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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, Feb. 27

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The Syrian army said Saturday that the armed rebels in the eastern countryside of the capital Damascus fired several mortar shells against areas inside the capital, the state news agency SANA reported, just hours after a cease-fire went into effect.

The mortar shells were fired from the rebel-held suburbs of Jobar and Douma, the Syrian Army General Command said. (Syria-Truce)

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TEHRAN -- The reformist camp has regained ground it lost after 2004 in Iran's Majlis (parliament), According to the early results released by the Iranian media on Saturday.

By 2:30 p.m. local time (1100 GMT), reformists and conservatives are neck and neck in the regions where the count of votes has been concluded, the Iranian semi-official ISNA news agency reported. (Iran-Election)

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CAPE TOWN -- Burundi has agreed to the deployment of observers and military monitors from the African Union (AU) as part of peace restoring efforts, it was announced on Saturday.

"The AU will deploy 100 human rights observers and 100 military monitors to Burundi to monitor the situation," an AU high-level delegation to Burundi said in a statement issued by the South African Presidency. (Burundi-Peace)

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KABUL -- About nine persons were killed and 13 others wounded after a Taliban suicide bomber struck a military personnel bus in Afghan capital of Kabul on Saturday afternoon, the provincial police chief said.

"Nine persons died in addition to the attacker and 13 others wounded following the explosion. Five women and children were among the victims. Details of the incident will be made public after police end its investigation," Gen. Abdul Rahmand Rahimi told reporters near the site. (Afghanistan-Blast ) Endi