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Xinhua world news summary at 1600 GMT, April 4

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The Philippines and China have re-established direct talks for the first time in six years to discuss security and trade issues, the Philippines' top diplomat said Tuesday.

Philippine Acting Foreign Secretary Enrique Manalo said the biggest fruit of President Rodrigo Duterte's visit to Beijing in October last year was the re-opening of the lines that pave the way for direct consultations between the two countries. (China-Philippines-Dialogue)

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MOSCOW -- Kyrgyzstan's State Security Committee suspected a Kyrgyzstan-born man of carrying out the bombing attack in the St. Petersburg metro, the Kyrgyz foreign minister said Tuesday.

Erlan Abdyldayev disclosed the findings at a joint news conference with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Moscow. (Russia-St. Petersburg-Attack)

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LONDON -- British lawmakers should be allowed to vote in parliament if Brexit negotiations end with no deal being agreed with Brussels, a committee of members of parliament (MPs) said Tuesday in a report.

The cross-party Exiting the European Union Committee also said Prime Minister Theresa May's government should set out what contingency planning is taking place for the risk of there being no deal at the end of Article 50 negotiations. (Britain-EU-Brexit)

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DAMASCUS -- A senior Syrian military officer on Tuesday denied reports of military toxic attack on rebel-held area in Syria's northwestern province of Idlib.

"This didn't happen and will not happen, not now and not before," the military officer told Xinhua on condition of anonymity. (Syria-Toxic Attack)

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MOGADISHU -- The EU has launched two projects worth 10 million euros aimed at addressing the challenges of mixed migration, aspects of stability and reintegration of returnees to spur better migration management in Somalia.

A statement from the EU released on Tuesday said the projects based in the southern port city of Kismayu will target Jubaland, Southwest State and Mogadishu. (Somalia-Migration) Endi