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Trump rails against press in response to reports of chaos
FAIRFIELD - Donald Trump repeats his attack on President Barack Obama that he helped "found" Islamic State and rails against media reports that his campaign is failing, at a campaign rally in Connecticut, a state where he has a long shot of being victorious. (USA-ELECTION/ (PIX, TV), moved, by Ginger Gibson, 402 words)
Muslim cleric and "associate" fatally shot in New York
NEW YORK - A Muslim cleric and a second man are fatally shot by lone gunman while walking together following afternoon prayers at a mosque in the New York City borough of Queens, authorities say. (NEW YORK-SHOOTING/ (UPDATE 4, PIX), moved, by Frank McGurty, 400 words)
Turkey: No compromise with U.S. on cleric's extradition
ISTANBUL - Turkey will not compromise with Washington over the extradition of the Islamic cleric it accuses of orchestrating a failed coup, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim says, warning of rising anti-Americanism if the United States fails to extradite Fethullah Gulen. (TURKEY-SECURITY/ (UPDATE 2), moved, by Humeyra Pamuk, 840 words)
Thousands return to Syria's Manbij after IS militants flee
BEIRUT - Thousands of displaced residents stream back into the northern Syrian city of Manbij near the Turkish border after U.S.-backed fighters oust the last Islamic State militants from their old stronghold, residents and U.S. allies say. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-MANBIJ, moved, by Suleiman Al-Khalidi, 600 words)
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(MIDEAST-CRISIS/IRAQ-MOSUL, (UPDATE 1, TV, PIX, moved, by Saif Hameed, 263 words)
Thai police find more unexploded bombs following coordinated blasts
BANGKOK - Thai police find and defuse five explosive devices that had failed to detonate when an as yet unidentified group carried out a series of deadly bomb attacks on popular tourist spots late last week. (THAILAND-SECURITY/BLAST (UPDATE 3, TV, PIX, GRAPHIC) moved, by Wirat Buranakanokthanasan and Pairat Temphairojana, 600 words
ASIA
MANILA - Bangladesh's central bank is withholding findings of investigations into the cyber theft of $81 million from its account at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to avoid tipping off the "foreign perpetrators" of the hack, the central bank's lawyer says. (CYBER-HEIST/BANGLADESH-PHILIPPINES, moved, by Krishna N. Das and Karen Lema, 400 words)
UNITED STATES
Police shooting sparks protests in U.S. mid-West city
MILWAUKEE - Protesters hurl bricks, fire gunshots and set gas station on fire in Milwaukee hours after patrol officer shot and killed armed suspect during pursuit that followed a traffic stop, authorities say. (WISCONSIN-POLICE/ (UPDATE 3), moved, by Brendan O'Brien, 485 words)
EUROPE
Man with knife, flammable liquid injures 6 on Swiss train
ZURICH - A man armed with a knife and flammable fluid injures six people on a Swiss train in an attack that police say could have been a crime of passion and unlikely to have any link with terrorism. (SWISS-ATTACK/ (UPDATE 2), moved, 300 words)
Brexit could be delayed as govt departments not ready - newspaper
LONDON - Britain could leave the European Union towards the end of 2019, instead of early that year as expected by some politicians, reports the Sunday Times, citing sources who have been briefed by ministers that Brexit departments are not ready. (BRITAIN-EU/TIMING, moved, 205 words)
LONDON - Some UK shell companies under offshore control may be skirting new rules which were designed to clamp down on corruption and tax evasion by forcing businesses to reveal their true owners, a Reuters analysis of corporate filings shows. (BRITAIN-SHELLCOMPANIES/ (EXCLUSIVE, PIX), moved, by Tom Bergin, 1315 words
AFRICA
Zambia's Lungu ahead in early vote count, opposition cries foul
LUSAKA - President Edgar Lungu takes lead over his main rival in early counting from Zambia's presidential election, but main opposition says its count shows their candidate ahead and the vote may have been rigged. (ZAMBIA-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 2, TV, PIX), moved, by Chris Mfula and Stella Mapenzauswa, 559 words)
SPECIAL REPORT
How UK firms built pyramid scheme in China that lost millions
SHANGHAI, China - The London address helped draw Chinese investors to EuroFX. But the venture was not regulated in the United Kingdom. It was a scam that flourished in gaps between the national systems. (CHINA-INVESTMENT/EUROFX (SPECIAL REPORT, PIX, GRAPHIC), moved, by Engen Tham and Carolyn Cohn, 2,586 words)
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- CHINA-INVESTMENT/EUROFX-TIMELINE, moved, by Carolyn Cohn, 308 words
More airline outages seen, carriers grapple with aging technology
Airlines will likely suffer more disruptions like one that grounded about 2,000 Delta flights this week because major carriers do not invest enough to overhaul reservations systems based on technology dating to the 1960s, airline industry and technology experts tell Reuters. (DELTA AIR-OUTAGES/IT (ANALYSIS, PIX), moved, by Jeffrey Dastin and Jim Finkle, 1,148 words)
RIO OLYMPICS
All eyes on Bolt's first step towards 'triple-triple' history
RIO DE JANERIO - Four gold medals are up for grabs in athletics, but all eyes will be on the men's 100 meters, which Jamaica's Usain Bolt will need to win as the first step of his covered 'triple-triple' medal streak.(OLYMPICS-RIO-ATHLETICS/, expect by 0100 GMT Monday/2100 ET).
Farah reigns supreme, Thompson is new sprint queen
RIO DE JANEIRO - Elaine Thompson inherits mantle of Olympic 100 meters champion from fellow Jamaican Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce but Mo Farah simply refuses to relinquish his 10,000m crown as Briton recovers from a fall to retain his title. (OLYMPICS-RIO-ATHLETICS/WRAPUP 1, pix), moved, by Mitch Phillips, 683 words)
From green pool to missing pontoon, Rio organizers face problems
RIO DE JANEIRO - Olympics organizers battle an array of persistent problems as the Games enter their second week, from a sickly green diving pool to competitors taken to the wrong venue and a long-distance swimming pontoon swept away by the waves. (OLYMPICS-RIO/ (PIX, TV), moved, by Daniel Flynn, 550 words)
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