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Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, April 23

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CAIRO -- A political settlement is the only way out of the ongoing Syrian crisis, China's Special Envoy for Syria Xie Xiaoyan said on Sunday.

Speaking at a press conference in Cairo, Xie expressed concern over the current perilous situation in Syria, while urging the involved countries to de-escalate the situation and resort to dialogue instead. (Egypt-China-Syria-Envoy)

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HANOVER, Germany -- Hanover Fair, the world's leading industrial trade show, opened on Sunday, as German Chancellor Angela Merkel stressed the importance of free trade.

The five-day trade show, under the theme of "Integrated Industry -- Connect and Collaborate", features five parallel shows, namely IAMD (Integrated Automation, Motion and Drives), Digital Factory, Energy, Industrial Supply and Research and Technology. (Germany-Hanover-Fair)

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ABUJA -- At least 10 people were killed following gunmen's invasion of a farming community in the central Nigerian state of Kogi early Sunday, local police said.

Kogi police chief Ali Janga said at least five locals and five of the gunmen were confirmed dead Sunday afternoon. (Nigeria-Violence)

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LOS ANGELES -- Researchers from Boston University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of California Berkeley and University of Colorado Boulder have developed a new method to fabricate silicon chips that can communicate with light and are no more expensive than current chip technology, according to the study, published in the latest issue of Nature.

The electrical signaling bottleneck between current microelectronic chips has left light communication as one of the only options left for further technological progress. The traditional method of data transfer-electrical wires-has a limit on how fast and how far it can transfer data. It also uses a lot of power and generates heat. (US- Microelectronics)

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ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan strongly condemned the "heinous and reprehensible" suicide attacks that targeted innocent civilians at a voters' registration center in capital Kabul of Afghanistan on Sunday.

The Afghan Public Health Ministry said death toll from the deadly Kabul suicide attack reached 52 and 112 others were wounded. (Pakistan-Afghanistan-Attack) Enditem

 

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