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Xinhua world news summary at 1530, June 28

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The Ugandan military on Tuesday said it will starting October this year withdraw its troops hunting down the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels in the Central African Republic (CAR).

Lt. Col. Paddy Ankunda, the military spokesperson, told Xinhua by telephone that the decision has been taken to start the phased pullout of 2,500 soldiers involved in the African Union (AU)-led Regional Cooperation Initiative for the Elimination of LRA (RCI-LRA) in October till December.

(Uganda-CAR-Withdrawal)

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BRUSSELS -- London seeks "constructive" divorce procedures from the European Union (EU), British Prime Minister David Cameron said Tuesday.

"This afternoon, I will be explaining that Britain will be leaving the European Union, but I want that process to be as constructive as possible and I hope the outcome can be as constructive as possible," Cameron said at his arrival upon a two-day EU summit. (Britain-EU-Exit)

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JAKARTA -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved 500 million U.S. dollars loan to Indonesia to continue the country's policy reforms to reduce barriers for investment and encourage more public-private partnerships (PPPs).

"Indonesia has been taking significant steps to improve the investment environment including removing barriers to PPPs and stripping away regulatory red tape," ADB's Indonesia Resident Mission Country Director Steven Tabor said in a statement released on Tuesday. (Indonesia-ADB-Loan)

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TEHRAN -- Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) rebels have killed 11 individuals in fresh clashes, raising the total number of casualties to dozens from both sides in recent days, reported local media on Tuesday.

IRGC commander in Iran's Kurdistan province, Brigadier General Mohammad Hossein Rajabi, said that forces have identified an 11-member team of "counter-revolutionary" rebels attempting to illegally cross into Iran through its border city of Sarvabad in Kurdisan, reported Tasnim news agency. (Iran-Rebel-Victims)

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JERUSALEM -- United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday that security measures alone would not put an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Currently on an official farewell visit to Israel, Ban made the comments at the beginning of his meeting with Netanyahu in Jerusalem.

(UN-Israel-Palestine) Endi