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Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Oct. 4

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A Ukrainian citizen, who was recently detained in Moscow on charges of espionage, "has no any relationship" to the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, the ministry said on Monday.

"The statements made by the Russian Federal Security Bureau (FSB) regarding the membership of journalist Roman Sushchenko in the units of the Chief Intelligence Office of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, is another provocation," said the ministry said in a statement. (Ukraine-Russia-Spy)

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DAMASCUS -- At least 30 people were killed and 90 others wounded on Monday, when a suicide attack targeted a Kurdish wedding in Syria's northeastern province of Hasakah, Syria's national TV said.

The state-run TV spelled no further details, but the oppositional Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said a suicide bomber detonated himself inside a wedding hall in an area on the road between Hasakah and the city of Qamishli, between two checkpoints of the Kurdish forces in that predominantly Kurdish area. (Syria-Hasakah-Suicide Bombing)

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MAPUTO -- A canoe transporting 16 people in central Tete province shipwrecked, killing three people with seven still missing, Mozambique police authorities confirmed Monday.

Joint rescue operations by Mozambican police and Armed Forces told Xinhua that six people were found alive and the rescue was continuing to identify the others. (Mozambique-Shipwreck)

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WASHINGTON -- The United States was suspending negotiations with Russia on restoring a ceasefire in Syria, the State Department said on Monday.

"This is not a decision that was taken lightly," State Department spokesperson John Kirby said in a statement, accusing Russia of failing to live up to its commitments on the ceasefire agreement on Syria. (US-Russia-Syria) Endi