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Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, April 10

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Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Sunday that the recent U.S. missile attack on a Syrian air base was a "strategic mistake."

"The Americans' action is a strategic mistake, as they are repeating the mistakes of their predecessors," Khamenei's official website quoted him as saying. (Tehran-Khamenei-Syria)

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UNITED NATIONS -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the UN Security Council on Sunday condemned attacks on two Coptic churches in north Egypt earlier in the day, stressing the need to bring the perpetrators to justice.

The terrorist bomb attacks killed at least 43 people and injured over 130 others, according to local media. (UN-Egypt-Terrorist)

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OSLO -- Norway has decided to raise the country's threat level after a homemade explosive device was found in central Oslo and a teen asylum seeker from Russia was charged, the police security service (PST) said on Sunday.

The Norwegian police raised the country's threat level to "probable" from "possible," which is valid for two months, PST head Benedicte Bjornland told a press conference. (Norway-Russia-PST)

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TIRANA -- The Albanian police mounted an anti-narcotics operation in the south of Albania which resulted in the seizure of 11.6 tonnes of cannabis in the city of Permet, state police said Sunday.

According to a police statement, during a raid on a warehouse in the village of Pagri, Permet, the police officers found the huge amount of narcotic plant. (Albania-Cannabis-Permet) Endi