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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, June 17

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Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived here Friday for a state visit to Serbia as China seeks to carry forward traditional friendship and step up economic engagement with Serbia.

Serbia sent fighter jets to escort Xi's plane when it entered the country's airspace. Xi and his wife Peng Liyuan were greeted by Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic and his wife, Parliament Speaker Maja Gojkovic, Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic, and Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic at the airport. (Xi-Serbia-Visit)

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VIENNA -- The chief of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Friday said Britain would benefit most by staying in the EU.

"There is, in my view, a clear case as to how the UK has benefited -- and will continue to benefit -- from its membership in the European Union," Christine Lagarde told the IMF's Finance in Dialogue event here. (IMF-Britain-EU)

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CAIRO -- The second black box of the crashed EgyptAir plane has been retrieved, Egyptian investigators said on Friday.

"Lethbridge John vessel, rented by the Egyptian government to take part in the search, has retrieved the second black box, flight data recorder of the crashed EgyptAir flight A320," the Egyptian Aircraft Accident Investigation Committee said in a statement. (Egypt-EgyptAir-Black box)

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ST. PETERSBURG, Russia -- Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday called on the European Union (EU) to forget about political differences with Moscow and join the broader Eurasia partnership. ' "We bear no grudge, and we are ready to meet our European partners halfway," Putin said at a plenary session during the annual St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. (Russia-EU-Partnership)

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LAGOS -- Gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram insurgents have killed 18 people in Kuda-Kaya village of Madagali area in restive northeast Nigeria's Adamawa State, local police authority said Friday.

The attack occurred around 10 p.m. local time on Thursday night, Othman Abubakar, the state police spokesperson told Xinhua in Yola, the state capital. (Nigeria-Police) Endi