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Brazil police pull U.S. Olympic swimmers from flight amid robbery probe
RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazilian police stop two U.S. Olympic swimmers from boarding a flight home to question them about how they and two team mates were robbed at gunpoint at the weekend, after a judge raises doubts over their accounts. (OLYMPICS-RIO/LOCHTE (UPDATE 7), moved, by Rodrigo Viga and Daniel Flynn, 762 words)
- OLYMPICS-RIO-BASKETBALL/ (WRAPUP 1, PIX), moved, by Steve Keating, 473 words
- OLYMPICS-RIO/FUNDING (UPDATE 1), moved, by Jeb Blount and Rodrigo Viga Gaier, 390 words)
- OLYMPICS-RIO/ARREST (UPDATE 5, PICTURES, TV), moved, by Rodrigo Viga and Ossian Shine, 675 words)
- OLYMPICS-RIO/HIGHLIGHTS (HIGHLIGHTS, PIX), moved, 1,220 words
BREAKING NEWS-Turkish police detain several in post-coup raids
ISTANBUL - Turkish police raid more than 100 places in Istanbul at dawn and arrest several people in an investigation into last month's failed coup. (TURKEY-SECURITY/RAIDS, moved, 166 words)
- TURKEY-SECURITY/ (UPDATE 5, PICTURES, TV), moved, by Daren Butler, 860 words
Southern California wildfire rages unchecked after evacuations
LOS ANGELES - A Southern California wildfire rages virtually unchecked in thick brush after destroying dozens of houses near a highway corridor between Los Angeles and Las Vegas and forcing as many as 80,000 residents to flee their homes. (CALIFORNIA-FIRE/ (UPDATE 4, PIX, TV), moved, by Alex Dobuzinskis, 528 words)
Trump hires 'street fighter' in new shakeup of White House campaign
U.S. Republican Donald Trump overhauls his presidential campaign team for the second time in less than two months, hiring the head of a conservative news website to bolster his combative image and try to reverse poor opinion poll numbers. (USA-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 9, PICTURES, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Steve Holland and Emily Flitter, 990 words)
- USA-CYBER/DEMOCRATS (UPDATE 1, PICTURES), moved, by Mark Hosenball, Dustin Volz and John Walcott, 580 words
- USA-ELECTION/CLINTON-DOCUMENTS (UPDATE 2), moved, by Susan Cornwell, 504 words
MIDDLE EAST
Russia, spurning U.S. censure, launches second day of Syria strikes from Iran
MOSCOW - Russia launches a second day of air strikes against Syrian militants from an Iranian air base, rejecting U.S. suggestions its cooperation with Tehran might violate U.N. a resolution as illogical and incorrect. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/RUSSIA-IRAN (UPDATE 3, PICTURES, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Alexander Winning and Andrew Osborn, 430 words)
ASIA
Australia, Hanoi at odds over 50th anniversary of Vietnam War battle
SYDNEY - An Australian ceremony to commemorate the 50th anniversary of a Vietnam War battle has soured into a diplomatic spat after Vietnam restricts access to the site at Long Tan. (VIETNAM-ANNIVERSARY/AUSTRALIA (TV), moved, by Matt Siegel, 282 words)
Australian state leader offers to house stranded asylum seekers
SYDNEY - The premier of Western Australia state, a member of conservative Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's Liberal Party, has offered to accept refugees from Australian-funded asylum seeker detention centers amid growing concern about conditions at the camps. (AUSTRALIA-ASYLUM/ (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), moved, by Matt Siegel, 528 words)
Vietnam bans Pokemon Go from government, defense sites
HANOI - Vietnam has banned players of the game Pokemon Go from the offices of its government and ruling Communist Party, besides defense locations, as thousands of its citizens get swept up in the frenzy to capture virtual cartoon characters. (NINTENDO-POKEMON/VIETNAM (PIX), moved, by Ho Binh Minh, 310 words)
AMERICAS
Haiti to fund $55 mln new try at elections after results scrapped
PORT-AU-PRINCE - Haiti says it will spend $55 million on a new election after the results of the last vote were scrapped, with most of the money to be drawn from the poor Caribbean nation's own coffers as foreign donors are reluctant to pay again. (HAITI-ELECTION, moved, by Makini Brice and Joseph Guyler Delva, 380 words)
EUROPE
German police find IS items at home of man arrested for explosives
BERLIN - A man arrested in Germany on suspicion of storing materials that can be used as explosives had items in his apartment glorifying Islamic State, the regional police chief tells broadcaster rbb. (EUROPE-ATTACKS/GERMANY-EXPLOSIVES (UPDATE 2, TV), moved, by Andrea Shalal, Michael Nienaber and Michelle Martin, 340 words)
- TURKEY-SECURITY/GERMANY (UPDATE 3), moved, by Tulay Karadeniz, Michael Nienaber and Michelle Martin, 490 words
ENTERTAINMENT
'Love Story' director Arthur Hiller dies at 92
Versatile and prolific Canadian film director Arthur Hiller, whose sentimental "Love Story" starring Ali MacGraw and Ryan O'Neal was the biggest hit of 1970 and stands as one of the most popular romantic movies ever made, dies at the age of 92. (PEOPLE-ARTHURHILLER/ (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), moved, by Will Dunham, 860 words)
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