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Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Jan. 13

Xinhua, January 13, 2017 Adjust font size:

At least 10 people were killed and 17 others wounded on Thursday by a suicide bombing in the Kafarsuseh neighborhood in the capital Damascus, a military source told Xinhua. (Damasus-Bombing-Kafarsuseh)

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ATHENS -- An elderly Greek man lost his life on Thursday due to the frost as Greece tried to cope with the cold front that swept a large part of the country in the past week. (Greece-Cold-Life)

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DAMASCUS -- Explosions rocked a key military airbase west of the capital Damascus after midnight Friday, in what believed to be Israeli rocket fire targeting the facility, local media reported. (Damascus-Explosion-Israel)

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WASHINGTON -- The United States on Thursday announced sanctions on 18 senior Syrian officials in connection to Syrian government's use of chemical weapons. (U.S.-Syria-Sanction)

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ANKARA -- Turkey and Russia signed an agreement on Thursday to establish mechanisms and coordination for the safety of military aviation in Syria, the Turkish army said. (Turkey-Russia-Aviation) Endi