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Xinhua world news summary at GMT 0030 on June 27

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The Kenyan government plans to repatriate about 150,000 Somali refugees from the Dadaab refugee camp by the end of 2016.

The plan was revealed in a statement issued after the Tripartite Commission for the Voluntary Repatriation of Somali Refugees living in Kenya held a meeting over the weekend. The commission consists of officials from Kenya, Somalia and the UN refugee agency (UNHCR). (Kenya-Somali-Refugee)

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MADRID -- The People's Party of acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy won the most seats in the general election on Sunday, preliminary results have showed.

With 95 percent of votes counted, the party won 32.9 percent of the votes, which translated into 137 seats in Spain's 350-seat Congress, 14 more than the number of seats it secured in the previous election in December 2015. (Spain-Congress-Election)

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NEW YORK -- Two weeks after the worst mass shooting in U.S. history at a gay nightclub in Orlando, New York City held its 46th annual and largest Gay Pride Parade on Sunday with gun control as one of the core themes.

A record 32,000 marchers participated in this year's event, according to local media. The parade also came one year after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling made same-sex marriage legal in all 50 states. (New York-Gay-Parade)

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WASHINGTON -- U.S. presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton is holding a 12-point lead over her Republican rival Donald Trump as support for the latter tumbled in the past month, found a poll released Sunday.

Clinton enjoys 51 percent of support among Americans, up by seven points from May, compared to Trump's support at 39 percent, which is down by seven points, according to the Washington Post-ABC News poll., while other troops continue advance northward to recapture the IS-held town of Qayyara before heading to Mosul, security sources said. (Clinton-Trump-Lead)

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JERUSALEM -- Israel and Turkey will announce on Monday a reconciliation agreement reached following six years of diplomatic detente, reported Israeli media on Sunday.

Israeli and Turkish negotiation teams met for last-minute talks in Rome on Sunday, after months of intense negotiations. (Israel-Turkey-Agreement) Endi