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Aid for Syria stuck with rising violence undermining truce

BEIRUT/CILVEGOZU, Turkey - Aid for the divided Syrian city of Aleppo is stuck on the Turkish border on the fifth day of a fragile ceasefire with rival factions arguing over how the supplies are to be delivered and violence increasingly undermining the truce. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA (PICTURE, TV), moved, by Lisa Barrington and Osman Orsal, 930 words)

+ See also:

- MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-USA, moved, 100 words

European leaders seek elusive "road map" after Brexit shock

BRATISLAVA - Reeling from Britain's decision to leave, the European Union's remaining 27 states meet to inject momentum into the ailing EU project, acknowledging deep divisions over the refugee crisis and the economy. (EU-SUMMIT/ (UPDATE 2, PICTURE, TV), moved, by Tatiana Jancarikova and Jason Hovet, 680 words)

Birther issue reborn: Trump to make statement on Obama birth

WASHINGTON - Republican Donald Trump says he plans to address President Barack Obama's citizenship, a day after he refused in a newspaper interview to say whether he believed Obama was born in the United States. (USA-ELECTION/ (PICTURE, TV), moved, 460 words)

Strong AfD showing in Berlin vote would be seen as Nazi rebirth -mayor

BERLIN - A double-digit score for the anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) in a Berlin city vote on Sunday will be seen around the world as the rebirth of the Nazis, the mayor of the German capital has warned. (GERMANY-ELECTION/ (PICTURE, TV), moved, 340 words)

MIDDLE EAST

Turkey detains four for suspected plot against British, German embassies -official

ANKARA/BERLIN - Turkish authorities detain four people in an investigation into a potential threat against British and German diplomatic missions but find no links to any terrorist groups, a Turkish official says. (TURKEY-SECURITY/BRITAIN (UPDATE 3, PICTURE), moved, by Orhan Coskun and Paul Carrel, 335 words)

EUROPE

Swedish court upholds Assange warrant, clears way for questioning in Oct

STOCKHOLM - A Swedish appeals court decide to uphold the arrest warrant for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, prolonging the six year long legal stand off with prosecutors and clearing the way for the Wikileaks founder to be questioned in London next month. (ECUADOR-SWEDEN/ASSANGE (UPDATE 1, TV), moved, 285 words)

British court approves U.S. request to extradite alleged FBI, Fed hacker

LONDON - A London court approve the extradition of a British man to the United States to face trial for hacking multiple high-security state computer systems, despite warnings he might commit suicide if sent to a U.S. jail. (BRITAIN-US/HACKER (PICTURE), moving shortly, by Peter Hobson, 295 words)

Former Italy president Ciampi, who guided euro entry, dies

ROME - Former Italian president, prime minister and central bank governor Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, who played a key role in guiding the country into the European single currency, has died (ITALY-CIAMPI/ (UPDATE 2, TV, PICTURE), moved, by Gavin Jones and Crispian Balmer, 670 words)

Deutsche Bank to fight $14 billion demand from U.S. authorities

FRANKFURT - Deutsche Bank says it will fight a $14 billion demand from the U.S. Department of Justice to settle claims it missold mortgage-backed securities, a shock bill that raises questions about the future of Germany's largest lender. (DEUTSCHE BANK-MORTGAGES/ (UPDATE 3, PICTURE), moved, by Arno Schuetze, 885 words)

UK's anti-EU party elects new leader as Brexit talisman Farage steps aside

BOURNEMOUTH, England - Britain's anti-European Union UK Independence Party elect deputy chairwoman Diane James its new leader to replace Brexit talisman Nigel Farage who stepped down after helping to win the referendum on EU membership in June. (BRITAIN-EU/UKIP (UPDATE 1, PICTURE), moved, 265 words)

Belgian brewery's pipe dream brings relief to medieval Bruges

BRUGES - A Belgian brewery is turning on the taps of a pipeline buried beneath the medieval city of Bruges to transport its beer to a bottling plant some 3 km (2 miles) away. (BELGIUM-BEER/PIPELINE (TV, PICTURE), moved, by Philip Blenkinsop, 445 words)

UNITED STATES

Polling places become battleground in U.S. voting rights fight

LINCOLN PARK, Ga., - Louis Brooks, 87, has walked to cast a vote at his neighborhood polling place in Georgia's predominantly black Lincoln Park neighborhood for five decades. But not this year. (USA-ELECTION/VOTE-PRECINCTS (INSIGHT, PICTURE), moved, by John Whitesides, 1,235 words)

+ See also:

- USA-ELECTION/TOOMEY (FEATURE, PICTURE), moved, by Joseph Ax, 880 words

ASIA

Suicide bomber kills at least 25 in Pakistani mosque

MOHMAND AGENCY/PESHAWAR - A suicide bomber shouts "Allahu akbar" and blows himself up in a packed mosque in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least 25 people and wounding 30 during Friday prayers, a local official says. (PAKISTAN-ATTACK/ (UPDATE 2), moved, by Shams Momand and Jibran Ahmad, 425 words)

Typhoon kills at least 11 in China and Taiwan; another on the way

SHANGHAI - The world's strongest storm this year kills at least 10 people in China when it hit the southeast coast, the government says, as rescuers scour flooded streets and work crews struggle to restore power to more than a million homes. (ASIA-STORM/CHINA (UPDATE 1, PICTURE, TV), moved, by John Ruwitch, 300 words)

CANADA

In triumph for Trudeau, China frees Canadian detained for years

OTTAWA - Kevin Garratt, a Canadian held in China for two years and charged with spying, returns to Canada in what is a diplomatic triumph for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. (CANADA-CHINA/GARRATT (UPDATE 4, PICTURE), moved, by David Ljunggren, 500 words)

AMERICAS

Millennials lead private media opening in Communist-run Cuba

HAVANA - A handful of independent, web-based news outlets in Cuba are chipping away at the Communist-run island's half-century state media monopoly, challenging the official version of reality. (CUBA-MEDIA/ (PICTURE, TV), moved, by Sarah Marsh, 1,180 words)

HEALTH

Study confirms Zika causes brain birth defects

LONDON - Early results from a crucial case-control study in Brazil confirm a direct causal link between Zika virus infection in pregnant women and the brain damaging birth defect microcephaly in their babies, scientists say. (HEALTH-ZIKA/MICROCEPHALY (PICTURE), moved, by Kate Kelland, 500 words)

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