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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, Dec. 5

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PHNOM PENH -- Cambodian authorities on Tuesday confiscated 941 kg of elephant tusks at the Sihanoukville Autonomous Port in southwestern Preah Sihanouk province, a government-aligned media reported.

Some 279 pieces of elephant tusks were found in hollowed-out logs inside three containers, which had been imported from the southern African nation of Mozambique by Cam Transit Import Company, Fresh News reported, citing a police report. (Cambodia-Elephant Tusks)

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BRUSSELS -- NATO foreign ministers began two days of talks here on Tuesday on NATO-EU cooperation, global threats, and NATO's role in fighting terrorism.

Speaking at a press conference ahead of the meetings, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said the ministers would take decisions to prepare NATO's summit next July in Brussels. (Belgium-NATO)

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SARAJEVO -- Hungary-based budget airline Wizz Air has decided to suspend flights from Tuzla International Airport (TIA), some 110 km north of Bosnia and Herzegovina's (BiH) capital, to London Luton Airport, local media reported Tuesday.

The international line from TIA to London Luton Airport (LLA) was established in March this year, but the management of Wizz Air decided to abolish it completely. (BiH-Airline)

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MOSCOW -- The Russian Foreign Ministry Tuesday said it was not satisfied with the limited resumption of U.S. visa issuance in Russia.

"We definitely welcome the restoration to the previous number of places where Russians can apply for U.S. visas ... But it is regrettable that, as the U.S. embassy said, the visa services will in fact continue to be limited," the ministry said in a statement. (Russia-US-Visa)

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BERLIN -- German security forces have searched more than 20 apartments and community centers associated with far-left activists on Tuesday, as part of their investigations into riots which accompanied the Hamburg G20 summit in July this year.

The raids were conducted simultaneously in several locations across the country, including Hamburg, Berlin, Hesse, North-Rhine Westphalia, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Rhineland-Palatine. (Germany-Far-left Activist) Enditem

 

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