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Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Dec. 25

Xinhua, December 25, 2016 Adjust font size:

Twelve people were wounded in a grenade attack in the southern Philippines late Saturday night, police and news report said.

Police said unidentified men lobbed a grenade around 9:45 p.m. at a crowd attending a Christmas eve mass in Midsayap town, North Cotabato. (Philippines-Grenade-Christmas)

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TEHRAN, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- The air pollution in the Iranian capital of Tehran has reached an alarming level as the countermeasures have proved to be ineffective, Press TV reported on Saturday.

Tehran's governor office announced the closure of schools and kindergartens on Saturday. The capital's Air Quality Index (AQI) was reported at 154 and declared as "unhealthy" for people of all ages, the report said.(Iran-Air Pollution-AQI)

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ANKARA, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- Turkish prosecutors are investigating some 10,000 over links with promoting terrorism on social media, the Interior Ministry said in a statement on Saturday.

During the last six months, a total of 3,710 people were detained for questioning. Of those, 1,656 were kept in custody and 1,203 were released on condition of judicial control, the ministry said.(Turkey-Terrorism-Social Media)

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BERLIN, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- Germany can expect economic growth in the coming years, German central bank Bundesbank said in its latest monthly report for December.

According to the expectations of Bundesbank, the growth rates of gross domestic product (GDP) for 2016 and 2017 will both be 1.8 percent, while the growth rates for 2018 and 2019 weaken somewhat, respectively 1.6 percent and 1.5 percent.(Germany-Bundesbank-Economic Growth) Endi