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Xinhua world news summary at GMT 0230, June 22

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Brazil's interim government has agreed to provide the state of Rio de Janeiro with 850 million US dollars in emergency funds to guarantee security at this year's Olympic Games.

The cash will be sent in a lump sum after after a new credit line was "opened" in the federal government's budget, according to Brazil's official gazette. (Brazil-Loan-Olympic)

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TRIPOLI -- Clashes with the Islamic State in Libya's Sirte, some 450 km east the capital Tripoli, killed 16 presidential guards and injured 60 others on Tuesday, a medical source told Xinhua.

"The clashes killed 16 and injured 60 of the government's troops," said Aziz Isa, media official of Misrata's central hospital. (Libya-IS-Clashes)

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SEOUL -- The Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (DPRK) fired what is believed an intermediate-range Musudan ballistic missile from its east coast on Wednesday morning, Yonhap news agency reported citing military authorities.

The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) was quoted as saying that the DPRK launched a missile, believed to have been Musudan, at about 5:58 a.m. local time from its Wonsan area in its east coastal region.(DPRK-Missle)

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KHARTOUM -- At least five people were killed and 13 others injured in an attack by an armed group in Sudan's Central Darfur State, Sudan Tribune reported Tuesday.

"The attack took place at Tour area, some 80 km southeast of Zalingei, the capital city of Central Darfur State," the report said. (Sudan-Attack)

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UNITED NATIONS -- The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) on Tuesday said that 17.5 million U.S. dollars are urgently needed to meet the immediate needs of refugees fleeing Fallujah, a UN spokesman told reporters here.

"It says that more than 85,000 people have fled Fallujah and the surrounding area since a government military offensive to retake the city from extremists began on 23 May," Stephane Dujarric, the UN spokesman, said at a daily news briefing here. (UN-Fund-Refugee) Endi