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MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, June 27 (Reuters) - Two suicide bombers killed at least three people and injured 16 in the capital of the northeastern Nigerian state of Borno on Saturday, the latest in a string of deadly attacks by suspected Islamist militants.

ADEN, Yemen, June 27 (Reuters) - Yemen's Houthi fighters fired missiles at storage tanks at an Aden refinery on Saturday, starting a large fire, and 14 people were killed in clashes between the Houthis and Saudi-led forces near the southern port city, witnesses and residents said.

BUENOS AIRES, June 27 (Reuters) - An Argentine judge ordered the seizure of assets of oil drilling companies operating in the disputed Falklands Islands on Saturday, as rhetoric heats up before October elections.

ADEN, June 27 (Reuters) - Houthi forces fired missiles at storage tanks at Aden refinery on Saturday, starting a large fire, witnesses in the southern Yemeni port city said.

YEREVAN/BAKU, June 27 (Reuters) - Armenia said one of its soldiers died in clashes with troops from neighbouring Azerbaijan late on Friday, as a territorial dispute ground on between the former Soviet republics.

SHANGHAI, June 27 (Reuters) - Thousands of people took to the streets in a distant suburb of Shanghai on Saturday saying they feared the government would build a chemical plant, despite assurances from officials that the plan will not go ahead.

DHAKA, June 27 (Reuters) - Summit Group, the leading power generator in Bangladesh, will invest at least $1 billion to build five power plants capable of producing 1,310 megawatts (MW) of electricity by 2020, aiming to ease a prolonged crisis in the country's energy supply, a senior executive said.

DUBAI, June 27 (Reuters) - Iran's plans to export natural gas to Iraq have been pushed back indefinitely, an Iranian official was quoted as saying on Saturday, blaming the poor security situation in Iraq for the delay.

BANGKOK, June 27 (Reuters) - PTT PCL, Thailand's largest energy firm, has reviewed its strategy and spending for this year and will cut its 2015 investment plan by 28 percent to reflect changes in global economic conditions.

LONDON, June 27 (Reuters) - The head of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) said on Saturday his institution hoped to have its first joint projects with the new $100 billion China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) in place by next year.

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