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Italy rescuers toil through night seeking quake survivors

ACCUMOLI, Italy - Italian rescue teams work through the night to try to find survivors under the rubble that remains of central towns and villages flattened by an earthquake that hit in the early hours, killing at least 247 people. (ITALY-QUAKE/ (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moving shortly, by Steve Scherer, 623 words)

- MYANMAR-QUAKE/ (TV, PIX), moved, by Aye Win Myint and Shwe Yee Saw Myint, 606 words

Gun, bomb attack on American University in Kabul kills 12 - police

KABUL - Twelve people, including seven students, were killed in an attack on the American University in Kabul that sent hundreds of students fleeing in panic, police say, before the assault ended when two gunmen were shot dead. (AFGHANISTAN-UNIVERSITY/ATTACK (UPDATE 3, PIX, TV), by Mirwais Harooni and Hamid Shalizi, 609 words)

Hong Kong activists claim harassment from pro-China media

HONG KONG - Activists who have advocated independence for Hong Kong say they have been harassed or followed by pro-China newspapers in recent months, while Beijing has stepped up its rhetoric against what it calls the "dangerous absurdity" of independence. (HONGKONG-INDEPENDENCE/MEDIA (PIX), moved, by Venus Wu, 727 words)

Turkish tanks roll into Syria, pushing Islamic State out of key border town

KARKAMIS, Turkey/ANKARA - Syrian rebels backed by Turkish special forces, tanks and warplanes enter one of Islamic State's last strongholds on Turkish-Syrian border, in Turkey's first major U.S.-backed incursion into its southern neighbor. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-TURKEY (WRAPUP 6, TV, PIX, GRAPHIC), moved, by Humeyra Pamuk and Jeff Mason, 1,226 words)

- MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-CHEMICALWEAPONS (UPDATE 5, GRAPHIC), moved, by Michelle Nichols, 759 words)

- MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-JORDAN (UPDATE 1), moved, by Suleiman Al-Khalidi, 340 words

ASIA

N.Korea's Kim declares missile launch from sub 'greatest success'

SEOUL - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervises a test-fire of a submarine-launched ballistic missile and declares it "the greatest success" that puts the country in the "front rank" of nuclear military powers, official media reports. (NORTHKOREA-MISSILES/ (UPDATE 1), moved, by Jack Kim, 254 words)

- NORTHKOREA-MISSILES/UN (UPDATE 2), moved, 165 words

Japanese truck driver playing Pokemon Go kills pedestrian

TOKYO - A Japanese truck driver playing Pokemon Go while driving hits two women, killing one and injuring the other, in Japan's first death related to the craze. (NINTENDO-POKEMON/DEATH (UPDATE 2, PIX), moved, 239 words)

UNITED STATES

Brexit leader Nigel Farage addresses Trump rally

JACKSON, Mississippi - Nigel Farage, a key figure in the successful campaign to get Britain out of the European Union, lends his support to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, saying Trump represents the same type of anti-establishment movement that he masterminded in his own country. (USA-ELECTION/ (WRAPUP 3, PIX, TV), by Steve Holland, 708 words)

- USA-ELECTION/CLINTON-MYLAN NL (UPDATE 3), moved, by Ginger Gibson, 717 words

- USA-ELECTION/WIKILEAKS, moved, by Eric Walsh, 246 words)

MIDDLE EAST

Iran vessels make 'high speed intercept' of U.S. ship -U.S. official

WASHINGTON - Four of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps vessels "harassed" a U.S. warship near the Strait of Hormuz, a U.S. defense official says, amid Washington's concerns about Iran's posture in the Gulf and in the Syrian civil war. (USA-IRAN/MILITARY (UPDATE 3), moved, by Idrees Ali, 398 words)

Kerry tackles Yemen, Syrian conflicts in Saudi Arabia talks

JEDDAH - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry holds talks with Saudi Arabia's powerful deputy crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, on ways to end Yemen's conflict and resume peace talks between the warring sides. (USA-KERRY/SAUDI, moved, by Lesley Wroughton, 509 words)

AMERICAS

Colombia, FARC rebels reach deal to end half-century of bloodshed

BOGOTA/HAVANA - Colombia's government and Marxist FARC rebels reach a final peace deal to end a five-decade war which once took the resource-rich country to the brink of collapse. (COLOMBIA-REBELS/ (UPDATE 5, PIX, TV), moved, by Helen Murphy and Nelson Acosta, 749 words)

- COLOMBIA-REBELS/ECONOMY, moved, by Dion Rabouin, 440 words

Cabinet missteps test Canadian PM Trudeau's teflon image

OTTAWA - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is knocked off message as he marshals his cabinet back to work this week, distracted by recent spending miscues involving top ministers in the first major wobble of his Liberal government. (CANADA-TRUDEAU/ (PIX), moved, by Andrea Hopkins, 529 words)

Brazil Senate to open Rousseff's impeachment trial

BRASILIA - Brazil's Senate will open the impeachment trial of suspended President Dilma Rousseff and hear witnesses for and against the leftist leader who is expected to be removed from office next week on charges of breaking budget laws. (BRAZIL-IMPEACHMENT/ (PIX), moved, by Anthony Boadle, 556 words)

AFRICA

South African finance minister says will not meet police, assets extend slump

JOHANNESBURG - South African assets slump further after Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan says he will not appear before police who request him to meet them over investigation of suspected rogue spy unit in tax service. (SAFRICA-GORDHAN/ (UPDATE 3, PIX), moved, by Mfuneko Toyana, 804 words)

Without aid, 49,000 children will die this year in northeast Nigeria - UN

LAGOS - Nearly half a million children around Lake Chad face "severe acute malnutrition" due to drought and a seven-year insurgency by Islamist militant group Boko Haram in northeastern Nigeria, UNICEF says. (NIGERIA-SECURITY/AID (TV), moved, by Ed Cropley, 348 words)

EUROPE

Merkel urges judicious moves by remaining EU states after Brexit vote

TALLINN - Twenty-seven countries that will remain in European Union after Britain leaves must listen to each other carefully and avoid rushing into policy decisions, German Chancellor Angela Merkel says. (EUROPE-BRITAIN/GERMANY-MERKEL (UPDATE 2), moved, 406 words)

SCIENCE

Scientists find Earth-like planet circling sun's nearest neighbor

Scientists discover planet that appears to be similar to Earth circling star closest to sun, potentially major step in quest to find out if life exists elsewhere in universe, research shows. (SPACE-PLANET/ (PIX, TV), moved, by Irene Klotz, 663 words)

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