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Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Feb. 18

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BEIRUT -- A Lebanese security source said Saturday that a Syrian citizen was killed and another one injured during a shooting incident at dawn on the Lebanese-Syrian northern border.

The source said that the body of the killed Syrian was found on the Syrian side of the river separating the two countries. (Lebanon-Syria-Shooting)

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ADEN -- A U.S. drone strike targeting a car killed three members of the Yemen-based al-Qaida branch, including a leader in the central province of al-Bayda on Saturday, a military official told Xinhua.

The military source said that the unmanned U.S. aircraft fired its missiles on a small pick-up truck of al-Qaida in al-Bayda province, leaving three terrorists killed, including a local leader of the group. (Yemen-US-Drone Strike)

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TEHRAN -- The Iranian government intends to restrict rice planting in areas where underground water is at alarming levels, Financial Tribune daily reported Saturday.

Water shortage will negatively impact the spring cultivation of agricultural products, the daily cited Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian as saying. (Iran-Water Scarcity-Rice Planting Restriction)

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TRIPOLI, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Libya's UN-backed Prime Minister Fayez Serraj on Saturday called for an end to the Libya political stalemate by issuing the referendum law on the draft constitution.

Serraj made his remarks in a televised speech on the 7th anniversary of the Libyan uprising that toppled former leader Muammar Gaddafi's regime. (Libya-Political Stalemate-Referendum Law)

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GAZA -- Israeli war jets struck Hamas military facilities in the Gaza Strip on Saturday evening in response to an earlier roadside bombing targeting an Israeli army vehicle, local sources said.

Several huge explosions were heard in eastern Gaza city, and eyewitnesses said two Hamas military facilities were bombarded by Israeli war jets. (Gaza-Israel-Airstrikes) Enditem

 

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