TASHKENT -- Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Friday that in recent years, relations between China and Uzbekistan have entered a golden period of rapid development under the strategic guidance of the two heads of state.

Li arrived here for the 18th meeting of the Council of Heads of Government of Member States of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and an official visit to Uzbekistan. (Uzbekistan-China-Li's Trip)

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WASHINGTON -- U.S. employers added 128,000 jobs in October, and the unemployment rate was slightly up at 3.6 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday.

Job gains mainly occurred in food services and drinking establishments, social assistance, and financial activities, the report showed. Within manufacturing, employment in motor vehicles and parts decreased, the bureau said, due to the six-week strike at General Motors Co. (US-Unemployment Rate)

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ADDIS ABABA -- A traffic accident in Ethiopia's Amhara regional state has left 17 people dead, local authorities said on Friday.

The accident happened on Thursday afternoon when a bus overturned and fell into a deep ditch leaving 17 passengers dead, according to a press statement from the Traffic Police Department, Gonji-Qolala locality in the Amhara regional state. (Ethiopia-Accident)

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SAN FRANCISCO -- Four people were killed and several others wounded in a shooting at Halloween house party in Orinda, Northern California, Thursday night, local TV network KTVU reported early Friday.

Police in Orinda, a city in Contra Costa County, Northern California, tweeted that they are investigating a mass shooting that took place at a private party hosted at an AirBNB rental around 11 p.m. (0600 GMT Friday) along the 100 block of Lucille Way near Highway 24. (US-Shooting) Enditem

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