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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, Dec. 7

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The Pentagon has intentionally buried an internal report documenting the agency's 125 billion U.S. dollars worth of bureaucratic waste out of fears that the Congress might cut its budget, U.S. media revealed.

The 77-page report, issued in January 2015, was commissioned by the Defense Department leaders with the aim to cut military bureaucracy and reinvest any savings. (US-Pentagon-Spending)

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ANKARA -- Turkish fighter jets have resumed airstrikes against Islamic State (IS) positions in Syria's al-Bab, destroying nine positions, Hurriyet News reported Wednesday.

Turkish warplanes carried out air strikes in al-Bab on Tuesday night, the Turkish General Staff said in a statement, adding that 4 IS shelters, three headquarters and a tank were destroyed in the air strikes. (Turkey-Syria-Strike)

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ABUJA -- Nigeria is planning to take strict measures to make its terrain difficult for maritime criminals to operate, the Senate said on Wednesday.

To tighten the noose on maritime criminals, the Senate said it has proposed a special tribunal to facilitate speedy prosecution in cases of arrested vessels, crew members and other alleged maritime crimes. (Nigeria-Maritime Security)

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ISLAMABAD -- Three foreigners were among the 47 people on board a domestic plane of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), which crashed in the country's north mountainous area on Wednesday afternoon, local Urdu media reported.

The ill-fated plane was carrying 31 men, nine women, two kids and five crewmembers when it crashed in Havelian town of the country's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) province, the ARY News said. (Pakistan-Plane 0Crash) Endi