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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, June 18

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An Egyptian court sentenced ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi and two other Islamist co-defendants to life in prison on Saturday on charges of spying and leaking "classified documents" to Qatar, state-run Nile TV reported.

In Egypt, a life sentence is 25 years in jail. (Egypt-Morsi)

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BRUSSELS -- Twelve people suspected of planning new attacks have been arrested during dozens of anti-terrorism raids in Belgium overnight, said a statement of the federal prosecutor's office released on Saturday.

The operations, mainly in Brussels and also in other 15 municipalities, came three days after the Belgian police received an anti-terror alert that warns of a series of imminent attacks in France and Belgium. (Belgium-Anti-Terror Raid)

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DAMASCUS -- The al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front and allied militant groups captured three towns in the country's northern province of Aleppo, following battles with the Syrian army, a monitor group reported on Saturday.

The Nusra and other jihadi groups have been engaged in intense battles with the Syrian army in the southern countryside of Aleppo over the past four days, when the terror groups unleashed wide-scale offensives against government troops' positions, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.(Syria-IS-Towns)

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BELGRADE -- China and Serbia agreed Saturday to upgrade their relations to a comprehensive strategic partnership in a show of their shared commitment to further deepening bilateral cooperation for mutual benefit.

"China and Serbia are all-weather friends and important cooperation partners," Chinese President Xi Jinping, who is here for a state visit, said during talks with his Serbian counterpart, Tomislav Nikolic.

(Serbia-China-Partnership) Endi