May 28 world news summary at 1530 GMT

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CAPE TOWN — South African President Jacob Zuma is not responsible for a corruption scandal in relation to security upgrades of his private home and therefore should not pay back the money, Police Minister Nkosinathi Nhleko said on Thursday. isis
Nhleko brushed aside allegations that unnecessary facilities were added to the security upgrades of Zuma’s private home in Nkandla, KwaZulu-Natal Province.(S.Africa-President-Corruption)
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BAGHDAD — Iraq has exhumed the remains of some 470 bodies believed to be soldiers executed by Islamic State (IS) militants near the city of Tikrit in 2014, authorities said on Thursday.
“We have exhumed the bodies of 470 martyred from four major mass graves in Tikrit,” Health Minister Adila Hammoud told a press conference in Baghdad.(Iraq-IS-Tikrit)
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MOGADISHU — A senior Al-Shabaab leader with a 3 million U.S. dollar bounty on his head has died in the southern region of Somalia, the militant group said Thursday.
The group’s spokesman Ali Mohamud Rage said Sheikh Hassan Turki died at 73 in his bed in Hargeysa Yarey village, Lower Juba after a long sickness.(Somalia-Shabaab-Leader)
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HELSINKI — The Finnish parliament formally elected the Center Party chairman Juha Sipila as the new prime minister of Finland on Thursday.
In the parliamentary session held on Thursday afternoon, Sipila was elected with 128 votes in favor and 62 votes against.(Finland-New PM)
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YAOUNDE — Cameroon’s President Paul Biya has sent a delegation to the country’s Far North region to pacify soldiers fighting against Nigerian terrorist group Boko Haram, a security source told Xinhua on Thursday.
The delegation, led by Director for Civil Affairs in the Presidency Martin Belinga Eboutou, was comprised of the army chief, Gen. Rene Claude Meka, said the source who did not wish to be named.(Cameroon-President-Soldiers)
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TUNIS — Tunisia has arrested a second suspect involved in last March’s terrorist attack on Bardo museum that killed two dozens of people.
The suspect, identified as Noureddine Naybi of Morocco, will be transferred to the anti-terrorism unit at the Tunisian National Guard in Laouina headquarters for further investigation, TAP news agency reported, quoting Interior Ministry spokesman Mohamed Ali Aroui. (Tunisia-Terrorist-Suspect)
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TEHRAN — Iran on Thursday rejected as a “mistake” proposals to create a no-fly zone in Syria, urging continued efforts for a political solution.
“Talks of a buffer and no-fly zone (in Syria) is the repetition of previous mistakes and will not help with security and stability in the region,” Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian was quoted as saying by Press TV. (Iran-Syria-No-Fly) Enditem

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