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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, March 28

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More than 14 people were killed during an Al-Shabaab attack and siege at Maka AlMukarama hotel in Somali capital Mogadishu Friday, which lasted for more than 16 hours, a government official said on Saturday.

"We can officially confirm that over 14 people died in the attack, including four security officials and Somali ambassador to Switzerland, Yusu Bari Bari, and a lady consultant for the ministry of finance. Dozens of others were injured and are receiving treatment various hospitals in the city," said Somali Information Minister Mohamed Abdi Hayir. (Somalia-Al Shabaab)

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SHARM EL-SHEIKH -- Yemeni President Abd-Raabbou Mansour Hadi has left Egypt on Saturday and headed to Saudi Arabia with King Salman bin Abdel-Aziz, Yemeni Foreign Minister Riyadh Yassin told Xinhua.

Both Arab leaders have flown to Riyadh after they made their speeches in the opening ceremony of the Arab League (AL) 26th Summit meeting in Egypt's Red Sea resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh. (Egypt-Yemen-Saudi Arabia)

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ADEN, Yemen -- Dozens were killed and more others were wounded in a series of blasts at an arms deport in Yemen's southern port city of Aden on Saturday, a government official told Xinhua.

The country's second largest city that has seen conflicts since early this month. (Yemen-Aden-Blasts)

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ABUJA -- Polling stations across Nigeria opened on Saturday amid tight security, as more than 56 million eligible voters went there to cast their ballots to elect a new president, Nigeria's Independent National Electoral Commission said.

Registration started at 8:00 a.m. local time (0700 GMT) and voting began at 1:30 p.m. local time (1230 GMT). (Nigeria-Elections)

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MOSCOW -- Russian space agency Roscosmos and its U.S. partner NASA have agreed on the extension of their cooperation on the International Space Station (ISS), Roscosmos said Saturday.

Roscosmos and NASA have come to agreement on extending their cooperation by nine years to 2024, and the two sides will conduct joint researches on the future use of the ISS and manned space missions, according to media reports, citing a news briefing given by heads of both agencies. (Russia-U.S.-Space) Endi