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Turkish army thrusts deeper into Syria, monitors say 35 villagers killed

KARKAMIS, Turkey - Turkey's army and its allies thrust deeper into Syria, seizing territory controlled by Kurdish-aligned forces on the fifth day of a cross-border campaign that a monitoring group says has killed at least 35 villagers. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA (UPDATE 2, PIX, TV), by Umit Bektas, 630 words)

+ See also:

- MIDEAST-CRISIS/KERRY-LAVROV (UPDATE 4, TV, PIX), moved, by Lesley Wroughton and Stephanie Nebehay, 534 words)

More bodies located beneath rubble in Italy quake zone

AMATRICE, Italy - Rescuers believe they have located more bodies in the ruined town of Amatrice, five days after a devastating earthquake struck central Italy, killing at least 290 people. (ITALY-QUAKE/ (PIX, TV), moved, 325 words)

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- ITALY-QUAKE/RECONSTRUCTION (PIX), moved, by Gavin Jones, 900 words)

Trump vows crackdown on immigrants who overstay visas

DES MOINES, Iowa - U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, seeking to quiet criticism from conservatives, offers fresh details of how he would tackle illegal immigration, saying he would crack down on those who overstay their visas. (USA-ELECTION/ (PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Emily Stephenson, 438 words)

+ See also:

- CHICAGO-CRIME/WADE (CORRECTED, UPDATE 1, PIX), moved, 470 words)

EUROPE

New tans, same old "polycrisis" as Europe's summer ends

BRUSSELS - The European Union grinds back into action this week after its August break, still dazed by Britain's midsummer vote to quit the EU and facing much the same "polycrisis" as a year ago: a mass of refugees, a fragile economy, hostile Russians and, yes, those Brits, now more awkward than ever. (EUROPE-EU/CRISES (ANALYSIS, COLUMN), moved, by Alastair Macdonald, 1,045 words)

Merkel's deputy says she underestimated migrant integration challenge for Germany

BERLIN - German Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel says in an interview that Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives "underestimated" the challenge of integrating a record number of migrants. (EUROPE-MIGRANTS/GERMANY-GABRIEL (UPDATE 1), moved, 458 words)

Germany's Gabriel: badly handled Brexit would send Europe "down the drain"

BERLIN - German Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel says that if Britain's exit from the European Union is badly handled and other member countries follow its lead, Europe will go "down the drain." (BRITAIN-EU/GERMANY (UPDATE 1), moved, 324 words)

Spain starts countdown to possible third election in a year

MADRID - The clock starts ticking on Wednesday towards what could be Spain's third national election in a year when acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy faces a confidence vote in parliament for a second term in office. (SPAIN-POLITICS/ (TV, PIX), by Sonya Dowsett, 718 words)

MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA

Iran arrests nuclear negotiator suspected of spying

DUBAI - Iran has arrested a member of the negotiating team that forged its landmark nuclear deal with world powers on suspicion of spying, a judiciary spokesman says. (IRAN-NUCLEAR/ARREST (UPDATE 1), moved, 206 words)

Egypt's govt complicit in wheat graft -parliamentary report

CAIRO/ABU DHABI - A parliamentary fact-finding commission's report into corruption in Egypt's wheat industry finds that the government played a key role in "wasting public funds" in its costly food subsidy program. (EGYPT-WHEAT/CORRUPTION, moved, by Eric Knecht and Maha El Dahan, 685 words)

Iraq asks S.Arabia to pull envoy who riled Shi'ite militias

BAGHDAD - Iraq asks Saudi Arabia to replace its ambassador in Baghdad after his comments about Iranian involvement in Iraqi affairs and the alleged persecution of Sunni Muslims angered local Shi'ite Muslim politicians and militia leaders. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/IRAQ-SAUDI (UPDATE 1), moved, 355 words)

Second boycotter says to rejoin Libya's U.N.-backed govt

TRIPOLI - A member of the leadership of Libya's U.N.-backed government who is close to powerful rival factions in the east says he will end his boycott of the Tripoli-based body, potentially strengthening its bid to end years of chaos in the country. (LIBYA-SECURITY/POLITICS), moved, 438 words)

EXCLUSIVE-Iraq plans to sell oil through Iran if talks with Kurds fail

BAGHDAD - Iraq's government will consider selling crude through Iran should talks with the autonomous Kurdish region on an oil revenue-sharing agreement fail, a senior oil ministry official in Baghdad says. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/IRAQ-OIL (EXCLUSIVE), moved, by Stephen Kalin, 720 words)

ASIA

Singapore confirms 41 cases of locally-transmitted Zika virus

SINGAPORE - Singapore authorities have confirmed 41 cases of locally-transmitted Zika virus, which in Brazil has been linked to a rare birth defect, and say they expect more cases to be identified. (HEALTH-ZIKA/SINGAPORE (UPDATE 1, PIX, GRAPHICS), by Marius Zaharia and A. Ananthalakshmi, moved, 660 words)

+ See also:

- HEALTH-ZIKA/QANDA (FACTBOX), moved 1,116 words

- HEALTH-ZIKA/ORIGIN (TIMELINE), moved, 2,279 words

As Obama heads to Laos, signs of a tilt away from China

VIENTIANE - The secretive communist government of Laos, a country with a population of less than 7 million, rarely causes a ripple on the diplomatic circuit. Yet its sleepy capital will spring to life next week when global leaders arrive for an Asian summit. (LAOS-CHINA/VIETNAM (PIX), moved, by Marius Zaharia, 720 words)

Cash hoarding leads China to conclude further monetary easing futile -sources

BEIJING - On the face of it, China's central bank has room to cut interest rates to try to lift the economy, but sources say evidence that companies are hoarding cash instead of investing it has led policymakers to conclude there is no benefit in easing policy further. (CHINA-ECONOMY/POLICY (PIX), by Kevin Yao, 800 words)

AFRICA

S.African finance minister faces graft charge -City Press

JOHANNESBURG - South African Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan may be charged this week for graft, the City Press newspaper reports, citing senior sources in the police, the National Prosecuting Authority and the tax service. (SAFRICA-GORDHAN/ (UPDATE 1), moved, 298 words)

Nigeria would let Boko Haram pick NGO intermediary in talks to free Chibok girls

ABUJA - Nigeria would let Boko Haram choose a non-profit organization as an intermediary in any talks on the release of about 200 schoolgirls kidnapped from the northeastern village of Chibok in 2014, President Muhammadu Buhari says. (NIGERIA-SECURITY/ (moved), moved, 449 words)

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