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Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, July 27

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Hillary Clinton was formally anointed Democratic presidential candidate here on Tuesday, becoming the first woman to run for the White House on behalf of a major U.S. political party.

"Are we ready to make some history?" asked Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, secretary of the on-going Democratic National Convention (DNC) when a roll call vote by delegates began. (U.S.-2016 Election)

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PARIS -- Paris Prosecutor Francois Molins on Tuesday said one of the church attackers was known to intelligence services and tried to join radical insurgents in Syria twice in 2015.

One of the knifemen who slaughtered a priest in a church northern France was "categorically identified" as Adel kermiche, 19, Molins told reporters. (France-IS)

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KATHMANDU -- Twenty-eight people were killed and scores injured in floods and landslides triggered by incessant monsoon rain in Nepal on Tuesday, said the country's Ministry of Home Affairs.

The whereabouts of 24 people were still unknown after the landslides, which were triggered by incessant rainfalls in various parts of the country, the ministry said in a press statement. (Nepal-Floods)

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MANAMA -- As many as 138 suspects will face terror trial on Aug. 23 in Bahrain for charges of activating sleeper cells, links to murder attempts and bomb blasts, official said on Tuesday.

The suspects have been booked for being part of Al-Zulfiqar terrorist group who ran sleeper cells, said Terror Crimes Prosecution Chief Hamad Shaheen. (Bahrain-Terror trial) Endi