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Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, June 19

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Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt on Friday conceded defeat in Thursday's parliamentary election and said she would step down as chairwoman of the Social Democratic Party.

Denmark's opposition coalition, led by Lars Loekke Rasmussen of The Liberals, beat the incumbent center-left government in the 2015 parliamentary election, which turned out to be a tight race. (Denmark-PM)

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WASHINGTON -- The U.S. House of Representatives voted Thursday to approve the so-called fast-track trade legislation that is key to concluding the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations, a top priority of President Barack Obama's second-term agenda.

With a vote of 218 to 208, the House agreed to grant Obama the fast-track authority, formally known as trade promotion authority (TPA), to submit trade deals to Congress for an up-or-down vote, without amendments. (US-Trade Legislation)

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MOGADISHU -- Four government soldiers were killed and six others injured in an attack by Al-Shabaab on Thursday in southwest Somalia's Gedo region.

Local official Ashor Geasey told Xinhua that the offensive began after militants from the Al-Shabaab attacked military positions of government forces in the region's Ged-Wayn district. (Somalia-Security)

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ATHENS -- A meeting of the euro zone's finance ministers in Luxembourg on Thursday evening ended with no progress on a Greek debt deal.

The agony and uncertainty of the past five months whether Greece will continue standing on its feet with the support of international creditors or financially collapse in coming weeks, risking a Grexit, was extended. (Greece-Eurogroup-Deal)

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WASHINGTON -- The white gunman suspected of killing nine African-Americans in a "hate crime" shooting in the southeastern U.S. city of Charleston, South Carolina, was caught on Thursday, law enforcement said.

Dylann Roof, a 21-year-old white man of Lexington, South Carolina, was taken into custody in Shelby, North Carolina during a traffic stop, said Charleston police chief Gregory Mullen at a press briefing. (US-Shooting-Suspect) Endi