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Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, April 12

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RAMALLAH -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Wednesday that Islamic Hamas movement, which rules the Gaza Strip, has finally decided to adopt popular peaceful struggle against Israel.

Abbas said in a speech aired on Palestine Satellite Television, during an International Islamic conference. (Palestine-Mahmoud Abbas-Peaceful Struggle)

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SANAA -- Yemen's Shiite Houthi rebels fired a barrage of ballistic missiles on the Saudi Defense Ministry in Riyadh and oil giant Aramco in Saudi border region of Najran, the Houthis said in a statement on Wednesday.

"The rocketry forces of the Yemeni (Houthi) army and popular forces have already fired a barrage of long-range ballistic missiles, Burkan-H2, toward the headquarters of the Saudi Defense Ministry in the capital Riyadh," said the statement, which is posted on the Houthi-controlled state Saba news agency. (Yemen-Houthis-Riyadh)

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LONDON -- The multilingual versions of the second volume of Xi Jinping: The Governance of China was launched in London Wednesday.

The book, unveiled during the ongoing London Book Fair, contains a collection of 99 articles, including Xi's speeches, conversations, instructions and congratulatory messages, dated between August 2014 and September 2017. (Britain-China-Xi)

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UNITED NATIONS -- The United Nations on Wednesday stressed the need for the safe evacuation of civilians from besieged areas in Syria's Eastern Ghouta and the importance of protecting them.

Close to 4,000 people, more than half of them women and children, left the besieged town of Douma in Eastern Ghouta on Wednesday for Aleppo governorate, said Stephane Dujarric, the chief UN spokesman. (UN-Syria-Civilian)

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ADEN, Yemen -- At least 48 fighters of the Shiite Houthi group were killed Wednesday in armed clashes with the Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces and Saudi-led airstrikes in two locations of the war-torn country.

A total of 18 Houthi rebels were killed and nearly 30 others injured in the gunbattles with the national army forces in southwestern city of Taiz, according to a statement revealed by the media center of the pro-government forces in the city. (Yemen-Houthi Fighters) Enditem

 

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