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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, March 3

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KIEV -- At least 10 people were injured and more than 100 others detained on Saturday after police raided a protest camp near the Ukrainian parliament, authorities said.

Andriy Kryshchenko, head of Kiev Police, told the local 112 TV channel that six protesters and four police officers were injured. (Ukraine-Police Raid)

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CAIRO -- Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court ruled on Saturday that all previous judicial verdicts on the maritime demarcation deal between Egypt and Saudi Arabia are unbinding, official MENA news agency reported.

The court said previous rulings issued by the State Council or the Court for Urgent Matters regarding the demarcation of maritime borders between Egypt and Saudi Arabia will not be taken into account. (Egypt-Saudi-Demarcation)

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ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan held elections for its Senate to elect 52 members of the house for the next six years on Saturday amid strict measures to ensure transparency, the Election Commission said.

According to a statement from the Election Commission of Pakistan, at least 135 candidates, including 110 men and 25 women, are competing for the 52 Senate seats from all the four provinces of the country, northwest Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and the capital of Islamabad. (Pakistan-Senate-Election)

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MANAMA -- Security authorities in Bahrain arrested 116 suspected terrorist with Iranian links in the operation to combat terrorism and external interference in the country's internal affairs, said a government statement on Saturday.

The individuals were arrested for wide range of terror crimes, including planning and executing terror attacks as well as manufacturing, storing and transporting explosive devices. (Bahrain-Terrorists)

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BUJUMBURA -- At least three Burundian soldiers of the African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM) were killed in an Al-Shabaab attack near Jowhar, the Burundian army spokesman Floribert Biyereke said Friday evening.

The insurgent ambush on a Burundian convoy happened around 10:30 a.m. local time (0830 GMT) when Al-Shabaab militants exploded a bomb and then opened fire, said Biyereke, adding that the Burundian troops fought back. (Burundi-Somalia-Peacekeepers) Enditem

 

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