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Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Oct. 13

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Jaber al-Bakr, the Syrian refugee suspected of planning a bomb attack in Germany, has committed suicide at the prison in the German city of Leipzig, German media Spiegel Online reported on Wednesday night.

According to information from German justice department, the suspect who was on the hunger strike, has been under constant observation due to acute suicide risks. (Germany-Suspect-Suicide)

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TBILISI -- The USS Mount Whitney, the U.S. Navy's 6th Fleet command and control ship, arrived in Batumi on Georgia's Black Sea coast for a "scheduled port visit" on Wednesday.

The ship, which is homeported in Gaeta, Italy, entered the Black Sea on Oct. 10 to "enhance maritime security, stability, readiness, and strengthen partnerships with our allies and partners," according to the U.S. Naval Forces. (Georgia-US Flagship-Port Call)

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CANBERRA -- An update to the 2003 Singapore-Australia Free Trade Agreement (FTA) will be the "most comprehensive" free trade deal Australia ever signed, Trade Minister Steve Ciobo said on Thursday.

Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, who is in Canberra on a three-day visit to strengthen the ties with Australia, is set to sign the updated FTA on Thursday. (Australia-Singapore-FTA)

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GAZA -- A 10-year-old boy was shot dead on Wednesday evening by the gunfire of the Israeli soldiers, who are stationed at the borderline area between Israel and southeast Gaza Strip, medics said.

Ashraf al-Qedra, spokesman of the Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza, told reporters that the child Abdulla Abu Medyeff, 10 years old, of the town of al-Qarara, east of the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, was killed. (Gaza-Israeli Soldiers-Gunfire)

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JOHANNESBURG -- Two people were reportedly shot dead in a hostage drama in a residential area in Pretoria on Wednesday, police said.

A shooting incident in a Moreleta Park townhouse complex in Pretoria turned into a hostage situation when a man took several people hostage, police spokesperson Captain Dave Miller said. (South Africa-Hostage-Deaths) Endi