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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, June 8

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Six African countries from the Great Lakes region which hosts 3.4 million displaced people have resolved to embrace local integration as a solution to displacement.

Government delegations from Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo), Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda and Zambia met in the Kenyan capital Nairobi to share experience on ways to promote local integration as a solution for displaced people. (Kenya-Refugee-Integration)

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GENEVA -- Limited vaccine supplies, poor sanitation, inadequate disease surveillance systems and everyday cross-border interaction could turn the yellow fever outbreak in Angola and beyond into a larger crisis, if immediate community-based action is not taken, an international body warned Wednesday.

Concerned by the ongoing spread of the disease in the region, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) said in a statement that it is calling for an immediate scale-up in response. (IFRC-Yellow fever)

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LOS ANGELES -- U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton led in Tuesday's party primary in California with 56 percent of the votes, according to results released after over 92 precincts partially reported as of early Wednesday morning.

Her rival Bernie Sanders got 43 percent and vowed to continue his campaign. (US-Clinton-Primary)

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HONG KONG -- Hong Kong's Secretary for Food and Health Ko Wing-man said on Wednesday that live poultry trade will resume on Thursday.

Ko told the media that all of the 3360 samples taken from all local poultry farms as well as the 270 samples from Cheung Sha Wan wholesale poultry market tested negative for H7N9 bird flu virus. The government decided to resume live poultry trade on Thursday after assessing the risks.(HK-Poultry)

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RABAT -- Morocco will host a Mediterranean climate conference from July 18 to 19 in the Northern city of Tangiers to cope with climate change.

Dubbed the Mediterranean Climate Conference (MedCOP22), the conference aims to contribute through a regional perspective to international efforts against climate change, local authorities said in a statement on Wednesday. (Morocco-Climate conference) Endi