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Geneva meeting on Syria delays harder choices Obama is not keen to make

A boat cruises past the scene of a bridge collapse on Interstate 5 on May 23, 2013 near Mt. Vernon, Washington. 1-5 connects Seattle, Washington to Vancouver, B.C., Canada. No deaths have been reported, and three people were taken to hospitals with injuries. ©Getty US & CANADA 8:34am

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German SDP chairman Sigmar Gabriel, French president François Hollande and German federal president Joachim Gauck arrive at the Gewandhaus concert hall in Leipzig, eastern Germany ©AFP EUROPE 5:14pm

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French president speaks as SPD marks 150th anniversary

Italian Premier Enrico Letta delivers his speech ahead of a second confidence vote to confirm the government, in the Italian Senate in Rome, Tuesday, April 30, 2013. Italy's new government easily passed its first confirmation vote Monday in Parliament after Premier Enrico Letta made concessions to his uneasy coalition allies, promising to ease part of a slate of austerity measures that have weighed on Italians impatient at the slow pace of economic recovery ©AP EUROPE 3:00pm

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Stockholm rioters vent fury on police

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