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Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, March 29

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At least 25 people were killed in an attack suspected to be a perpetration of Boko Haram on a community in Nigeria's northeastern state of Borno early Saturday, the same day a crucial presidential election was held, an official of the West African country said. (Nigeria-Attack) ( - - - -

PRAGUE -- Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka confirmed on Saturday that the two young Czech women who were kidnapped in Pakistan in 2013 have returned to the Czech Republic in the morning. (Czech-Kidnap-Release)

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WASHINGTON -- The majority of Americans see women as equally capable of being a qualified political or business leader as men, and attribute fewer women at top positions in government and business to a double standard held against them in U.S. society, a recent survey suggested.

(US-Gender Equality)

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CANBERRA -- Australia has decided to sign a Memorandum of Understanding on the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), which would allow Australia to become a founding member of the bank, said a statement released by Prime Minister Tony Abbott Sunday morning. (Australia-AIIB)

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SANAA -- Warplanes of Saudi-led Arab coalition forces raided Yemen's capital of Sanaa on Saturday, as the airstrikes against the Shiite Houthi group enters the fourth day.

Warplanes hit the camps of reserve forces loyal to former President Ali Abdullash Saleh in southern Sanaa and the air defense base in the Red Sea city of al-Hodayda. (Yemen-Air Raids)

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LAUSANNE -- A senior official of the European Union said on Saturday that a framework deal on Iran nuclear issue is close at hand despite the fact some difficult points need to be ironed out in the final stage of talks. (Iran-Nuke Talks)

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LISBON -- Hundreds of people, mostly young activists, took to the streets in the Portuguese capital on Saturday to protest against poor working conditions.

The protests, organized by Interjovem, a young workers' trade union and the country's largest workers' trade union CGTP, took place at a square in downtown Lisbon. (Portugal-Protest) Endi