Abe, taking TPP as a pillar of his economic strategy, has been calling for the pact's swift ratification since it was signed by Japan and 11 other countries in February. (Japan-TPP)

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ADEN, Yemen, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- Yemeni army troops killed a prominent al-Qaida leader southern province of Abyan on Monday, a security official told Xinhua.

The leader of the Yemen-based al-Qaida branch, identified as Abdullah Hubaibat, was killed when government troops raided a number of houses held by al-Qaida militants in Loder, a town in Abyan province, the security official said on condition of anonymity. (Yemen-Qaida-Killing) Endi