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Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Dec. 27

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Iran is planning to offer at least 10 new contracts for the development of oil and gas projects to international energy companies in the near future, Press TV reported on Monday, quoting an Iranian energy official as saying. (Iran-Oil-Gas)

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BOGOTA -- The LaMia plane crash that devastated the Chapecoense football team last month was caused by a lack of fuel, officials have confirmed.

Seventy-one people died when the chartered aircraft slammed into a hillside just before its planned destination near Medellin, Colombia, on November 28. (Colombia-Chapecoense-Brazil )

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KIEV -- At least 467 government soldiers have been killed in the conflict area in eastern Ukraine since the beginning of 2016, local media reported Monday, citing a report from the press service of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. (Ukraine-Conflict-Soldiers)

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LISBON -- Mario Soares, former President of Portugal, is in a "profound coma" and in a "critical state," according to a daily bulletin released on Monday by the Cruz Vermelha Hospital where he is hospitalized.

Soares, 92, was admitted to the Cruz Vermelha hospital on Dec. 13 and has been transferred to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). (Portugal-Soares-Health) Endi