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Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, April 4

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Azerbaijan has appealed to the international community to demand withdrawal of Armenian troops from the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Sunday.

Azerbaijan has also urged the international community to engage constructively in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement process in accordance with the requirements of relevant resolutions of the UNSC and the norms and principles of international law, the statement said. (Azerbaijan-Armenia-Dispute)

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RIYADH -- General Secretary of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Dr Abdullateef Alzayani, declared Sunday that U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will meet with Gulf foreign ministers this week in Manama, Al Arabiya local news reported.

The meeting will be held on Thursday in preparation for the Gulf-U.S. summit on April 21 in Riyadh. (Saudi-Kerry-Ties)

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RAMALLAH -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday asked to form the first ever Palestinian constitutional court, said the Palestinian state-run news agency WAFA.

According to the report, the court includes nine members, president of the court Mohamed al-Haj Qassem, his deputy Asa'ad Mubarak and seven others including two from the Gaza Strip. (Palestinian-Constitutional Court)

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WASHINGTON -- The International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde said in a letter to the Greek prime minister on Sunday that she believed that negotiations toward a new debt deal for Greece were still "a good distance away."

Lagarde's remarks came in response to a letter from Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, who asked the IMF to clarify its stance on the debt deal negotiation. His concerns were based on recent report that an apparent leaked transcript suggested the IMF may threaten to pull out of Greece's bailout as a tactic to force European lenders to offer more debt relief. (IMF-Greece) Endi