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Italy rescuers toil through night seeking quake survivors as death toll hits 159
ACCUMOLI, Italy - Rescue teams work through the night to try to find survivors under the rubble that remains of central Italian towns flattened by an earthquake that hit in the early hours, killing at least 159 people. (ITALY-QUAKE/ (PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Steve Scherer, 623 words)
Afghan forces kill two gunmen to end American University attack
KABUL - Afghan security forces kill two gunmen who attacked the American University in Kabul, police say, ending an assault on the compound that killed at least one person and sent students fleeing in panic. (AFGHANISTAN-UNIVERSITY/ATTACK (UPDATE 2, PIX, TV), moved, by Mirwais Harooni and Hamid Shalizi, 605 words)
Brexit leader Nigel Farage gives Trump support
JACKSON, Miss. - Nigel Farage, a leader of Britain's vote to leave the European Union, lends his support to Republican presidential nominee, saying Donald Trump represents the same type of anti-establishment movement that he masterminded. (USA-ELECTION/ (WRAPUP 3, PIX, TV), moved, by Steve Holland, 690 words)
- USA-ELECTION/CLINTON-MYLAN NL (UPDATE 3), moved, by Ginger Gibson, 717 words
Turkish tanks roll into Syria, pushing Islamic State out of key border town
KARKAMIS, Turkey/ANKARA - Syrian rebels backed by Turkish special forces, tanks and warplanes enter one of Islamic State's last strongholds on Turkish-Syrian border, in Turkey's first major U.S.-backed incursion into its southern neighbor. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-TURKEY (WRAPUP 6, TV, PIX, GRAPHIC), moved, by Humeyra Pamuk and Jeff Mason, 1,226 words)
- MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-CHEMICALWEAPONS (UPDATE 5, GRAPHIC), moved, by Michelle Nichols, 759 words)
- MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-JORDAN (UPDATE 1), moved, by Suleiman Al-Khalidi, 340 words
ASIA
N.Korea's Kim declares missile launch from sub 'greatest success'
SEOUL - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervises a test-fire of a submarine-launched ballistic missile and declares it "the greatest success" that puts the country in the "front rank" of nuclear military powers, official media reports. (NORTHKOREA-MISSILES/ (UPDATE 1), moved, by Jack Kim, 254 words)
- NORTHKOREA-MISSILES/UN (UPDATE 2), moved, 165 words
MIDDLE EAST
Iran vessels make 'high speed intercept' of U.S. ship -U.S. official
WASHINGTON - Four of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps vessels "harassed" a U.S. warship near the Strait of Hormuz, a U.S. defense official says, amid Washington's concerns about Iran's posture in the Gulf and in the Syrian civil war. (USA-IRAN/MILITARY (UPDATE 3), moved, by Idrees Ali, 398 words)
Kerry tackles Yemen, Syrian conflicts in Saudi Arabia talks
JEDDAH - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry holds talks with Saudi Arabia's powerful deputy crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, on ways to end Yemen's conflict and resume peace talks between the warring sides. (USA-KERRY/SAUDI, moved, by Lesley Wroughton, 509 words)
AMERICAS
Colombia, FARC sign final deal to end five decades of bloodshed
HAVANA - Colombia's government and leftist FARC rebels sign a final peace deal to end a 50-year-old guerrilla war, one of the world's longest conflicts which took the resource-rich country to the brink of collapse. (COLOMBIA-REBELS/ (UPDATE 4, PIX, TV), moved, by Nelson Acosta, 642 words)
- COLOMBIA-REBELS/ECONOMY, moved, by Dion Rabouin, 440 words
Cabinet missteps test Canadian PM Trudeau's teflon image
OTTAWA - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is knocked off message as he marshals his cabinet back to work this week, distracted by recent spending miscues involving top ministers in the first major wobble of his Liberal government. (CANADA-TRUDEAU/ (PIX), moved, by Andrea Hopkins, 529 words)
AFRICA
South African finance minister says will not meet police, assets extend slump
JOHANNESBURG - South African assets slump further after Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan says he will not appear before police who request him to meet them over investigation of suspected rogue spy unit in tax service. (SAFRICA-GORDHAN/ (UPDATE 3, PIX), moved, by Mfuneko Toyana, 804 words)
Without aid, 49,000 children will die this year in northeast Nigeria - UN
LAGOS - Nearly half a million children around Lake Chad face "severe acute malnutrition" due to drought and a seven-year insurgency by Islamist militant group Boko Haram in northeastern Nigeria, UNICEF says. (NIGERIA-SECURITY/AID (TV), moved, by Ed Cropley, 348 words)
EUROPE
Merkel urges judicious moves by remaining EU states after Brexit vote
TALLINN - Twenty-seven countries that will remain in European Union after Britain leaves must listen to each other carefully and avoid rushing into policy decisions, German Chancellor Angela Merkel says. (EUROPE-BRITAIN/GERMANY-MERKEL (UPDATE 2), moved, 406 words)
SCIENCE
Scientists find Earth-like planet circling sun's nearest neighbor
Scientists discover planet that appears to be similar to Earth circling star closest to sun, potentially major step in quest to find out if life exists elsewhere in universe, research shows. (SPACE-PLANET/ (PIX, TV), moved, by Irene Klotz, 663 words)
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