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Car bomb kills three, wounds 100 in eastern Turkey -sources

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey - At least three police officers are killed and about 100 people wounded by a car bomb at a police station in the eastern Turkish city of Elazig, security sources say, hours after a similar bombing killed three people elsewhere in the region. (TURKEY-BLAST/ (UPDATE 2), moved, 350 words)

Brazil police pull U.S. 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 in Rio de Janeiro at the weekend, after a judge raised doubts over their accounts. (OLYMPICS-RIO/LOCHTE (UPDATE 8), moved, by Rodrigo Viga and Daniel Flynn, 860 words)

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- OLYMPICS-RIO/BRITAIN-ROBBERY (UPDATE 1), moved, 325 words

Portion of major highway reopens as California wildfire rages

A portion of a major highway connecting Los Angeles and Las Vegas has been reopened, as a wildfire that forced the evacuation of some 80,000 Southern California residents continues to rage virtually unchecked. (CALIFORNIA-FIRE/ (TV, PICTURE), moved, 260 words)

Turkey seeks arrest of coup suspects as focus turns to business

ISTANBUL - Turkish police issue 187 arrest warrants and raid some 200 homes and workplaces as their investigation into last month's failed military coup shift towards the business community, media report. (TURKEY-SECURITY/ (UPDATE 1), moved, by Ayla Jean Yackley, 345 words)

SPECIAL REPORT

Enslaved in Libya: One woman's extraordinary escape from Islamic State

Islamic State fighters in Libya have abducted at least 540 refugees in six separate ambushes over the past 18 months. This is one woman's story (EUROPE-MIGRANTS/SLAVES (SPECIAL REPORT, MAP, PICTURE), expect by 1130 GMT/0730 AM ET, by Selam Gebrekidan, 4,200 words)

AFRICA

S. Sudan opposition leader has left country to escape govt forces -spokesman

JUBA - South Sudan's former vice president and opposition leader Riek Machar has left the country to escape government forces who are pursuing him since he withdrew from the capital during fierce fighting over a month ago, his spokesman says.(SOUTHSUDAN-SECURITY/ (UPDATE 2), moved, by Denis Dumo, 345 words)

MIDDLE EAST

UN Syria envoy bemoans lack of aid deliveries, seeks Aleppo truce

GENEVA - United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura says no aid convoys have reached besieged areas of Syria for the past month and he has abruptly suspended a humanitarian task force for the day out as a signal to major powers. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-UN (UPDATE 1, TV), moving shortly, 180 words)

EUROPE

Syrian refugees in discarded holiday homes dream of anything but Greece

MYRSINI, Greece - A small house close to the beach in western Greece is replete with a small rose garden, flowers in a vase, a thatched roof and a kennel, all created by its newly arrived refugee occupants. (EUROPE-MIGRANTS/GREECE-VILLAGE (PICTURE), moved, by Michele Kambas, 800 words)

+ See also:

- EUROPE-MIGRANTS/SERBIA-BORDER, moved, 305 words

British shoppers defy Brexit shock as spending jumps in July

LONDON - Shoppers in Britain shrugged off June's shock Brexit vote as retail sales jumped by much more than expected last month, adding to signs there has been little immediate hit for consumers. (BRITAIN-EU/ECONOMY (UPDATE 1, PICTURE), moved, by Andy Bruce and William Schomberg, 530 words)

Britain seeks to fight the fat with soft drinks sugar levy

LONDON - Britain launch a strategy aimed at curbing childhood obesity by taxing companies which sell sugar-laced soft drinks and investing that money in programs to encourage physical activity and balanced diets for school children. (BRITAIN-OBESITY/TAX (UPDATE 1), moving shortly, by Kate Kelland, 485 words)

ASIA

Australian state leader offers to house stranded asylum seekers

SYDNEY - The premier of Western Australia state, a member of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's Liberal Party, offers to accept refugees from Australian-funded offshore detention centers amid a growing scandal about conditions for the 1,350 people held in the camps. (AUSTRALIA-ASYLUM/ (UPDATE 1, PICTURE, TV), moved, by Matt Siegel, 575 words)

Myanmar's Suu Kyi meets China PM, due to sign deals on hospitals, bridge

BEIJING/YANGON - China and Myanmar are set to sign deals to build a strategic bridge near their border and two hospitals in the Southeast Asian country, a Myanmar official says, as leader Aung San Suu Kyi met government leaders in Beijing. (CHINA-MYANMAR/ (UPDATE 1), moved, by Ben Blanchard and Aung Hla Tun, 410 words)

Mongolia raises interest rates in bid to stabilize tumbling currency

ULAANBAATAR - Mongolia raises its benchmark interest rates by 4.5 percentage points to 15 percent, the central bank says, as it struggles to stabilize a currency that has been in free-fall. (MONGOLIA-ECONOMY/ (UPDATE 1), moved, 385 words)

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