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GENEVA (Reuters) - The Syrian government delegation led by U.N. Ambassador Bashar Ja'afari arrived on Friday for their first session of the latest round of peace talks in Geneva, where they faced pressure to negotiate terms for a political transition.

GENEVA (Reuters) - The Syrian government delegation led by U.N. Ambassador Bashar Ja'afari arrived on Friday for their first session of the latest round of peace talks in Geneva, where they faced pressure to negotiate terms for a political transition.

MONTE CARLO, (Reuters) - Roger Federer was knocked out of the Monte Carlo Masters when he slumped to a 3-6 6-2 7-5 defeat by local favourite Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the quarter-finals on Friday.

(Reuters Health) - Including neuromuscular training in youth soccer warm ups reduces injury rates and could save $2.7 million Canadian dollars ($2 million) in healthcare costs over one season in Alberta, Canada, according to a new study.

(Reuters Health) - Including neuromuscular training in youth soccer warm ups reduces injury rates and could save $2.7 million Canadian dollars ($2 million) in healthcare costs over one season in Alberta, Canada, according to a new study.

FORDE, Norway (Reuters) - The governing bodies of sports who want the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) to catch and punish cheats for them will have to wait for two years, WADA president Craig Reedie said on Friday.

LONDON, April 15 (Reuters) - Chinese conglomerate HNA Group has agreed to buy British bureau-de-change operator International Currency Exchange (ICE), the companies said on Friday, the latest takeover in a European investment spree aimed at expanding its business outside Asia.

WASHINGTON, April 15 (Reuters) - U.S. industrial production fell more than expected in March as manufacturing output dropped by the most in a year and mining maintained its downward trend, the latest indication that economic growth braked sharply in the first quarter.

An eight-month-old baby girl is saved unharmed from the ruins of a collapsed home in a six-hour dramatic rescue after a powerful earthquake strikes southwestern Japan.

An eight-month-old baby girl is saved unharmed from the ruins of a collapsed home in a six-hour dramatic rescue after a powerful earthquake strikes southwestern Japan.