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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, Feb. 21

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ISLAMABAD -- The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Wednesday disqualified former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to be chief of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), saying that all the decisions made by him as the party chief would also stand null and void, local media reported.

According to the local Urdu Dunya TV, a three-member Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar gave the decision against the Elections Act 2017 passed by the parliament, which paved the way for Sharif to resume his position as party chief following his disqualification from the public office. (Pakistan-Nawaz Sharif)

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TRIPOLI -- Three soldiers of the Libyan eastern-based army were killed on Wednesday in a suicide attack on a military checkpoint in the city of Jufra, 650 km southeast of the capital Tripoli, according to military and medical sources.

"According to preliminary information, a suicide bomber driving a car attacked a military checkpoint at the western entrance of Jufra," an official of the army's operations chamber of Jufra told Xinhua. (Libya-Suicide Attack)

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CAIRO -- The Arab Parliament strongly condemned the Syrian government's heavy bombardment of Eastern Ghouta rebel enclave near Damascus that killed and injured hundreds of civilians and ruined several hospitals, the pan-Arab body said in a statement on Wednesday.

"The Arab Parliament Speaker, Mashaal bin Fahm al-Salami, strongly condemned the continuous brutal shelling of Syrian Eastern Ghouta for several days that killed and wounded hundreds of civilians and targeted and bombed hospitals and civil facilities," said the statement. (Syria-Ghouta-Shelling)

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WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Secret Service said Wednesday morning that its agents and officers are responding to a suspicious vehicle found near the White House.

The vehicle is parked near 17th street NW, the agency said in a tweet.

The New Executive Office Building, a federal government office building, has been evacuated and road closures are being established. (U.S.-Secret Service) Enditem

 

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