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Reuters - Top News, 23.04.13 19:07 UTC

United States, Russia agree to try to revive Syria plan

By David Brunnstrom BRUSSELS | Tue Apr 23, 2013 3:01pm EDT BRUSSELS (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday he and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had agreed to look for ...

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Seattle Times, 23.04.13 16:03 UTC

Boston bombing could prompt US, Russia cooperation

The Boston Marathon bombings could provide an opportunity for the U.S. and Russia to find some common ground for cooperation as authorities investigate the two ethnic Chechens accused of carrying out the attack.

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Seattle Times, 23.04.13 14:29 UTC

Germany rejects EU hint at easing austerity drive

Germany's foreign minister is defending the policy of budget consolidation in a number of European countries despite a blunt warning from a top European Union official that the 27-nation bloc's austerity drive "has reached its limits."

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Telegraph, 23.04.13 10:45 UTC

Canada al-Qaeda Iran link 'hilarious'

Iran has rejected any claim from Canada that two foreigners arrested in connection with a plot to derail a passenger train in Toronto was backed by a Tehran-supported al-Qaeda.

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Seattle Times, 23.04.13 10:45 UTC

Car bomb targets French embassy in Libya

A car bomb targeted the French embassy in the Libyan capital early Tuesday, wounding two French guards and a Libyan teenager in an attack that President Francois Hollande denounced as an assault not only against France but all countries engaged in the fight against terrorism.

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BBC World News, 23.04.13 09:59 UTC

Iran denies link to Canada train 'al-Qaeda plot'

Iran has denied any links to two men arrested in Canada on suspicion of planning a terrorist attack on a train.

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Telegraph, 23.04.13 07:32 UTC

French embassy in Tripoli hit by car bomb

France's embassy in Tripoli appears to have been hit by a car bomb, with two guards injured, in the first such attack in the Libyan capital since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi.

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BBC World News, 23.04.13 05:06 UTC

Japan MPs visit Yasukuni Shrine as island tensions rumble

Dozens of Japanese MPs have visited a war-linked shrine, as multiple vessels from China and Japan sailed in waters near disputed East China Sea islands.

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Reuters - Top News, 23.04.13 02:41 UTC

Japan nationalists near disputed isles, MPs visit shrine

By Ruairidh Villar EAST CHINA SEA | Mon Apr 22, 2013 10:28pm EDT EAST CHINA SEA (Reuters) - Japanese nationalists sailed a flotilla of boats on Tuesday in waters near islands at the centre of a row ...

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Reuters - Top News, 22.04.13 21:29 UTC

Insight: China consolidates sea claims as Asian diplomacy struggles

By Manuel Mogato MASINLOC, Philippines | Mon Apr 22, 2013 5:16pm EDT MASINLOC, Philippines (Reuters) - For decades, fishermen along the northwestern Philippine coast treated the teeming fishing ...

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