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Rafsanjani, leading Iran assembly vote, hails end of contest-IRNA

TEHRAN, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Iran's former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani on Saturday urged all factions to work together after initial election results showed the veteran powerbroker leading polls to become one of Tehran's delegates to the influential Assembly of Experts.

UPDATE 1-Gazprom to hold natgas auction for Lithuania, Latvia in mid-March

MOSCOW, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Russia's biggest natural gas producer Gazprom said on Saturday it would hold its second gas export auction in mid-March, offering more than 560 million cubic metres of the fuel to Lithuania and Latvia.

UPDATE 2-Turkey starts repairs on Iraqi Kurdish oil pipeline as violence flares

* Militants targeted by military drones, snipers (Adds Kurdish PM comments)

UPDATE 1-Iran's Rouhani, top ally Rafsanjani lead Assembly of Experts race-IRNA

TEHRAN, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Early Iranian election results show pragmatist President Hassan Rouhani and top ally and former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani leading the race for membership of the Assembly of Experts, the official IRNA news agency reported on Saturday.

Iran's Rouhani, top ally Rafsanjani lead Assembly of Experts race-IRNA

TEHRAN, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Early Iranian election results show pragmatist President Hassan Rouhani and top ally and former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani leading the race for membership of the Assembly of Experts, the official IRNA news agency reported.

Berkshire Hathaway Q4 profit rises 32 pct

Feb 27 (Reuters) - Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc on Saturday said fourth-quarter profit rose 32 percent, helped by improved results in its insurance operations and higher gains from investments and derivatives.

Turkey says has started work to repair Iraqi Kurdish oil pipeline

ISTANBUL, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Turkey has begun work to repair a pipeline taking crude oil from northern Iraq to the Mediterranean port of Ceyhan and aims to restore flows in the shortest possible time, the Turkish energy ministry said on Saturday.

WRAPUP 3-Syria fighting largely halts as agreement kicks in

* Fighting to stop so aid can reach civilians, peace talks resume

WRAPUP 2-Syria fighting largely halts as cessation begins

BEIRUT, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Fighting appeared to stop across most areas of western Syria on Saturday after a landmark "cessation of hostilities" came into effect under a U.S.-Russian plan which warring sides in the five-year conflict have accepted.

China's $5 bln to $10 bln Petrobras loan may help pay most 2016 debt

RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb 26 (Reuters) - A loan announced Friday from China to Brazil's Petrobras is for $5 billion to $10 billion, can be paid in cash or oil at China's request and may help pay the bulk of the $12 billion in debt the state-run oil company must repay this year, a source involved in debt talks told Reuters late Friday.

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