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Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, June 12

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The Nigerian Army on Saturday confirmed the killing of 10 suspected Boko Haram fighters after a clearance operation in Gamboru-Ngala areas of Borno.

Two other suspects were captured alive by the troops during the operation, said Col. Sani Usman, acting director of Army Public Relations,

He said the troops also recovered arms and ammunition during the exercise. (Nigeria-Boko Haram)

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TORONTO -- Ontario police evacuated more than a dozen passengers Saturday morning following a bomb threat on a GO Transit bus travelling on Highway 407 en route to Mississauga from Guelph in the greater Toronto area.

A passenger first approached the driver after the man allegedly began swearing and telling others that he had an explosive, said GO Transit spokeswoman Anne Marie Aikins.

Ontario Provincial Police said they put the bus on lockdown after the driver called 911. Police spoke with the suspect on a cellphone and tried to get him to leave the bus, said Aikins. (Canada-Bomb Threat)

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CHICAGO -- Two men have been killed and at least 17 other people were shot in a 17-hour time span beginning Friday morning.

Chicago Tribune reported Saturday that this is an equivalent of someone shot every 53 minutes.

A 27-year-old man was shot multiple times in the South Chicago neighborhood and pronounced dead in hospital afterwards; and a 26-year-old man was killed in the 200 block of West Garfield Boulevard, the report said. (US-Gun Violence)

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SKOPJE -- Macedonian police officials discovered 16 illegal migrants hiding inside a vehicle, local Macedonian media reported on Saturday.

According to the police declaration, the migrants were hiding inside a vehicle driven by a 35­-year-old man. Among them, 11 migrants are from Afghanistan, including five minors, four from Pakistan and one from Iran.

The migrants were discovered late on Friday after the driver refused to stop while being pulled over by police and kept on driving towards the town of Demir Kapija. (Macedonia-Migrants) Endi