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Brazil casts aside crisis in rousing Rio Games opening

RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazil unfurled a vast canvas celebrating its rainforest and the creative energy of its wildly diverse population in welcoming the world on Friday to the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, all to the pounding beat of samba, bossa nova and funk. (OLYMPICS-RIO/OPENING (UPDATE 4, PIX, TV, GRAPHICS), moved, by Mary Milliken and Caroline Stauffer, 865 words)

- OLYMPICS-RIO/OPENING (PIX, TV), moved, by Mary Milliken and Brad Haynes, 457 words

- OLYMPICS-RIO/OPENING-NBC (PICTURES), moved, 311 words

- OLYMPICS-RIO/STEPANOVA (UPDATE 2, PIX), moved, by Mitch Phillips, 452 words

Singapore calls for vigilance after "rocket attack" plot foiled

BATAM - Singapore called for heightened vigilance on Saturday, a day after Indonesian police arrested a group of men they believed were plotting a rocket attack on the wealthy city-state with the help of a Syrian-based Islamic State militant. (INDONESIA-SECURITY/SINGAPORE (PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Kanupriya Kapoor, 757 words)

Turkish military overhaul will be in line with NATO framework - defense minister

ANKARA - Turkish plans to restructure its armed forces are aimed at eliminating possibility of another coup attempt and moves will be in line with structure and spirit of NATO alliance, Turkey's defense minister says. (TURKEY-SECURITY/DEFENCE (UPDATE 1, INTERVIEW, TV, PIX), moved, by Gulsen Solaker and Ece Toksabay, 341 words)

Trump, looking to right campaign ship, endorses Ryan, senators

GREEN BAY, Wis./WASHINGTON - Republican Donald Trump moves to steer his White House campaign back into favor with his party's establishment by endorsing U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan and two Republican senators seeking re-election, after expressing coolness toward them earlier this week. (USA-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 4, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), by Emily Stephenson and James Oliphant, 1,001 words)

- USA-ELECTION/TRUMP-ECONOMY (PIX), moved, 700 words

- USA-ELECTION/TRUMP-ADVISERS (UPDATE 1, FACTBOX, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, 1142 words

ASIA

Japan remembers Hiroshima, urges world to follow Obama and visit

TOKYO - Japan marked the 71st anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima on Saturday as its mayor urged world leaders to follow in U.S. President Barack Obama's footsteps and visit, and ultimately rid the world of nuclear arms. (JAPAN-HIROSHIMA/ (TV, PIX), moved, by Kiyoshi Takenaka, 400 words)

Bangladesh says Philippines President commits to return heist money funneled via Manila

MANILA - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte gives commitment that $81 million stolen by cyber criminals from account of Bangladesh Bank in New York and funneled through bank accounts in Manila will be returned, Bangladesh ambassador to Philippines says. (CYBER-HEIST/BANGLADESH-PHILIPPINES (UPDATE 3, PIX), moved, by Krishna N. Das, Karen Lema and Neil Jerome Morales, 696 words)

Afghan tourism bring reward as well as risk; government urges caution

KABUL - When police stopped a van that was traveling across central Afghanistan to the western city of Herat, they were in for a big surprise: it was full of Western tourists. (AFGHANISTAN-TOURISM/, moved, by Josh Smith and Hamid Shalizi, 885 words)

Gunmen kill 13 in market in India's northeast Assam state

GUWAHATI - Gunmen in military uniforms sprayed bullets and flung grenades into a crowded market in northeast India on Friday, killing at least 13 people in a rampage authorities blamed on a regional separatist group. (INDIA-ATTACK/ (UPDATE 3, TV), moved, by Biswajyoti Das, 382 words)

AMERICAS

EXCLUSIVE-Stiglitz quits Panama Papers probe, cites lack of transparency

BUENOS AIRES - The committee set up to investigate lack of transparency in Panama's financial system itself lacks transparency, Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz told Reuters on Friday after resigning from the "Panama Papers" commission. (PANAMA-TAX/ (UPDATE 4, EXCLUSIVE), moved, by Hugh Bronstein and Gram Slattery, 533 words)

UNITED STATES

How Big Coal summoned Wall Street and faced a whirlwind

ALKOL, W.Va. - Over 40 years, West Virginia's Hobet coal mine evolves from family-run upstart to site bought and sold in rapid corporate shuffle. Site's transformation symbolizes change in industry once known for dangerous work, but now for corporate buyouts that have coal on edge. (USA-COAL/HOBET (PIX), moved, by Patrick Rucker, 2,642 words)

Obama prepares to boost U.S. military's cyber role -sources

WASHINGTON - Obama administration is preparing to elevate stature of Pentagon's Cyber Command, signaling more emphasis on developing cyber weapons to deter attacks, punish intruders into U.S. networks and tackle adversaries such as Islamic State, current and former officials tell Reuters. (USA-CYBER/ (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved, by Warren Strobel, 704 words)

U.S. closer to using genetically modified mosquitoes that could fight Zika

CHICAGO - United States takes another step toward clearing way for trial of genetically modified mosquitoes in Florida as way of reducing populations of mosquitoes that carry Zika virus. (HEALTH-ZIKA/USA (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved, by Julie Steenhuysen, 659 words)

AFRICA

South Africa's ANC faces worst election losses since apartheid

PRETORIA - South Africa's ANC is on track for its worst electoral performance since end of apartheid as voters vent anger about high unemployment and corruption in municipal elections that herald sea change in politics and society. (SAFRICA-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 3, PIX, TV), moved, by Nqobile Dludla and Tanisha Heiberg, 915 words)

EUROPE

Stop the presses: Last two journalists leave London's Fleet Street

LONDON - Three decades after media mogul Rupert Murdoch instigates its demise as centuries-old home of Britain's newspaper industry, London's Fleet Street bids farewell to its last two journalists. (BRITAIN-FLEETSTREET/ (PIX, TV), moved, by Michael Holden, 808 words)

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