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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, Dec. 29

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The Syrian government and the opposition have reached a cease-fire agreement, and both sides are ready to start peace talks, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday.(Russia-Putin-Syria)

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ADEN, Yemen -- Two militants from the Yemen-based al-Qaida branch were killed in a U.S. drone strike in Yemen's central province of al-Bayda on Thursday, a military official told Xinhua. (Yemen-US-Drone)

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JAKARTA -- Rescuers have recovered four bodies and are searching for scores of missing persons after a boat carrying nearly 100 people sank in waters off North Maluku province of eastern Indonesia on Thursday, a local disaster agency official said. (Indonesia-Boat-Death)

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ANKARA -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan criticized its NATO allies on Thursday, particularly the U.S., for not supporting Ankara's struggle against the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group in Syria's al Bab region. (Turkey-President-NATO)

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DAMASCUS -- At least two people were wounded on Thursday when mortar shells struck an area beside the Russian embassy in the capital Damascus, the state news agency SANA reported. (Syria-Russian Embassy-Attack) Endi