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Italy quake death toll nears 250 as rescuers search demolished towns
AMATRICE, Italy - The death toll from a devastating earthquake in central Italy reach at least 241 people and could rise further after rescue teams worked through the night to try to find survivors under the rubble of flattened towns. (ITALY-QUAKE/ (UPDATE 4, PICTURE, TV, GRAPHIC), expect by 1430 GMT/10.30 AM ET, by Steve Scherer and Gabriele Pileri, 720 words)
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- ITALY-QUAKE/VOLUNTEERS (PICTURE, TV), moved, by Steve Scherer, 600 words
Turkey sends more tanks to Syria, demands Kurdish fighters retreat
KARKAMIS, Turkey - Turkey sends more tanks into northern Syria and demand Kurdish militia fighters retreat within a week as it seeks to secure the border region and drive back Islamic State with its first major incursion into its neighbor. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-TURKEY (UPDATE 2, TV, PICTURE, GRAPHICS), moved, by Humeyra Pamuk and Umit Bektas, 995 words)
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- MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA (UPDATE 1, TV), moved, by Stephanie Nebehay, 410 words
- MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-YPG (UPDATE 1), moved, 385 words
- MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-FRANCE, moved, 295 words
Gun, bomb attack on American University in Kabul kills 12 - police
KABUL - Twelve people, including seven students, are killed in an attack on the American University in Kabul that send hundreds of students fleeing in panic, police says, before the assault ended when two gunmen were shot dead. (AFGHANISTAN-UNIVERSITY/ATTACK (UPDATE 5, PICTURE, TV), moving shortly, by Mirwais Harooni and Hamid Shalizi, 670 words)
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- AFGHANISTAN-UNIVERSITY/ATTACK-USA, moved, 100 words
Brazil's Senate opens Rousseff's impeachment trial
BRASILIA - Brazil's Senate open the impeachment trial of suspended President Dilma Rousseff and will hear witnesses for and against the leftist leader who is expected to be removed from office next week on charges of breaking budget laws. (BRAZIL-IMPEACHMENT/ (UPDATE 1, PICTURE, TV), moved, by Anthony Boadle, 670 words)
EUROPE
France, the burkini and a "battle of cultures"
PARIS - French Prime Minister Manuel Valls defends a ban on burkinis in more than a dozen coastal towns, saying France is locked in a "battle of cultures" and that the full-body swimsuit symbolized the enslavement of women. (RELIGION-BURQA/FRANCE (TV, PICTURE), moved, by Richard Lough, 760 words)
Ancient Greece's restored Tower of Winds keeps its secrets
ATHENS - It is said to be the world's first weather station, to date back more than 2,000 years, and to have been used by merchants to tell the time - even in darkness. (GREECE-ARCHAEOLOGY/TOWEROFWINDS (TV, PICTURE), moved, by Karolina Tagaris and Phoebe Fronista, 600 words)
MIDDLE EAST
Iraqi parliament dismisses defense minister over corruption charges
BAGHDAD - Iraq's parliament dismiss Defence Minister Khaled al-Obeidi, a move that threatens to slow the U.S.-backed military's campaign against Islamic State militants in the country's north and west. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/IRAQ-POLITICS (UPDATE 1), moving shortly, 220 words)
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- MIDEAST-CRISIS/IRAQ-MOSUL, moved, 120 words
Egypt to replace 6 ministers after supplies minister quits -sources
CAIRO - Egypt's presidency will replace around half a dozen ministers after it accepts the resignation of the minister of supplies amid an investigation into accusations of graft, one government and one presidency source say. (EGYPT-POLITICS/RESHUFFLE (UPDATE 1), moving shortly)
Transparency, accountability, needed on Saudi air strikes in Yemen - UN
GENEVA - The United Nations human rights office call for more light to be shed on the Saudi-led coalition air strikes in Yemen and for violations including attacks on protected sites like hospitals to be punished. (YEMEN-SECURITY/UN (UPDATE 1), moved, by Stephanie Nebehay, 440 words)
AFRICA
Burundi president's commission says people want term limits removed
BUJUMBURA - Burundi could scrap presidential term limits from its constitution after a commission set up to hear public views on governance says most citizens want no curbs on the number of times the head of state may seek re-election. (BURUNDI-POLITICS/ (UPDATE 1), moved, by Clement Manirabarusha, 385 words)
UNITED STATES
Clinton to accuse Trump of embracing nativist political movement
PALO ALTO - Democrat Hillary Clinton will accuse Donald Trump of embracing a brand of U.S. political conservatism associated with white nationalism and nativism when she makes a Nevada campaign stop. (USA-ELECTION/CLINTON (PICTURE, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Amanda Becker, 455 words)
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- USA-ELECTION/BURR (TV, PICTURE), moved, by Dustin Volz, 845 words
- USA-ELECTION/TRUMP-CHINA (UPDATE 2, TV), moved, by Steve Holland, 290 words
AMERICAS
Poverty will hobble Colombia's anti-drugs push after peace deal
BOGOTA - Poverty will be one of President Juan Manuel Santos' biggest problems as he seeks to eliminate illegal drug production with the help of FARC rebels now that the two sides have agreed a peace deal to end half a century of conflict.(COLOMBIA-REBELS/CRIME (FEATURE, PICTURE), moving shortly, by Helen Murphy 1,080 words)
ASIA
Duterte accuses Philippine senator probing killings of taking drug money
MANILA - Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte accused a senator heading an inquiry into extra-judicial drug killings of taking bribes from jailed drug lords, which she immediately denied. (PHILIPPINES-DUTERTE/DRUGS, moved, 525 words)
N.Korea's Kim declares sub missile launch 'greatest success'
SEOUL - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervises the test-firing of a submarine-launched ballistic missile and declared it "the greatest success," which puts the country in the "front rank" of nuclear military powers, official media reports. (NORTHKOREA-MISSILES/ (UPDATE 2, TV, PICTURE), moved, by Jack Kim, 560 words)
ENVIRONMENT
Coastal land expands as construction outpaces sea level rise
OSLO - The Earth has gained coastal land equivalent to the size of Jamaica in the past 30 years with man-made construction outpacing erosion caused by rising sea levels, mapping data show. (CLIMATECHANGE-COASTS/ (PICTURE), moved, by Alister Doyle, 385 words)
SPORT
Putin calls ban on Russian Paralympic team "immoral"
MOSCOW - A ban on Russia's Paralympic team competing in Rio next month is cynical and immoral, President Vladimir Putin says, but he says that Moscow acknowledge mistakes it has made in tackling sports doping. (OLYMPICS-RIO/PUTIN (UPDATE 1, PICTURE, TV), moved, by Dmitry Solovyov, 355 words)
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