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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, Oct. 30

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The European Union (EU) and Canada signed the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, or CETA, on Sunday in the wake of a weeks-long Belgian drama concluded.

European Council President Donald Tusk, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker together with Robert Fico, Prime Minister of Slovakia which is holding the Presidency of the Council of the EU, signed the long-delayed free trade deal with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at a ceremony held in Brussels. (EU-Canada-Trade Deal)

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CAIRO -- Four Egyptian army soldiers were killed in the country's restive North Sinai province during military operations against militants, the military spokesman said in a statement on Sunday.

According to the statement, six militants were killed during the ongoing clashes while three weapons and explosives caches were destroyed. (Egypt-Army)

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OSLO -- The final shape of Iceland's new government remains unclear after the current center-right ruling coalition failed to win a majority in the parliamentary election, final results showed Sunday.

The Independence Party, one of the two ruling parties, took a strong lead by securing 21 out of the 63 seats in the parliament with winning 29.0 percent of the ballots cast, according to the results of Saturday's election published by Icelandic public broadcaster RUV. (Iceland-Election)

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ROME -- A powerful earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale jolted central Italy Sunday morning, further damaging historic buildings and churches following former tremors in the past week.

The quake struck central Italy's Norcia town, a famous medieval town in Umbria, at 07:40 am local time (0640 GMT). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km, the Italian National Institute of Geophysics and Vulcanology (INGV) reported. (Italy-Quake)

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MOGADISHU -- Eight Al-Shabaab militants and four soldiers died following a fierce gun battle near Baidoa town in southwest Somalia, government officials confirmed to Xinhua on Sunday.

Information Minister for Southwest State in Somalia, Ugaas Hassan, said the Al-Shabaab militants had ambushed a military base when soldiers allied to Somalia National Army killed them. (Somalia-Clashes) Endi