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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, Dec. 9

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Syria's Foreign Ministry said Friday that the Syrian government is ready to resume the inter-Syrian talks without preconditions, according to state news agency SANA.

"The Syrian Arab Republic is ready to resume the inter-Syrian dialogue without preconditions or foreign intervention," the ministry said in a statement, responding to the latest comments of UN Special Envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura. (Syria-Talks)

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ABUJA -- Twin blasts hit a crowded market in Madagali district of Nigeria's northeastern state of Adamawa on Friday, killing at least 11 people, survivors said.

The explosions occurred simultaneously at the opposite ends of the local market in Madagali, causing buyers and sellers to run for safety, witness Audu Yusuf said. (Nigeria-Blast)

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HONG KONG -- Chief Executive of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) Leung Chun-ying announced on Friday that he will not seek re-election in 2017 due to family reasons.

Addressing the media, Leung said that he must take care of his family in the future, and prevent them from facing unbearable pressures resulting from electioneering if he runs for the election. (HK-CE)

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SEOUL -- Impeached South Korean President Park Geun-hye said that she is gravely accepting the parliamentary decision to remove her from office after her impeachment motion was passed through the National Assembly with an overwhelming support.

"I'm gravely accepting parliamentary and public voices, and wish the current turmoil comes to a stable end," Park said at a meeting with cabinet members in the presidential office after the impeachment bill obtained the two-thirds majority vote. (S.Korea-President-Impeachment) Endi