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Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, April 16

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ACCRA -- Eighteen people were killed and about 70 others injured when a passenger bus collided with two other vehicles early Sunday in northern Ghana, police said.

The bus was trying to overtake other vehicles at the time of the crash, said Mohammed Tanko, assistant superintendent of Northern Regional Police. (Ghana-Accident)

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MOSCOW -- Channels of communication between Russia and the U.S. allowing for a better understanding of what is going on are still open, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Sunday.

"Channels of communication and information exchange that make it possible to get a better picture of what is happening and, hopefully, to more accurately assess each other's plans, are still functioning," Ryabkov was quoted by Tass news agency as saying. (Russia-US-Talk)

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TOKYO -- Trade ministers of China and Japan pledged to further enhance bilateral economic and trade cooperation during their meeting here on Sunday.

Chinese Minister of Commerce Zhong Shan said that the Communist Party of China (CPC) decided at its 19th National Congress to establish Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era as the party's guiding ideology, and drew a blueprint for turning China into a great modern socialist country in all respects. (Japan-China-Trade-Ties)

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KIRKUK, Iraq -- One civilian was killed and 10 others wounded in a car bomb explosion on Sunday in the Iraqi ethnically-mixed city of Kirkuk, a local police source said.

The incident took place in the afternoon when a booby-trapped car detonated at a car selling market in al-Khadhraa district in southwestern Kirkuk, some 250km north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, Najor Ali al-Obeidi from Kirkuk police told Xinhua. (Iraq-Explosion)

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DHAHRAN, Saudi Arabia -- The yearly Arab League (AL) Summit concluded here with unwavering stands for preserving regional peace and unity, especially the problems related to Jerusalem, Syria, Yemen and Iran.

According to an official AL announcement released by Saudi Press Agency after the summit, decades-long Palestinian-Israeli conflict is the "core issue" concerned by the entire Arab world, which firmly insists the fact that East Jerusalem is the capital of the State of Palestine. (AL-Summit) Enditem

 

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