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Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Jan. 31

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TEHRAN -- Nearly 300 people are in custody over charges of involvement in the recent riots in the country, Iran's Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli said on Tuesday.

The judiciary is handling their cases, Rahmani Fazli said, adding that no university student is being held in custody in connection with the riots. (Iran-Riot-Custody)

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JERUSALEM -- Israeli and Palestinian ministers and other senior officials met during a ceremony on Tuesday for the first time since the White House's recognition of Jerusalem as the Israeli capital.

Israeli Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon and Palestinian National Authority Economy Minister Abir Oudeh inaugurated a cargo scanning facility at the Allenby Crossing, an Israeli-controlled border crossing between Jordan and the Israeli-occupied West Bank. (Israel-Palestine-Meeting)

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WASHINGTON -- U.S. State Department said Tuesday that the United States and Qatar on Monday reached a set of understandings on civil aviation aimed at ensuring a level playing field in the global aviation sector.

Regarding the key issue of financial transparency, the relative airlines should issue public annual reports in the coming year with financial statements audited externally in accordance with internationally recognized accounting standards, according to the Understandings. (US-Qatar-Ties)

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LAGOS -- Lassa fever has claimed a total of 21 lives in its latest outbreak in Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, said Director General of the Nigeria Center for Disease Control Chikwe Ihekweazu.

A total of 77 confirmed cases have so far been recorded since the disease, which affected 10 health workers, broke out, the official said Tuesday in Abuja. (Nigeria-Lassa Fever)

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LOS ANGELES -- At least three people were killed and two others injured on Tuesday when a helicopter crashed into a house in the U.S. state of California, authorities said.

The four-seat Robinson R44 went down at about 1:45 p.m. in the gated community in Newport Beach on the U.S. West Coast, about 45 miles (72 km) southeast of Los Angeles, the authorities said. (US-LA-Helicopter Crash) Enditem

 

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