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Reports from Burundi say that armed attackers have carried out co-ordinated assaults on a number of army barracks in the capital of Bujumbura.

The French hosts of the climate change talks in Paris say that no deal is expected from the conference in Paris until at least Saturday.

Guo Guangchang, one of China's wealthiest men and chairman of Fosun Group, has been missing since Thursday. Reports say he may have been detained by the police.

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