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Xinhua world news summary at 0100 GMT, June 4

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Rebel Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM)/northern sector on Friday claimed to have killed 25 government soldiers in battles that took place between its troops and the Sudanese army in South Kordofan State.

"The SPLM troops in the Nuba Mountains region of South Kordofan on Friday ambushed a government force that was on its way to support another government force surrounded inside Al-Azraq area in South Kordofan state," Arno Taloudy, spokesman of the SPLM/northern sector, said in a statement. (Sudan-Rebels)

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TORONTO -- Police in Canada's biggest city said Friday they have arrested more than 50 people linked with a violent gang in a citywide guns-and-drugs crackdown.

A total of 53 individuals associated with violent gang Heart of A King, including a gang leader, were apprehended in the raids that led to 250 charges and the seizure of thousands of dollars' worth of drugs, weapons and jewelry. (Canada-Gang-Raids)

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LAGOS -- Oil company Royal Dutch Shell has confirmed its pipeline in Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta region was attacked on Friday.

In response to Xinhua's inquiry, Shell Nigeria said there were "signs of a leak" on its Forcados export pipeline. (Nigeria-Attack-Oil)

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SRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir -- The militant attack on convoy of India's Border Security Force (BSF) on Friday left three border guards dead and nine others wounded, two of them critically, in restive Indian-controlled Kashmir, officials said.

The convoy was ambushed at Bijbehara town of Anantnag district, about 44 km south of Srinagar city, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir.(Kashmir-Militant Attack)

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HAVANA -- Foreign ministers of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) on Friday discussed regional challenges and the action plan for the next two years hours before the 7th Summit of the ACS in Havana.

At the inauguration of the meeting, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said the summit takes place at a "complex" moment characterized by a systemic economic crisis and the threats of "outside forces" to the political stability of the region, particularly in Venezuela. (ACS-Challenges) Endi