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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, Sept. 12

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Former British Prime Minister David Cameron has resigned as a Conservative Member of Parliament two months after he quit as prime minister in the wake of the June Brexit referendum.

Cameron told BBC in an interview that he was standing down because he does not want things he says on the backbenches to be "distraction." (Britain-Cameron)

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NEW YORK -- U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton was diagnosed with pneumonia at home after she fell sick during a memorial service marking the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks here on Sunday.

Local media quoted physician Lisa Bardack as saying "She was put on antibiotics, and advised to rest and modify her schedule. While at this morning's event, she became overheated and dehydrated. I have just examined her and she is now re-hydrated and recovering nicely." (US-Clinton-Pneumonia )

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ISLAMABAD -- At least 12 people were killed and 17 others injured in two separate road accidents in Pakistan's east Punjab and south Sindh provinces on Monday, local Urdu media reported.

Samaa News said that five people were killed and 10 others injured when a passenger van crashed into a truck in Hassan Abdal city of Punjab. (Pakistan-Road Accidents)

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SEOUL -- A 5.8-magnitude earthquake jolted southeastern South Korea on Monday, the biggest-ever quake striking the country, injuring at least two people and making people feel the tremor nationwide, the weather agency said.

The tremor came less than an hour after a 5.1-magnitude earthquake struck on the outskirts of Gyeongju city in North Gyeongsang province at about 7:44 p.m. local time (1044 GMT). (S. Korea-Earthquake)

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NAIROBI -- At least two people were injured after aircraft crashed within Ngong in the outskirts of Nairobi on Monday.

Ngong Criminal Investigation Department Commander Richard Bittok said a trainer and his instructor were injured in the 10:00 am incident involving Cessna 152 aircraft registration 5Y-NNC belonging to Ninety-Nines Flying School. (Kenya-Aircraft Crash) Endi