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Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Dec. 23

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Seven people were confirmed dead and 12 others injured after explosions hit Ghana's capital Accra on Thursday evening, rescuers told Xinhua.

Xinhua reporters at the site said a blast took place some meters away from a gas station near the Ghana International Trade Fair Center, igniting fire that spread to the station, where a truck was discharging gas, and cause a second blast.(Ghana-Blast-Accra)

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BERLIN -- No arrest has yet been made as German police carried out raids on Thursday in search of a suspect allegedly responsible for the truck attack on a Christmas market in downtown Berlin, according to the German Federal Prosecutor's Office.

Frauke Kohler, spokeswoman for the office, said at a briefing on Thursday that first forensic result lead German authorities to assume that the suspect drove the truck used in the attack which left 12 people dead and dozens of other injured.(Germany-Berlin-Attack)

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WASHINGTON -- As many as 28 suspected militants linked to the terrorist group Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) have recently been killed in nine separate U.S. drone strikes across Yemen, the Pentagon said on Thursday.

"Strikes against AQAP in Yemen pressure the terrorist network and hinder their ability to attack the U.S. and our allies," Major Josh T. Jacques, a Central Command spokesman, said in a statement.(Pentagon-Al-Qaeda-Drone)

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ALEPPO -- The Syrian army declared on Thursday the liberation of eastern Aleppo city in northern Syria, as the last batch of rebels left the city, making Aleppo city completely under the government control.

The Syrian army declared the restoration of security and stability to all of Aleppo city, following the evacuation of the last rebel convoy from the eastern part of the city on Thursday evening.(Syria-Aleppo-Rebels) Endi