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Major news items in leading German newspapers

Xinhua, September 4, 2015 Adjust font size:

The following are the major news items in leading German newspapers on Friday.

Die Welt:

-- The European Commission is expected to unveil a new proposal to relocate an extra 120,000 refugees from Hungary, Italy and Greece across the European Union (EU).

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung:

-- German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande have agreed on a proposal for distributing refugees among EU countries with mandatory quotas.

Sueddeutsche Zeitung:

-- The Chinese People's Liberation Army is facing a major reform: it will be slimmer, more modern and more powerful. Chinese President Xi Jinping announced on Thursday that China would cut 300,000 military personnel. Enditem