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Asia leaders tiptoe around South China Sea tensions

VIENTIANE - Asian leaders play down tensions over the South China Sea in a carefully worded summit statement, but even before it was issued Beijing voiced frustration with countries outside the region "interfering" in tussles over the strategic waterway. (ASEAN-SUMMIT/ (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), expect by 0800/4 AM ET, by Amy Sawitta Lefevre and Manuel Mogato, 800 words)

- ASEAN-SUMMIT/DUTERTE-OBAMA (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), moved, by Manuel Mogato, 346 words

Trump in TV event with Clinton, says Putin better leader than Obama

NEW YORK - Donald Trump declares that Russia's Vladimir Putin had been a better leader than U.S. President Barack Obama, as the Republican presidential nominee uses a televised forum to argue he is best equipped to reassert America's global leadership. (USA-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 6, PIX, TV), moved, by Steve Holland and Jeff Mason, 863 words)

- USA-ELECTION/TRUMP-MEDIA (UPDATE 1), moved, by Steve Holland and Emily Stephenson, 312 words

- USA-ELECTION/GREENS (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, 397 words

- USA-COURT/GINSBURG, moved, by Lawrence Hurley, 355 words

Syrian opposition says to reject any US/Russia deal unlike its own plan

LONDON - Syria's main opposition negotiating group would reject any deal struck by Russia and the United States on Syria's fate that was very different from its own proposed transition plan, the group's general coordinator Riyad Hijab says. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-OPPOSITION (UPDATE 3), moved, by William James, 537 words)

- MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-CHEMICALWEAPONS (TV), moved, 350 words

- MIDEAST-CRISIS/KERRY (UPDATE 2), moved, 604 words

- MIDEAST-CRISIS/TURKEY-SYRIA (UPDATE 3, PIX), moved, by Humeyra Pamuk and Daren Butler, 713 words

- MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA (WRAPUP 1), moved, by Angus McDowall and Ahmed Rasheed, 806 words

Apple unveils iPhone 7 but some still waiting for iPhone 8

SAN FRANCISCO - Apple Inc unveils its new water and dust-resistant iPhone 7 with high-resolution cameras at its fall product event, and says a Super Mario game is coming to the new phone and Pokemon Go will feature on its upgraded Apple Watch. (APPLE-IPHONE/ (UPDATE 7, TV, PIX, GRAPHICS), moved, by Julia Love and Alexandria Sage, 650 words)

- APPLE-IPHONE/AUDIO (PIX), moved, by Jeremy Wagstaff, 916 words

- APPLE-WATCH/, moved, by Julia Love, 478 words

- APPLE-IPHONE/NINTENDO (UPDATE 3, GRAPHIC), moved, by Makiko Yamazaki, 562 words

ASIA

Japan's proposed anti-conspiracy law stirs civil rights concerns

TOKYO - More than a decade after an initial attempt failed, Japan wants to enact legislation to penalize conspiracies to commit crimes such as terrorism but critics say such changes would give police power to trample civil liberties. (JAPAN-CONSPIRACY/ (PIX), moved, by Linda Sieg, 683 words)

Maoists push back against modernizing China

BEIJING - Tears well up in Wang Shiji's eyes as he describes the first time he saw Mao Zedong, waving to a crowd of Red Guards in Beijing at the beginning of the Cultural Revolution in 1966 when Mao declared class war. (CHINA-MAO/ (TV, PIX), moved, by Ben Blanchard, 825 words)

MIDDLE EAST

Top Saudi cleric says Iran leaders not Muslims as haj row mounts

MECCA - Saudi Arabia's top religious authority says Iran's leaders are not Muslims, drawing a rebuke from Tehran in an unusually harsh exchange between the regional rivals over the running of the annual haj pilgrimage. (SAUDI-IRAN/MUFTI (UPDATE 6), moved, by Dahlia Nehme, 734 words)

EUROPE

Police seek woman after car with gas cylinders found in Paris

PARIS - French police are seeking a young woman after a car carrying seven gas cylinders was discovered on Saturday night near Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris, police and judicial officials say. (EUROPE-ATTACKS/FRANCE-CAR (UPDATE 3, TV), moved, 423 words)

UNITED STATES

Russian jet came within 10 feet of U.S. spy plane - U.S. officials

WASHINGTON/BERLIN - A Russian fighter jet carried out an "unsafe and unprofessional" intercept of a U.S. spy plane over the Black Sea and came within 10 feet (3 meters) of the American aircraft, two U.S. defense officials say. (USA-RUSSIA/DEFENSE (UPDATE 3), moved, by Idrees Ali and Andrea Shalal, 341 words)

AMERICAS

Mexico president replaces finance minister after damaging Trump visit

MEXICO CITY - President Enrique Pena Nieto replaces his close ally and finance minister, Luis Videgaray, after the two were heavily criticized for Republican U.S presidential candidate Donald Trump's controversial visit to Mexico last week. (MEXICO-ECONOMY/ (UPDATE 6, PIX, TV), moved, by Dave Graham, 770 words)

- MEXICO-ECONOMY/MEADE (PIX, TV), moved, by Frank Jack Daniel, 493 words

Venezuela's Capriles says blocked at airport by armed gang

CARACAS - Venezuelan opposition leader and two-time presidential candidate Henrique Capriles says hooded and armed pro-government gang had surrounded the airport of Margarita island after he landed to prevent him and others on the flight leaving.(VENEZUELA-POLITICS/, moved, by Girish Gupta, 386 words)

AFRICA

Machar should not return to previous position in South Sudan - U.S. official

WASHINGTON - The United States does not believe South Sudan's former Deputy President Riek Machar should return to his former position in its government, given continuing instability in the country, Washington's special envoy for South Sudan says. (SOUTHSUDAN-USA/MACHAR (UPDATE 2), moved, by Patricia Zengerle, 574 words)

Gabon's Bongo shrugs off calls for vote recount

LIBREVILLE - Gabon's President Ali Bongo shrugs off growing international pressure to recount last week's disputed election, saying it is a matter for the constitutional court to decide. (GABON-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 3, PIX), moved, by Gerauds Wilfried Obangome, 546 words)

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