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Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, June 21

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Tens of thousands of people took part in anti-austerity demonstrations in cities across Britain on Saturday.

Joined by some union leaders and celebrities, the largest march was in London, where thousands of people gathered outside the Bank of England and later walked to the House of Parliament. (Britain-Protest)

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STOCKHOLM -- One man was injured in a suspected shooting in Malmo, southern Sweden on Saturday afternoon, just hours after a grenade attack in a residential area.

The man, who is in his twenties, managed to get to a local hospital and is in a stable condition. Police have questioned four people and are treating the incident as an attempted murder, but there are no official suspects, local media report. (Sweden-Attack)

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RIGA -- Some 5,000 people took to the streets of Riga on Saturday for a gay pride parade, the culminating event of the EuroPride 2015 week which took place in the Latvian capital June 15-20.

Dressed in colourful outfits and costumes and holding rainbow flags and posters calling for acceptance of different lifestyles, lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender people, as well as their friends and supporters marched through central streets of Riga to the beat of cheerful music. (Latvia-Gay Pride Parade)

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VIENNA -- Three people are dead, dozens injured after a car went into the crowds in the southeastern city of Graz on Saturday, according to local media's report.

Thirty-four were injured in the incident, in which six are seriously hurt, and now still in critical condition. One of the three victims who died was a 7-year-old boy. (Vienna-Car Rampage)

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WASHINGTON -- A website surfaced Saturday with a racist manifesto purportedly written by the white gunman Dylann Roof, explaining why he allegedly targeted Charleston, South Carolina, in Wednesday's massacre that killed nine African- American churchgoers.

"I chose Charleston because it is most historic city in my state, and at one time had the highest ratio of blacks to Whites in the country," read part of the manifesto posted on the website. (U.S.-Charleston Attack) Endi