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FP Passport Morning Brief Tuesday, April 30, 2013 Damascus bombing kills 13 after prime minister survives attack ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Top news*: A car bomb exploded [1] in the center of the Syrian capital, Damascus, on Tuesday, killing at least 13 people and wounding another 70. The attack, near the rear entrance of a building in Marjeh Square used by the Ministry of Interior, comes just one day after a similar blast [2] nearly killed Syrian Prime Minister Wael al-Halqi in the Mezzeh district of southwest Damascus. The state-run Syrian Arab News Agency as well as several opposition sources confirmed [3] Monday that the prime minister was unharmed, but the blast killed five other people in al-Halqi's convoy. No one has yet claimed responsibility for either attack, but the al Qaeda-affiliated al-Nusra Front has claimed responsibility for similar bombings in the past. *China:* Chinese authorities detained [4] 19 people in a heavily ethnic Uighur part of Xinjiang, following clashes between residents and police last week that left 21 people dead. The Chinese government has called the violence, the deadliest in Xinjiang since 2009, a "terrorist attack," though the exiled World Uyghur Congress disputes that claim. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Middle East * Israel killed [5] what it called "a key terror figure" Tuesday in an airstrike in Gaza, only hours after an Israeli was stabbed to death in the West Bank. * Libya's parliament postponed [6] its next session after heavily armed protesters surrounded the foreign ministry building. * A series of car bombs exploded [7] across Iraq on Monday, leaving at least 23 people dead in mainly Shi'ite areas. Africa * Guinea-Bissau's interim president, Manuel Serifo Mhamadjo, said [8] Monday that elections will be held before the end of the year. * Botswana's President Ian Khama received stitches in his face Monday after being wounded [9] by a cheetah. * Britain announced [10] Tuesday that it will end direct aid to South Africa by the year 2015. Asia * Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is in the midst of a new disaster [11] caused by a flood of radioactive wastewater. * A U.S.-operated cargo plane crashed [12] in Afghanistan Monday, killing all seven crew members. * Bangladesh on Monday defended [13] its decision to turn down foreign assistance after last week's factory collapse that killed at least 382 people. 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