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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, Dec. 2

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A suspect who engaged police in a shootout and staged a nearly 12-hour standoff was shot and killed on Thursday morning in Tacoma, an urban port city in Washington state, police said.

An officer of Tacoma Police Department, identified by the department as Reginald "Jake" Gutierrez, was fatally shot at the early stage of the incident, which began around 4:00 p.m. (2400 GMT) on Wednesday as a domestic disturbance incident. (US-Shooting)

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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- About 23 Afghan civilians had been killed by militants during the military conflict in a restive district in the country's southern province of Kandahar within two days, the provincial police chief said on Friday.

"Hundreds of militants stormed remote Nash district in an effort to capture the district control but the security forces repelled the attackers, leaving 29 militants dead," General Abdul Raziq told Xinhua. (Afghanistan-Conflict-Casualties)

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NICOSIA -- The leaders of Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities agreed to resume their stalled negotiations for reunifying the eastern Mediterranean island and drew a roadmap putting off their conclusion from the end of this month to mid-January, the United Nations said on Friday.

A UN statement after a four-hour long dinner hosted by the UN Secretary-General's Special Adviser Espen Barth Eide said the leaders will meet from Jan. 9 to 11 in Geneva to exchange maps on territorial adjustments. (Cyprus-Negotiation)

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MOGADISHU -- At least two Al-Shabaab militants were killed and an unknown number injured after heavy fighting between Somali National Army backed by the African Union peacekeeping troops near the strategic town of Wajid in Bakool region in southwest Somalia, officials said on Friday.

Somali Government Army official Col. Tesow Abdullahi told reporters that the fighting began on Thursday evening and lasted several hours over night. (Somalia-Al-Shabaab) Endi