Obama, European leaders to discuss Ebola epidemic today

[October 15, 2014]  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will hold a video conference on Wednesday with British, French, German, and Italian leaders to discuss the Ebola epidemic in West Africa and other pressing international issues, the White House said.

Also on the agenda will be the fight against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria, and efforts to encourage Russia to implement the Minsk ceasefire agreement with Ukraine, the White House said.

(Reporting by Roberta Rampton; Editing by Sandra Maler)

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