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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, March 8

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One of the five suspects related to the murder of Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov has pleaded guilty, a court in Moscow said Sunday.

According to Moscow's Basmanny District Court, Zaur Dadayev, who was detained Saturday, confessed his involvement in the murder and he will be held in custody until April 28, 2015. (Russia-Nemtsov-Suspects)

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JERUSALEM -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel would continue to act in all possible venues against the deal between Iran and world powers over Tehran's nuclear program.

"We will continue to take all possible actions to deny the largest terrorist state the ability to produce the most dangerous weapons which is aimed - first and foremost - against us," Netanyahu said at the beginning of the weekly cabinet meeting, according to a statement from his office. (Israel-Iran)

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TIKRIT, Iraq -- Iraqi security forces on Sunday retook control of a town in Salahudin province after fierce clashes with the Islamic State (IS) militants, a provincial security source said.

And the Iraqi troops continued their advance and clashes with the extremist militants across the province. (Iraq-Fighting-IS)

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CAIRO -- At least one person was killed and several others were injured Sunday in wave of explosions in Egypt, state media reported.

In the coastal city of Alexandria, one was killed and five others were wounded when a bomb went off in a highly populated Moustafa Kamel suburb of the city, state-run Nile TV reported. (Egypt-Blasts) Endi