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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, April 29

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Eleven dead bodies have been found after a helicopter carrying 13 people crashed Friday off the western coast of Norway, rescue services said. (Norway-Helicopter-Bodies)

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LONDON -- Two men from Birmingham on Friday appeared in a London court and were accused of giving money to a terror suspect in Brussels and Paris attacks, local media reported Friday. (Britain-Two Men-Money)

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TEHRAN -- In a letter to the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Iran's foreign minister said that his country will take "every lawful measure" against a court ruling that allows the seizure of parts of Iran's assets in the United States, Press TV reported on Friday. (Iran-UN-US)

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RABAT -- Morocco arrested on Friday three Islamic State (IS) suspects in the northeastern city of Nador, the interior ministry said.

The suspects have received instructions from IS leaders to establish an emirate in the north of the kingdom and planned to carry out attacks against state institutions, the ministry said in a statement. (Morocco-IS-Suspects)

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PRAGUE -- Twenty-nine Czech police officers Friday took off from a military airport in Prague Kbely for the Greek island of Lesbos to help tackle the migrant crisis. (Czech-Police-Greece)

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DAMASCUS -- The Syrian army announced on Friday that a "regime of silence" state will be observed in hotspots near the capital Damascus and the northwestern province of Latakia after midnight. (Syria-Silence-Regime)

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PRETORIA -- The South African High Court in Pretoria on Friday set aside a 2009 decision by the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) to drop corruption charges against President Jacob Zuma. (South Africa-Zuma-Court) Endi