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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.

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 2-ChemChina chairman says hopes to re-list Pirelli in Italy

* Says deal is "revolutionary" for ChemChina rubber, tyre ops

Libya tells Arab summit arms embargo must be lifted to fight IS

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, March 28 (Reuters) - Libya told an Arab summit on Saturday that a U.N. arms embargo on the country must be lifted to help prevent the advance of Islamic State militants.

UPDATE 2-Greek PM Tsipras says he seeks no rift with Europe

ATHENS, March 28 (Reuters) - Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Saturday that he sought no rift with Europe after his cash-strapped country submitted a list of reforms to its lenders in a bid to secure much-needed funds.

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