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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, April 20

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VIENNA -- A total of 54 people were slightly injured on Friday in a train accident at the main station in the city of Salzburg, Austria, a police spokesperson told Xinhua.

The accident took place at around 4:45 a.m. (0245 GMT) early Friday morning when a train hit another one from behind at the main train station, near the border with Germany, leaving 54 people slightly injured, the spokesperson said. (Austria-Accident)

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MOSCOW -- Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to meet his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump at the invitation of the United States, but Moscow is waiting for a detailed proposal, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday.

Trump proposed a meeting with Putin at the White House in a phone conversation on March 20, Lavrov recalled in an interview with Russia Today published on the Russian Foreign Ministry's website, adding that Moscow hopes Trump will give specifics on his invitation. (Russia-Trump)

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JALALABAD, Afghanistan -- Five civilians lost their lives and nine others sustained injuries as a roadside bombing launched by militants struck a vehicle in Haska Mina district of eastern Afghanistan's Nangarhar province on Friday, spokesman for the provincial government Attaullah Khogiani said.

"A mine planted by militants on a road in Haska Mina district struck a civilian vehicle today, killing five civilians including one child on the spot, and injuring nine others including two women and four children," Khogiani told reporters here. (Afghanistan-Bombing)

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TEHRAN -- Iran's foreign minister said on Friday that Tehran has a variety of countermeasures if Washington decides to pull out of the 2015 landmark nuclear deal, Press TV reported Friday.

"Iran has a wide range of options both inside and outside of the JCPOA (the nuclear deal), and surely the reaction from Iran and the international community will be unpleasant for the Americans," Mohammad Javad Zarif told reporters upon arrival in New York City. (Iran-U.S.) Enditem

 

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