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Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Sept. 25

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A day before world leaders meet to adopt the Sustainable Development Goals, the chair of the Group of 77 and China called for international negotiations to listen to the voices of developing countries.

"We must secure the restructuring of international political and economic systems in order to rectify the inherent asymmetries of power," said Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, chair of the Group of 77 and China.(UN-Group of 77+China)

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RIYADH -- Saudi Arabia said the death toll in Thursday's stampede in Mina, neighboring the holy city Mecca, is expected to rise, Al Arabiya local news channel reported.

Earlier reports said 717 pilgrims died and 863 injured during a major Hajj ritual of throwing pebbles at one of the three walls representing Satan, the symbolic "stoning of the devil."(Saudi Arabia-Stampede)

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LJUBLJANA -- Slovenian authority on Thursday confirmed that Hungary has started building a barbed wire fence along its border, in a continuation of a policy aimed at stopping illegal migration.

The Slovenian mayor of the border town of Lendava, Anton Balazek, made confirmation to Slovenian Press Agency (STA) that the neighboring country had started erecting a fence without giving notice to Slovenian part in advance and details.(Slovenia-Hungary-Fence) Endi