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Nigeria vote runs into second day after glitches, killings

ABUJA, March 29 (Reuters) - Voting in Nigeria's tensest election since the end of military rule in 1999 spilled into a second day on Sunday after technical glitches hit voter ID machines and Islamist Boko Haram militants killed more than a dozen people in drive-by shootings.

UPDATE 3-Nigeria opposition protests presidential vote in oil state

* At least 16 killed in shootings on Saturday (Adds ruling party, police fire shots in Port Harcourt, edits)

Nigeria election chief "concerned" about Rivers protests

ABUJA, March 29 (Reuters) - The head of Nigeria's election commission admitted on Sunday he was concerned about allegations of irregularities in voting in this weekend's election in southern, oil producing Rivers state, where hundreds of opposition supporters have been protesting.

First results from Nigeria election due Sunday evening

ABUJA, March 29 (Reuters) - The first collated results from this weekend's Nigerian election should be available on Sunday evening, the chairman of the election commission, Attahiru Jega, told a news conference.

Two tankers load oil at eastern Libyan ports for export -officials

BENGHAZI, Libya, March 29 (Reuters) - A tanker bound for Italy was loading 600,000 barrels of oil at the Libyan port of Hariga on Sunday, an oil official said, the eighth loading at the eastern terminal this month as exports continue despite fights between armed factions.

I.Coast says Ghana's oil activity in disputed zone threatens interests

* Ivory Coast wants exploration stopped pending boundary decision

Fifth Kenyan minister steps aside to make way for graft probe

NAIROBI, March 29 (Reuters) - A fifth Kenyan government minister vacated her post on Sunday, three days after President Uhuru Kenyatta said officials cited in a report by an anti-corruption watchdog should step aside pending investigation.

UPDATE 5-Arab summit agrees on unified military force for crises

* Arab summit call on Houthis to withdraw after gains in Yemen (Adds Egyptian foreign minister comments para 3)

Putin letter to Arab summit triggers strong Saudi attack

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, March 29 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of hypocrisy on Sunday, telling an Arab summit that he should not express support for the Middle East while fuelling instability by supporting Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad.

In Texas oil town, early signs of economic strain as drilling slows

NEW YORK, March 29 (Reuters) - Sales tax receipts in the thriving oil town of Midland, Texas, fell this month, only the second decline in five years and one of the first signs of how low oil prices are beginning to ripple beyond oil company bottom lines and into the wider economy.

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