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Xinhua World News Summary at 1600 GMT, Sept. 29

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China General Nuclear Power Corporation (CGN) announced Thursday that it has signed all final agreements for the Hinkley Point C project, and a suite of agreements relating to projects Sizewell C and Bradwell B, with the French energy company EDF and the British government.

(Britain-China-Hinkley Point)

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RAMALLAH/JERUSALEM -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will attend the funeral of Israel's former President Shimon Peres on Friday, Israeli officials said on Thursday.

A statement by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said that he had approved a request filed earlier by Abbas' office.

Abbas on Wednesday praised Peres for exerting "ceaseless efforts to attain peace" until his last days. Peres passed away Wednesday at the age of 93, two weeks after suffering a stroke. (Palestine-Peres-Abbas)

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WASHINGTON -- At least three people were killed and more than 100 others injured when a commuter train crashed into Hoboken station, New Jersey on Thursday morning, with multiple passengers still trapped in the wreckage, said emergency responders and local media.

The train "went right through the barriers and into the reception area," Radio station WFAN reported. Cause of the accident remains unknown. (US-Train Crash)

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ANKARA -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said here Thursday that the government was preparing to extend the state of emergency for another three months, state-run Anadolu Agency reported.

Erdogan said the current three-month state of emergency, imposed following the July 15 coup attempt, was not enough. Turkey needs more time to clean all extensions of Gulenists and Kurdistan Workers' Party terrorist organizations, Erdogan said. (Turkey-Emergency Rule)

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KABUL -- The Afghan government signed a peace deal with Hizb-e-Islami, a militant group led by Gulbudin Hekmatyar on Thursday, in an effort to boost peace and national reconciliation in the militancy-hit country.

The faction of Hizb-e-Islami has been fighting the government and U.S.-led foreign forces over the past 15 years. (Afghanistan-Peace Deal)

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ISLAMABAD -- Two Pakistani soldiers were killed by "unprovoked" firing by Indian army along the Line of Control (LoC) to the east of Pakistan on Thursday morning, a military statement said.

The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) here said in the statement that the Indian army opened fire without Pakistani provocation in Bhimber, hotspring, kel, and Lipa sectors of the LoC. ( Pakistan-India-Firing) Endi