The World Health Organization said the virus was first seen in the Middle East and has infected more than 49 people worldwide.

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The Barents exercise is conducted every year in accordance with a 1995 Russian-Norwegian intergovernmental agreement.

President Barack Obama will discuss cyber security with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a meeting in California next week.

The U.S. had accused Waliur Rehman of involvement in a 2009 suicide attack in Afghanistan that killed seven CIA employees.

Assad is also quoted as saying Syria has received the first shipment of an advanced Russian air defence system.

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