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Kurds vs Syrian army battle intensifies, complicating multi-fronted war

BEIRUT - Fighting between the Syrian army and Kurdish forces intensifies, creating the risk of yet another front opening in Syria's civil war. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA (TV, PICTURES), moved, by Angus McDowall, 564 words)

Eight killed in blast at wedding in southeast Turkey -state media

ISTANBUL - Eight people were killed and 60 were wounded on Saturday in an attack on a wedding party in southern Turkey that a deputy prime minister said appeared to have been carried out by a suicide bomber. (TURKEY-BLAST/ (UPDATE 2, PIX), moved, 280 words)

U.S. to send delegation to Turkey for Gulen probe -Official

WASHINGTON - U.S. Justice and State Department officials will fly to Ankara to discuss government accusations against Fethullah Gulen, the exiled cleric Turkey accuses of masterminding a failed military coup, according to a Justice Department official. (TURKEY-SECURITY/USA (moved), 193 words)

U.S. withdraws staff from Saudi Arabia dedicated to Yemen planning

WASHINGTON - The U.S. military has withdrawn personnel from Saudi Arabia who were coordinating with the Saudi-led air campaign in Yemen and sharply reduced the number of staff elsewhere assisting in that planning. (YEMEN-SECURITY/USA-SAUDIARABIA (EXCLUSIVE, UPDATE 1, PIX), moved, by Phil Stewart, 645 words)

India appoints insider Urjit Patel as new central bank governor

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI - India's government promotes Urjit Patel, a deputy governor in charge of monetary policy at the Reserve Bank of India, to serve as its next governor for a three-year term (INDIA-CENBANK/GOVERNOR (UPDATE 3, PIX), moved, 600 words)

In Egypt, IMF deal brings austerity few can afford

CAIRO - A few years ago Imad would not have imagined himself queuing in the Cairo sun for a weekly ration of subsidized baby milk. But rising prices mean his civil servant's salary barely lasts the month and the government is tightening its belt further. (EGYPT-ECONOMY/IMF-REFORMS (PIX), moved, by Lin Noueihed, 1032 words)

MIDDLE EAST

Turkish parliament approves deal ending rift with Israel

ISTANBUL - Turkey's parliament approves a reconciliation agreement signed with Israel in June which has brought to an end a six-year rift between the two regional powers (TURKEY-ISRAEL/, moved, 230 words)

EUROPE

London mayor calls for Labour to ditch Corbyn as leader

LONDON - London's mayor has called on fellow members of Britain's opposition Labour Party to replace leader Jeremy Corbyn, saying his failure to drum up support for Britain remaining in the EU showed he could not command the backing of voters. (BRITAIN-LABOUR/ moved, 266 words)

UNITED STATES

Debris piles mark the start long road to recovery in flooded Louisiana

BATON ROUGE - Renee Deal still hopes to salvage the wedding photo album placed out to dry on Saturday in the carport of her flood-ravaged house in southern Louisiana. (USA-WEATHER/ (PIX, TV), by Sam Karlin, 371 words)

Firefighters make steady progress against California blaze

LOS ANGELES - Firefighters had a Southern California wildfire mostly surrounded on Saturday, after making significant progress in cooler temperatures overnight on a blaze that has destroyed 105 homes and forced widespread evacuations, officials said. (CALIFORNIA-FIRE/ (UPDATE 1, TV), moved, by Alex Dobuzinskis, 307 words)

Trump campaign manager Manafort resigns after troubled stretch

Paul Manafort resigns as chairman of Donald Trump's U.S. presidential campaign, no longer enjoying full confidence of Republican candidate who is trying to boost his flagging White House bid. (USA-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 6, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Steve Holland and Emily Flitter, 800 words)

Zika spreads to Miami Beach, U.S. expands travel warning

MIAMI/CHICAGO - U.S. health officials warn pregnant women not to travel to trendy Miami Beach after Florida confirms that mosquito-borne Zika virus is active in popular tourist destination. (HEALTH-ZIKA/MIAMI (UPDATE 5, PIX), moved, by Zachary Fagenson and Julie Steenhuysen, 700 words)

U.S. Army fudged its accounts by trillions of dollars, auditor finds

NEW YORK - U.S. Army's finances are so jumbled it had to make trillions of dollars of improper accounting adjustments to create illusion that its books are balanced. (USA-AUDIT/ARMY, moved, by Scot J. Paltrow, 784 words)

AMERICAS

Police massacre on ranch leaves deep scars in Mexican town

An ambush that a government body now admits was an act of abuse by federal police deeply scarred Ocotlan in western Mexico, which lost dozens of young men who had joined a powerful drug gang for money and adventure but instead found an early grave. (MEXICO-POLICE/ (PIX, TV), moved, by Lizbeth Diaz and Frank Jack Daniel, 834 words)

(Editing by Dan Grebler)

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