Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, Dec. 11

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TOKYO -- Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) on Wednesday green-lit plans for two reactors at the Oi nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture to be scrapped.

The plant's operator, Kansai Electric Power Co., believed that decommissioning of the two reactors at the plant would be cheaper than the costs necessary to upgrade them to meet stricter safety requirements necessary in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.

The utility said it expects to finish the decommissioning work in the fiscal year ending March 2049, with costs to dismantle the plant's No. 1 and No. 2 rectors expected to be 118.7 billion yen (1.1 billion U.S. dollars). (Japan-Reactors-Fukushima)

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MOSCOW -- Gas pipeline projects between Russia and Europe won't stop despite possible U.S. sanctions, according to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

"I assure you that neither Nord Stream 2 nor TurkStream will stop," Lavrov had said in Washington after talks with U.S. State Secretary Mike Pompeo and a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, showed a transcript published by the Russian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday.

The Nord Stream 2 pipeline runs from Russia to Germany via the Baltic Sea, and TurkStream is a Russian pipeline that crosses the Black Sea to Turkey. (Russia-Lavrov-Pipeline)

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UNITED NATIONS -- The spokesperson of the Permanent Mission of China to the United Nations (UN) on Tuesday resolutely opposed the U.S. ambassador's interference in China's internal affairs under the pretext of human rights.

U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations Kelly Craft's accusations about China's human rights are "baseless" and a gross interference in China's internal affairs, said the spokesperson.

China deplores and strongly opposes the accusations, the spokesperson added. (UN-China-Human Rights)

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ANKARA -- Turkey will retaliate if the United States takes steps against it, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Wednesday, referring to a possible move by Washington to impose sanctions over Turkey's purchase of Russian S-400 defense systems.

"Members of the U.S. Congress need to understand that they cannot achieve anything by imposition," he said in a televised interview with the A News Channel.

Asked if Turkey will respond, the minister said Ankara will assess the steps it will take in the case of the worst scenario, including the halting of the use of the Incirlik Air Base in southern Turkey and Kurecik radar system of NATO. (Turkey-US-Sanctions) Enditem

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