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• Although the gatherings occurred in the midst of a European financial crisis and looming threats in Syria, North Korea and Iran, any meaty discussions or disagreements took place out of earshot of the news media.
• President Barack Obama, host for both events, came away with no unexpected accomplishments apart from concluding the gatherings without major mishap. There were no private conversations inconveniently picked up by an open microphone or tales of drunken romps with prostitutes by Obama's Secret Service officers, as happened at the last two international gatherings Obama attended.
• In the custom of such assemblies, however, just having the meetings at all counts as a plus.
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• HYDERABAD, India (AP) -- A passenger train rammed into a parked freight train and caught fire before dawn Tuesday in southern India, killing at least 24 people and injuring dozens more.
• Rescuers worked for about six hours to pull some 70 survivors from the twisted and smoldering wreckage near the southwestern border of Andhra Pradesh state.
• At least 40 people were hospitalized with injuries, with about 10 in critical condition, local police chief Charu Sinha said.
• The driver of the Hampi Express, upon seeing the cargo train stopped on the tracks ahead, slammed on the emergency brakes, which caused four of the Express cars to derail, officials said.
• The collision then caused its first car to catch fire, burning to death 16 people who were inside, Sinha said.
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• JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) -- A day of solemn remembrances and forward-looking celebrations is planned Tuesday as Joplin commemorates the anniversary of a tornado that ripped the city in half.
• The May 22, 2011, twister was the nation's deadliest in six decades, killing 161 people, injuring hundreds more and destroying thousands of buildings, including the city's only public high school. Groundbreaking ceremonies are scheduled at three

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