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Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, May 25

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Probe is still on into the recent EgyptAir plane crash that killed all 66 on board with all theories, including a terrorist bomb and a severe technical failure, are on the table yet without a strong clue for any.

EgyptAir Flight MS804, an Airbus A320, went missing from radar screens early Thursday en route from Paris to Cairo with 66 people on board, including 30 Egyptians and 15 French, until the Egyptian military announced Friday the finding of some personal belongings of the victims and small pieces of the plane wreckage in the Mediterranean Sea 290 km north of the coastal city of Alexandria. (Egypt-Plane-Crash)

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IDOMENI (Xinhua) -- The first phase of a major police operation launched on Tuesday morning to clear Greece's largest makeshift refugee camp at Idomeni crossing on the Greece-Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia border ended by sunset without problems, according to Greek officials.

A total of 2,031 refugees and migrants were smoothly moved by 42 buses from the squalid camp to other organized hospitality facilities in northern Greece, according to an e-mailed Public Order Ministry statement.(Greece-Idomeni-Refugees)

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WASHINGTON -- For the first time, presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and his likely Democratic rival Hillary Clinton are running neck-in-neck in latest polls, which foreshadow a tight race in this year's U.S. presidential race.

Just six months ago most pundits and political observers dismissed Trump as a flash in the pan, but the brash billionaire now stands out as the winner in the Republican nomination fight. And, for the first time, he was leading in a Washington/ABC poll released on Saturday by 46 percent to 44 percent against Clinton. (US-Elections-Trump's Lead)

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MOSCOW -- Russia would take more responsive measures against NATO's eastward expansion, in addition to deploying three new divisions near its western border, Russia's ambassador to NATO said Tuesday.

"Our interests will be securely protected. The deployment of three divisions is just one of the measures to be taken in this context," Alexander Grushko said, without specifying other countermeasures Russia could take. (Russia-NATO-Measure) Endi