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Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, June 7

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Boko Haram retook the Nigerien city of Bosso, which is close to Nigeria, after a night attack, according to a military source.

Boko Haram recaptured the city less than 72 hours after its first attack on Friday when 30 Nigerien and two Nigerian soldiers were killed and 70 others were injured. (Niger-Boko Haram)

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BRUSSELS -- Three people were killed and nine injured in a crash between a passenger train and a freight train at about 11 p.m. on Sunday local time in Saint-Georges-sur-Meuse, a town in the French-speaking Wallonia region of Belgium, near the city of Liege.

"A passenger train struck a freight train on the same track in Saint-Georges-sur-Meuse. Three people were killed in the accident and nine wounded people were taken to hospital," Frederic Sacre, a spokesman for the Belgian rail infrastructure operator Infrabel, told Xinhua. (Belgium-Railway Accident)

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TORONTO -- Ontario's health minister said Monday that Canada's most populous province will ensure that drugs for medically assisted dying will be available at no cost.

Eric Hoskins also said Ontario will establish a referral service that will connect physicians unwilling or unable to provide medically assisted dying with those who are willing to complete a patient's consultation and assessment on the matter. (Canada-Euthanasia)

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AMMAN -- Jordan said late Monday it arrested an attacker who earlier in the day killed five intelligence personnel, the state-run Petra news agency reported.

Jordan's Minister of State for Media Affairs Mohammad Momani said it seems a lone wolf attack according to initial indicators.

He added that investigation was still going on.

The attack occurred in the intelligence office at Al Baqaa refugee camp in the early hours in the day. (Jordan-Arrests) Endi