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Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, July 2

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U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch said on Friday she "fully" expected herself to accept recommendation by FBI investigators on whether to bring charges related to Hillary Clinton's personal email setup. However, Lynch refused to recuse herself from the case.

The remarks came as disclosure of a private meeting early this week between former U.S. President Bill Clinton and Lynch had provoked bipartisan disapproval and concerns about a potential conflict of interests while Mrs. Clinton was still under federal investigation. (Hillary Clinton-FBI investigation)

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DHAKA -- Unidentified gunmen are holding some 20 people hostage at a cafe in a diplomatic zone of the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, media reports said on Saturday.

Three policemen were injured by gunfire as they tried to get to the Holey Artisan restaurant in the upscale Gulshan area of Dhaka. (Dhaka-Attack)

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BUDAPEST -- The four military demolition experts who died in an explosion at a bombing range on Friday afternoon were killed by a post-WWII Russian bomb, defense minister Istvan Simicsko told a late-night news conference here on Friday.

He also reported that the fifth soldier had been seriously injured but that his condition was not life-threatening. (Hungary-Bomb-Explosion)

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DAMASCUS -- Rebels Jaish al-Islam executed a Syrian pilot whose warplane crashed east of the capital Damascus on Friday, according to the rebel group.

Jaish al-Islam captured the pilot after his war jet crashed earlier on Friday over the town of Jairud in the Qalamoun region east of Damascus. (Syria-Rebels) Endi