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Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Aug. 12

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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday expressed his dismay by latest allegations of abuse by peacekeepers in the Central African Republic (CAR), pledging a thorough investigation into the matter, said a UN spokesman at a daily briefing here.(UN-Peacekeepers-CAR)

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ENTEBBE, Uganda -- Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni late on Monday criticized U.S. President Barrack Obama over his remarks about African leaders' failure to respect presidential term limits and clinging on power for life. (Uganda-President-Obama)

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WASHINGTON -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday expressed optimism that the Obama administration will garner enough support from Congress to implement the Iran nuclear deal.

"We're going be successful on plan A," Kerry said at a discussion in New York when asked what the White House would do if Congress kills the deal. "That's our policy, and I'm quite confident we're going to be." (U.S.-Iran Nuclear Deal-Kerry)

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BEIRUT -- Lebanon demanded Tuesday an immediate stop to Israel's violations of its air sovereignty in the northern and eastern borders.

The Lebanese army made the remarks during the regular tripartite meeting with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and the Israeli army which was held in the southern Lebanese city of Ras al-Naqoura.(Lebanon-Israel)

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MOSCOW -- Russia will ban food imports from seven countries that have decided to support the European Union's (EU) sanctions against Moscow, the country's Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich said Tuesday.

"Our principle is that everybody who imposes sanctions on us will face retaliatory action," Dvorkovich told reporters.(Russia-Food-Embargo) ' - - - -

LOS ANGELES -- An international team of astronomers have confirmed that the energy in the Universe today is only about half of what it was two billion years ago and they're continuing to fade. The universe is slowly dying, their study showed.

The findings, presented at the ongoing International Astronomical Union's 29th General Assembly in Honolulu, Hawaii, reveal the extent to which the cosmos are apparently losing steam, which could help astronomers better understand the evolution and structure of the cosmos.(U.S.-Universe-Dying) Endi