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Xinhua world news summary at 0200 GMT, Feb. 10

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WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump signed a wide-ranging bipartisan deal into law on Friday morning, ending a brief government shutdown that began just after Thursday midnight.

The shutdown, the second time in three weeks, started after the Senate missed the deadline for passing a short-term funding bill. (US-Shutdown-Budget Bill)

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WASHINGTON -- Visiting Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi met U.S. President Donald Trump here on Friday, urging the two nations to enhance coordination on the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue.

He also said the two sides should manage and control their disputes and sensitive issues properly, and implement the consensus of Trump's meeting with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, in the U.S. leader's China visit in November. (US-China-Ties)

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BERLIN -- German Chancellor and Christian Democratic Union (CDU) leader Angela Merkel heard harsh criticism from her party on Friday for the compromises underpinning a final coalition agreement with the Christian Social Union and German Social Democrats.

Paul Ziemiak, leader of the CDU youth organization, publicly demanded a sign of renewal in response to the outcome of talks. (Germany-Politics-Merkel)

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TRIPOLI -- Two people were killed and 143 others, including children, were injured on Friday when an explosion hit a mosque during Friday prayers in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, military and medical sources said.

"An explosion hit inside the Sa'ad Bin-Abada mosque in Majuri district of Benghazi during Friday prayers," said Col. Milud Zwai, spokesman for the eastern-based army's special forces. (Libya-Explosion-Mosque)

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BEIRUT -- One person was killed in the clashes in Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon on Friday, following a failed attempt to assassinate a senior Palestinian military official, a security source told Xinhua.

An exchange of machine gun fire and rocket-propelled grenades broke out in the camp, following the failed assassination against Brig. Gen. Bassam al-Saad, the head of the joint Palestinian security force, the source said on conditional of anonymity. (Lebanon-Palestine-Refugee Camp) Enditem