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Republican Party chief angered by Trump's refusal to back House speaker
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump's White House campaign is in turmoil, with senior Republican Party official furious over his criticism of dead soldier's family and his refusal to back re-election campaign of House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan. (USA-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 4, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moving shortly, by Doina Chiacu and Steve Holland, 800 words)
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- USA-ELECTION/GOLDSTAR-MUSLIM (PIX), moved, by Lucas Jackson and Barbara Goldberg, 695 words
- USA-ELECTION/CLINTON-ETHANOL (PIX, GRAPHIC), moved, by Valerie Volcovici and Rory Carroll, 681 words
U.S. health researchers launch Zika vaccine clinical trial
WASHINGTON - U.S. government researchers say they begin their first clinical trial of Zika vaccine as concerns over mosquito-borne virus mount after first cases of local transmission in continental United States. (HEALTH-ZIKA/USA (PIX, TV), moving shortly, by Will Dunham, 690 words)
All onboard escape Emirates jet blaze, one firefighter dead
DUBAI - Emirates jetliner arriving from India catches fire after slumping onto runway in Dubai, bringing world's busiest international airport to halt for several hours and killing one firefighter. (EMIRATES-AIRPLANE/CRASH (UPDATE 6, TV, PIX), moving shortly, by Noah Browning, 800 words)
Turkey sees swift overhaul of intelligence agency, gendarmerie after coup
ANKARA/ISTANBUL - Turkey will soon complete overhaul of its intelligence agency and make new appointments to its gendarmerie as it tries to rid its security apparatus of followers of U.S.-based cleric blamed for attempted coup, officials say. (TURKEY-SECURITY/SCIENCE (UPDATE 3), moved, by Ece Toksabay and Tuvan Gumrukcu, 748 words)
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- TURKEY-SECURITY/APP (PIX), moved, by Eric Auchard and Humeyra Pamuk, 779 words
SPECIAL REPORT
'Massive' breach exposes hundreds of new SAT questions
BOSTON - Just months after College Board unveils new SAT, person with access to material for upcoming versions of redesigned exam provides Reuters with hundreds of confidential test items. Questions and answers include 21 reading passages - each with about dozen questions - and about 160 math problems. Independent testing specialists briefed on matter say breach represents one of the more serious security lapses that comes to light in history of college-admissions testing. (COLLEGE-SAT/SECURITY (SPECIAL REPORT, PIX), moved, by Renee Dudley, 1,923 words)
RIO OLYMPICS
Torch sails in to Rio ahead of Games' Friday opening
RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazilian sailors deliver Olympic torch to Rio de Janeiro's mayor, two days before South America's first Olympic Games open. (OLYMPICS-RIO/ (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), expect by 1900 GMT/3 PM ET, by Pedro Fonseca, 400 words)
A silver lining in Rio despite pre-Games gloom and doom
RIO DE JANEIRO - Before every Olympics, litany of doomsday predictions play out. In Brazil, slew of problems indeed make many question success of upcoming Games in Rio de Janeiro. But with arrival of as many as 500,000 foreign visitors, familiar sense of anticipation and festivity lead many to come to another realization: Things might actually go OK. (OLYMPICS-RIO/OPTIMISM (PIX, TV), moved, by Paulo Prada and Stephen Eisenhammer, 822 words)
Favela battle rages in Rio ahead of Olympic torch's arrival
RIO DE JANEIRO - Heavily armed Brazilian police battle drug traffickers in Rio de Janeiro slum, just two days before start of Olympic Games in reminder of security struggles of host city. (OLYMPICS-RIO/VIOLENCE (PIX, TV), moved, 310 words)
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- OLYMPICS-RIO/DOPING-SAILING (UPDATE 1), moved, by Ossian Shine, 346 words
WIDER IMAGE
Venezuelan women seek sterilizations as crisis sours child-rearing
CARACAS - Venezuela's food shortages, inflation and crumbling medical sector become such source of anguish that growing number of young women are reluctantly opting for sterilizations rather than face hardship of pregnancy and child-rearing. (VENEZUELA-STERILIZATIONS/ (WIDER IMAGE, PIX), moved, by Alexandra Ulmer, 1,137 words)
UNITED STATES
Washington police officer charged with helping Islamic State
WASHINGTON - Transit police officer is arrested on charges he attempts to provide material support to Islamic State, U.S. Justice Department says, first member of law enforcement facing such charges involving government-designated terrorist group. (USA-JUSTICE/OFFICER (UPDATE 2), moved, by Julia Harte, 426 words)
ASIA
Latest North Korea missile launch lands near Japan waters, alarms Tokyo
SEOUL - North Korea launches ballistic missile that lands in or near Japanese-controlled waters for first time, latest in series of launches by isolated country in defiance of U.N. Security Council resolutions. (NORTHKOREA-MISSILE/ (UPDATE 5, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Ju-min Park and James Pearson, 511 words)
Regional tensions test Japan's new defense minister on first day
TOKYO - Tomomi Inada will have precious little time to settle into her new job as Japan's defense minister, as events on her first day in the office underline. (JAPAN-POLITICS/CABINET-DEFENCE (PIX, GRAPHIC), moved, by Tim Kelly and Kiyoshi Takenaka, 676 words)
India's landmark tax reform clears parliamentary hurdle
NEW DELHI - India's upper house of parliament backs major tax reform that seeks to transform country into common market, though opposition benches urge Finance Minister Arun Jaitley not to overtax businesses and consumers. (INDIA-TAX/PARLIAMENT (UPDATE 1, GRAPHICS), moved, by Rajesh Kumar Singh, 577 words)
MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA
Hezbollah sees no immediate end to Syria war, partition in Iraq and Syria a possible outcome
BEIRUT - Lebanon's Hezbollah says partition of Iraq and Syria is possible outcome of sectarian fighting across region and there is no prospect of any end to war in Syria until after November's U.S. presidential election. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-HEZBOLLAH (INTERVIEW, PIX), moved, by Samia Nakhoul, Laila Bassam and Suleiman Al-Khalidi, 937 words)
Tunisian president names technocrat as prime minister
TUNIS - Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi names little-known technocrat as prime minister after parliament ousts Habib Essid in vote of no-confidence over his handling of economic reforms and security. (TUNISIA-POLITICS/ (UPDATE 2, PIX, TV), moved, by Tarek Amara, 444 words)
AFRICA
South African vote tests ANC hold on cities, Zuma in focus
JOHANNESBURG/PRETORIA - Polls close and tally begins for South African local elections that could see ruling African National Congress and its scandal-hit leader lose control of key cities for first time since end of apartheid. (SAFRICA-ELECTION/ UPDATE 4, PIX, TV), moving shortly, by Nqobile Dludla and Mfuneko Toyana, 600 words)
EUROPE
Russian mayor who took on Kremlin party jailed before elections
MOSCOW - Russian court sentences former mayor and vocal critic of President Vladimir Putin's allies to 12 1/2 years in jail in graft case liberal opposition says is trumped up to end its fledgling success in regions. (RUSSIA-MAYOR/PRISON (PIX), moved, by Andrew Osborn, 448 words)
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