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Xinhua world news summary at 0100 GMT, Feb. 12

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CAIRO -- At least 10 terrorists have been killed on Sunday during a police raid in Arish city of Egypt's North Sinai province bordering Israel and the Palestinian Gaza Strip, a security source and medics told Xinhua.

The raid comes while the country is launching a massive counterterrorism anti-terror campaign named "Comprehensive Operation Sinai 2018" that started on Friday. (Egypt-Terrorist-Raid)

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DAMASCUS -- China will play a bigger role in the reconstruction and development process in the war-torn Syria through increasing its aid, Chinese Ambassador to Syria Qi Qianjin said Sunday.

China has made several donations to support the health sector in Syria, the latest of which is funding the renovation of the emergency department of the al-Muwasat University Hospital. (China-Syria-Aid)

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NEW YORK -- An earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale jolted 146km ESE of Rota, Northern Mariana Islands at 23:14:18 GMT on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 41.9 km, was initially determined to be at 13.835 degrees north latitude and 146.521 degrees east longitude.(Northern Mariana Islands-Earthquake)

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WASHINGTON -- The White House said Sunday that a senior advisor of U.S. President Donald Trump visited Turkey on Feb. 10-11. The visit came amid escalating tensions of the two NATO allies over Turkey's attack in Afrin, Syria.

In a statement, the White House said H.R. McMaster, Trump's national security advisor, met with Ibrahim Kalin, deputy secretary general and spokesperson of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in his visit to Istanbul. (U.S.-Turkey-Visit)

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MEXICO CITY -- Mexican authorities have rescued 229 migrants and arrested six suspected people smugglers in the northern state of Tamaulipas, authorities announced on Sunday.

The Tamaulipas coordination group, made up of the army and federal and state security forces, said in a statement that the migrants were found in six safehouses, waiting to cross into the U.S. (Mexico-Migrant-Rescue) Enditem

 

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