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Five people, including three members of a family, were killed and four others injured in separate bomb and gunfire attacks in Iraq, the police said on Sunday.
A roadside bomb targeting a Yemeni security patrol killed three children on their way to school in the southern province of Hadramout on Sunday, the Defence Ministry said.
The United Nations Security Council on Saturday voted unanimously a resolution which authorizes the deployment of 30 unarmed military observers to monitor the ceasefire in Syria.
The talks between six world powers and Iran over Tehran's nuclear issue achieved positive achievements, a Chinese government official said.
The UN Security Council on Saturday decided to send an advance team of up to 30 unarmed military observers to Syria in order to monitor the ceasefire.
Chinese UN Ambassador Li Baodong on Saturday warned against any attempt to create difficulties or make trouble for the mediation efforts of Kofi Annan.
World powers and Iran held talks on Tehran's nuclear programme in Istanbul on Saturday in a "constructive atmosphere", a European Union spokesman said after the first session.
Iran and world powers have a rare chance on Saturday to halt a downward diplomatic spiral over Tehran's nuclear programme and ease fears of a new Middle East war when they resume talks, but diplomats warn against expecting quick results.
The US and Russia on Friday tabled rival draft resolution on the authorization of an advance team of unarmed military observers for Syria.
The UN Security Council is scheduled tovote on a draft resolution in order to authorize an advance team of unarmed military observers for Syria.
Foreign ministers from the Group of Eight called for an immediate observer mission to Syria, the group said in a statement on Thursday.
Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi and UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan exchanged views on the situation in Syria in a phone conversation Thursday.
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