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Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Feb. 29

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British Prime Minister David Cameron may face a leadership challenge after the "in or out" European Union (EU) referendum unless he tones down his attacks on pro-Brexit London mayor Boris Johnson and other Eurosceptics, local media reported Sunday.

Conservative ministers and senior backbenchers in the Parliament have threatened a "no confidence vote" if Cameron fails to stop the "blue on blue" attacks on fellow Conservatives, the Sunday Times reported. (Britain-Cameron)

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TEHRAN -- Iran's first post-sanctions parliamentary election would see a shift in power line-up in the country's legislative bodies, the incumbent parliament speaker said Sunday.

"The rotation of (political) forces in the country is a felicitous development," the speaker, Ali Larijani, was quoted by Press TV as saying. (Iran-Parliamentary Election)

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MOGADISHU -- At least 21 people were killed and several others injured in twin expositions in Baidoa town in Bay region of southern Somalia on Sunday, police and witnesses said.

Mohamed Olow, a police officer in Baidoa, said a car bomb exploded first in a popular restaurant while the second attack was carried out by a suicide bomber in the town. (Somalia-Bombings)

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RAMALLAH -- The Palestinians on Sunday called for a binding international resolution to stop the Israeli settlement activity in the West Bank and to save the two-state solution.

In a statement, the Palestinian Foreign Ministry said that Israel's policies on the settlement undermine the two-state solution through unilateral measures that target the existence of Palestinians on those lands. (Palestinians-Israeli Settlement) Endite