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Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Sept. 8

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A protest by thousands of European dairy and meat farmers in Brussels turned violent on Monday, with demonstrators throwing projectiles and police responding with tear gas and water cannon, a Xinhua reporter noted on the spot.

Police estimated that more than 7,000 demonstrators and 1,455 tractors took part in the protest in the Belgian capital, Brussels police spokeswoman Ilse Van de Keere told Belgian newspaper La Capitale, adding that four police officers were injured. (Europe-Dairy Protest)

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LONDON -- Britain will accept up to 20,000 refugees from Syria by 2020, British Prime Minister David Cameron said Monday.

"The whole country has been deeply moved by the heart-breaking images we have seen over the past few days," Cameron told MPs (member of the parliament) of the House of Commons on Monday, adding that "it's absolutely right that Britain should fulfill the moral responsibility to help those refugees." (Britain-Refugees)

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MOSCOW -- Russian Foreign ministry on Monday denied that Russia is in agreement with the United States and Saudi Arabia to oust Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

"We are not engaged in social engineering, nor do we appoint or dismiss foreign presidents either by ourselves or in conspiracy with someone else. This applies to Syria as well as other countries in the region, of which the peoples, I'm convinced, are capable of deciding their own destiny," said Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova in a statement posted on the ministry's website. (Russia-Syria)

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BERLIN -- The German government on Monday unveiled its first overall plan to deal with the growing influx of refugees entering Germany.

The plan, introduced by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Vice-Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel at a joint press conference here, includes increasing the federal budget and manpower resources for taking in refugees, as well as measures to speed up the processing of asylum applications. (Germany-Refugees)

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JERUSALEM -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sent on Monday his condolences to the Dawabsha family following the death of Riham Dawabsha, who was critically wounded in a West Bank arson attack by Jewish extremists, according to a statement.

"The security forces are doing their utmost to apprehend the assailants and bring them to justice," Netanyahu said in his statement.(Israel-Palestinians) Endit