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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, Dec. 6

Xinhua, December 6, 2016 Adjust font size:

Vice President of the United States Joe Biden on late Monday hinted at the possibility of entering the 2020 presidential campaign.

"I'm gonna run in 2020," Biden said when chatting with reporters after presiding over a Senate debate. (US-Biden-Election)

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PARIS -- French President Francois Hollande on Tuesday appointed incumbent Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve the new prime minister to replace Manuel Valls, as the latter has decided to quit the job, according to the Elysee.

Hollande has picked Cazeneuve to succeed Valls as the prime minister until the end of the Socialist Party's five year term next May, the Elysee said in a statement. (France-PM-Appointment)

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BAMAKO, Mali -- Two prison guards were wounded and 93 detainees escaped during an attack on Niono prison on Tuesday morning in the region of Segou, 240 km north of Mali's capital city Bamako, Xinhua learned from a source who preferred to remain anonymous.

The attack took place at 1:15 a.m. (0115 GMT) and was carried out by five unidentified armed men. (Mali-Prison Attack)

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DAMASCUS -- The Syrian government forces on Tuesday fully captured a key rebel-held neighborhood in the northern city of Aleppo, as part of an ongoing assault to drive out the rebels from the city, a military source told Xinhua. (Syria-Aleppo-Rebels) Endi