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Unbeatable Bolt signs off Rio Olympics with triple-triple

RIO DE JANEIRO - Usain Bolt draws down the curtain on his brilliant Olympic career by securing a sweep of the sprint titles for a third successive Games when Jamaica successfully defends the 4x100 meters relay crown in Rio. (OLYMPICS-RIO-ATHLETICS-M-RELAY100M/ (WRAPUP 1, PIX), moved, by Nick Mulvenney, 600 words)

- OLYMPICS-RIO-ATHLETICS/BOLT-RIVALS (PIX), moved, 350 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)

- USA-ELECTION/CLINTON-LAWSUIT (UPDATE 1), moved, by Jonathan Allen, 390 words

- 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WASHINGTON - The U.S. military has withdrawn personnel from Saudi Arabia who were coordinating with the Saudi-led air campaign in Yemen and sharply reduced the number of staff elsewhere assisting in that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)

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)

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)

RIO OLYMPICS

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/PARALYMPICS, moved, 300 words

MIDDLE EAST

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

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

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)

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