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Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Jan. 4

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At least 40 people were killed on Tuesday, when airstrikes targeted a headquarter of the Jabhat Fateh al-Sham rebels, formerly known as al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front, in northern Syria near the Turkish borders, according to pan-Arab al-Mayadeen TV. (Syria-Airstrikes-Nusra Front)

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ADEN -- At least 13 members of the the Yemen-based al-Qaida branch and 10 soldiers were killed during heavy clashes in Yemen's southern province of Abyan on Tuesday, a military official told Xinhua. (Yemen-Al-Qaida-Abyan)

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ANKARA -- The Turkish parliament on Tuesday approved to extend the state of emergency for another three more months, Dogan News Agency reported. (Turkey-Parliament-Emergency)

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WASHINGTON -- U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has picked Robert Lighthizer, a former trade official under President Ronald Reagan in the 1980s, as the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Trump's transition team announced Tuesday. (U.S.-Trump-Lighthizer)

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COPENHAGEN -- Western High Court of Denmark on Tuesday rejected an appeal made by Chung Yoo-ra, daughter of impeached South Korean President Park Geun-hye's longtime confidante Choi Soon-sil, against a local court's decision to remand her in custody for four weeks. (Denmark-Choi Soon-sil-Park Geun-hye) Endi