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Xinhua world news summary at 0100 GMT, Oct. 23

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More than 1,000 migrants crossing Mediterranean Sea to Europe landed Italy Saturday after being rescued by the European Union rescue team and the Italian Red Cross in a 24-hour operation.

However, bodies of nine people were found in the sea and ten others were still missing, according to local media reports. (Italy-Migrants-Rescue Operation)

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CAIRO -- An Egyptian court confirmed on Saturday a 20-year prison sentence against deposed Islamist president Mohamed Morsi, official MENA news agency reported.

Egypt's highest court, the Court of Cassation, rejected Morsi's appeal, rendering the prison sentence final, convicting the former president of inciting clashes between his supporters and opponents outside the presidential palace in late 2012 that left 10 people dead. (Egypt-Morsi-Sentence)

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DAMASCUS -- Intense battles raged in Syria's northern city of Aleppo after a three-day truce expired Saturday without achieving its intended goals, according to pan-Arab Mayadeen TV.

The battles are concentrated at the rebel-held eastern part of Aleppo, said the report, adding that airstrikes were targeting the rebel positions in eastern Aleppo. (Syria-Aleppo-Battles)

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GAZA -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is to visit Turkey and Qatar, Palestinian official sources said Saturday.

The sources said that Abbas will arrive in Turkey on Sunday and stay for two days, and meet his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan and other Turkish leaders. (Palestine-Abbas-Visit)

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BAGHDAD -- Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Saturday said there is no agreement with Turkey about its troops' participation in the battle to free the Iraqi city of Mosul from the Islamic State (IS).

A statement issued by Abadi's office said that the prime minister received in his office the U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter who arrived earlier in Baghdad to meet with Iraqi leaders to discuss the Iraqi offensive against the IS militants in Mosul. (Iraq-Turkey-Mosul Battle) Endi