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Pro-Russia opposition joins Syria peace talks

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Obama to travel to UK, Saudi Arabia: White House

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Iraqi army plane crashes, 3 crew missing: military source

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Two migrants dead as 2,000 rescued off Libya

AFP, Libya: Nearly 2,000 migrants and two corpses have been recovered from people smugglers' boats off Libya since Tuesday, Italy's coastguard said Wednesday. Further rescue operations were ongoing, a spokesman told AFP. The figures represent a pick-up in the flow of migrants attempting to reach…

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