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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)
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- USA-ELECTION/CYBER-DEMOCRATS, moved, 330 words
U.S. withdraws staff from Saudi Arabia dedicated to Yemen planning
WASHINGTON - The U.S. military has withdrawn from Saudi Arabia its personnel who were coordinating with the Saudi-led air campaign in Yemen, and sharply reduced the number of staff elsewhere who were assisting in that planning. (YEMEN-SECURITY/USA-SAUDIARABIA (EXCLUSIVE, UPDATE 1, PIX), moved, by Phil Stewart, 645 words)
Turkey takes aim at bank inspectors, financing in latest purge
ISTANBUL - Turkish authorities detain dozens of bank inspectors and academics and government vows to cut off financing to companies suspected of having ties to failed military coup. (TURKEY-SECURITY/ (UPDATE 2, PIX), moved, by Ebru Tuncay and Tuvan Gumrukcu, 535 words)
Russian cruise missiles target Syria
BEIRUT/MOSCOW - Russian warships in Mediterranean Sea fire cruise missiles at targets near Aleppo, further sign of Moscow's broadening military effort in Syria days after it begins to fly bombing missions from air base in Iran. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA (WRAPUP 2, PIX, TV), moved, 977 words)
- MIDEAST-CRISIS/USA-AIRCRAFT (UPDATE 4), moved, by Idrees Ali, 385 words
RIO OLYMPICS
BREAKING NEWS-Bolt seals triple-triple as Jamaica win sprint relay
RIO DE JANEIRO - Usain Bolt secures sweep of the three men's sprint titles for a third successive Olympics when Jamaica successfully defends their 4x100 meters relay title in 37.27 seconds. (OLYMPICS-RIO-ATHLETICS-M-RELAY100M/, moved, 100 words)
Lochte apologizes, teammate pays fine for lying to Brazil police
MIAMI/RIO DE JANEIRO - U.S. Olympic gold medalist swimmer Ryan Lochte issues apology and teammate Jimmy Feigen agrees to pay $11,000 to charity after Brazilian police say they lied about being robbed at gunpoint. (OLYMPICS-RIO/LOCHTE (WRAPUP 2, PIX, TV), moved, by Cassandra Garrison and Caroline Stauffer, 700 words)
- OLYMPICS-RIO/LOCHTE-BRAZIL (PIX), moved, by Daniel Flynn and Brad Brooks, 784 words
- OLYMPICS-RIO/SWIMMERS-IOC (UPDATE 1), moved, by Karolos Grohmann, 320 words
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UNITED STATES
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)
EUROPE
Putin flies into Crimea amid war games and tension
BELBEK AIR BASE, Crimea/MOSCOW - Vladimir Putin flies into annexed Crimea day after staging war games there and says he hopes Ukraine will see "common sense" when it comes to resolving diplomatic crisis over peninsula. (UKRAINE-CRISIS/PUTIN (UPDATE 1, TV, PIX), moved, by Olesya Astakhova and Andrew Osborn, 559 words)
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