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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, May 23

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Cairo Criminal Court on Saturday postponed to July 27 the trial of ousted Islamist Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi over charges of insulting the judicial authorities, state-run MENA news agency reported. (Egypt-Morsi-Trial)

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MOGADISHU -- Four villages south of Mogadishu have fallen under the control of the Al-Qaida linked militant group Al-Shabaab, barely few days after the government forces recaptured them, authorities said on Saturday. (Somalia-Al-Shabaab)

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RAMADI, Iraq -- Iraqi security forces and allied militias on Saturday retook control of a small town in east of Anbar provincial capital city of Ramadi after heavy clashes with Islamic State (IS) militants, a provincial security source said. (Iraq-IS)

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ISLAMABAD -- Three Pakistani soldiers were killed and three injured in a roadside bomb attack in North Waziristan tribal region on Saturday, security officials said. (Pakistan-Bomb Attack) Endi