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Xinhua world news summary at 1600 GMT, July 14

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Portuguese authorities have charged Portuguese fertilizer company Adubos de Portugal and U.S industrial company General Electric for causing the outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in 2014, Portuguese Lusa News Agency reported Wednesday.

The outbreak of the disease affected around 375 people and killed 12 north of Lisbon. (Portugal-Legionella)

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MONTEVIDEO -- Uruguay bolstered its reputation as Latin America's most progressive nation as the Global LGBTI Human Rights Conference opened in Montevideo on Wednesday.

The conference, co-chaired by the Netherlands, aims to "share information, best practices and lessons learned in the promotion and protection of equal rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people around the world," reads the event's website.(Uruguay-LGBTI-Rights)

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WASHINGTON -- Amid increasing anti-trade rhetoric in the current U.S. presidential campaign, the United States has challenged China at the World Trade Organization (WTO) over its export duties on nine key raw materials.

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) claimed Wednesday in a statement that these duties ranging from 5 to 20 percent ad valorem create "an uneven playing field" for U.S. manufacturers. (US-China-WTO)

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NAIROBI -- A suspected insurgent working for Somalia's al Shabaab militant group opened fire at a police station in northwest Kenya on Thursday morning, killing at least six policemen during the shooting and the following stand-off, Kenyan television channel KTN said.

Al Shabaab has been attacking Kenyan military and police in recent years to drive the Kenyan forces out of Somalia, where the Kenyans are part of an African army fighting al Shabaab. (Kenya-Attack)

- - - -X HAVANA -- Cuban President Raul Castro on Wednesday replaced his Economy Minister and Vice President Marino Murillo by Ricardo Cabrisas.

An official announcement said the replacement was made so that Murillo, who has headed reforms under President Castro for the last few years, will "concentrate his efforts on tasks related to updating Cuba's economic and social model." (Cuba-Cabinet)

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KIGALI -- Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir is free to attend the African Union's (AU) Head of States meeting in Kigali later in the week, said Rwandan foreign minister Louise Mushikiwabo on Thursday.

President Bashir is accused of organizing war crimes and crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court (ICC), which has issued an international warrant for his arrest. (Rwanda-Sudan-AU Summit) Endi