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Xinhua world news summary at 0130 GMT, April 27

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U.S. President Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday unveiled the principles of the long-awaited tax reform plan that will significantly cut income taxes for Americans and corporates, ahead of the administration's first 100 days in office.

The plan would reduce the number of personal income tax brackets to three from seven, and it would cut the top individual income tax rate to 35 percent from 39.6 percent, Gary Cohn, director of the White House National Economic Council (NEC), said at a press briefing at the White House. (US-Trump-Tax Cuts)

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CARACAS -- Venezuela's Foreign Minister Delcy Rodriguez said Wednesday that the country would leave the Organization of American States (OAS).

In a live TV address, Rodriguez said that "the OAS has persisted in intrusive actions against the sovereignty of our country and for this, we proceed to withdraw from the Organization. (Venezuela-OAS)

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BERLIN -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said here Wednesday that as an all-round strategic partner of Germany, China was determined to fully support the country to host the G20 Summit in Hamburg, and enhance the Sino-German cooperation comprehensively in the G20 group.

Wang, who came here to attend the Chinese-German Strategic Dialogue on Diplomatic and Security Affairs, made the remarks at a joint press conference with German Vice Chancellor and Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel. (Germany-China-Hamburg Summit)

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TEHRAN -- Death toll of Iranian security forces has reached nine in the clashes with the armed groups in the southeastern border region of Iran on Wednesday, semi-official Mehr news agency reported.

Four guards were injured in the clashes, which took place at the Mirjaveh border point in Sistan and Baluchestan province, the report said. (Iran-Clash-Border)

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BUJUMBURA -- Four Burundian nationals including a priest who had been abducted earlier this month at Gatumba near the Burundi-Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) border have been released, the Burundian police spokesman said Wednesday.

According to Burundian Police Spokesman Pierre Nkurikiye, all those released abductees were "in good shape" apart from small injuries on the feet of three ageing people because of a "long walk" between Burundi and the Congolese territory. (Burundi-Kidnap) Endi