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Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Nov. 30

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GENEVA -- UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura on Wednesday described his first meeting with the Syrian government delegation as "very useful, constructive and professional".

Following a meeting with Head of the Syria government delegation Ambassador Bashaar Ja'afari in a hotel in Geneva, de Mistura said, "I just had a long, but very useful in my opinion, meeting with the delegation of the government of Syria."

Being asked about the atmosphere in the meeting, the UN Envoy said that the atmosphere in the meeting was "constructive and professional". (UN-Syria-Talks)

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GENEVA -- An intercity-express (ICE) train, operated by the German railway company Deutsche Bahn, derailed at the main station in northern Swiss city of Basel on Wednesday, the Swiss Railways SBB confirmed.

Initial reports said that there were no injuries from the incident. (Switzerland-German Train-Derailing)

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ISLAMABAD -- At least two people were killed and three others injured when a blast hit a vehicle of security forces in Pakistan's southwest Sibi district of Balochistan province on Wednesday, local reports said.

The incident happened when the vehicle of paramilitary troops frontier corps was on its routine sweep in the district, Dunya News said.(Pakistan-Balochistan-Blast)

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NEW YORK -- An earthquake measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale jolted 126km W of Kuril'sk, Russia at 22:32:23 GMT on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 45.189 degrees north latitude and 146.28 degrees east longitude. (Russia-Earthquake)

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MADRID -- Three sub-Saharan immigrants were killed and one is still missing after the dinghy they were attempting to cross from Morocco to Spain in overturned in the Straits of Gibraltar, Spanish Maritime Rescue Services confirmed on Wednesday.

Maritime Rescue said that six people were travelling in the dinghy when it overturned in worsening weather conditions five miles to the south of the port of Tarifa in southwest Spain and that a rescue helicopter was initially able to save one who were floating in the water. (Spain-Immigrants-Dinghy) Enditem

 

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