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Turkish army pounds north Syria, monitor says 20 civilians killed
KARKAMIS, Turkey - A group monitoring the Syrian war says that Turkish air strikes and artillery attacks killed at least 20 civilians and wounded dozens more on Sunday, the fifth day of Turkey's cross-border campaign cast as targeting Islamic State and Kurdish forces. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA (UPDATE 2, PIX, TV), expect by 1200/8 AM ET, by Umit Bektas, 600 words)
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- MIDEAST-CRISIS/KERRY-LAVROV (UPDATE 4, TV, PIX), moved, by Lesley Wroughton and Stephanie Nebehay, 534 words)
- MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-UN (UPDATE 1), moved, 341 words)
Trump vows crackdown on immigrants who overstay visas
DES MOINES, Iowa - U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, seeking to quiet criticism from conservatives, offers fresh details of how he would tackle illegal immigration, saying he would crack down on those who overstay their visas. (USA-ELECTION/ (PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Emily Stephenson, 438 words)
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- CHICAGO-CRIME/WADE (CORRECTED, UPDATE 1, PIX), moved, 470 words)
L'Aquila is grim reminder of struggle facing Italy's quake-hit towns
L'AQUILA, Italy - Seven years after being devastated by an earthquake that killed over 300 people, L'Aquila's abandoned city center is a stark reminder of the struggle facing Italian towns hit by a quake last week. Scaffolding still covers the city's Baroque buildings, the skyline is dominated by cranes and many areas remain cordoned off. (ITALY-QUAKE/RECONSTRUCTION (PIX), moved, by Gavin Jones, 900 words)
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- ITALY-QUAKE/ (UPDATE 3, PIX, TV), by Iona Serrapica and Gabriele Pileri, 781 words
Global central bankers, stuck at zero, unite in plea for help from govts
JACKSON HOLE, Wyo. - Central bankers in charge of the vast bulk of the world's economy delved deep into the weeds of money markets and interest rates over a three-day conference here, and emerged with a common plea to their colleagues in the rest of government: please help. (USA-FED/FISCAL, moved, by Howard Schneider, 690 words)
EUROPE
New tans, same old "polycrisis" as Europe's summer ends
BRUSSELS - The European Union grinds back into action this week after its August break, still dazed by Britain's midsummer vote to quit the EU and facing much the same "polycrisis" as a year ago: a mass of refugees, a fragile economy, hostile Russians and, yes, those Brits, now more awkward than ever. (EUROPE-EU/CRISES (ANALYSIS, COLUMN), moved, by Alastair Macdonald, 1,045 words)
Half of Germans against Merkel serving fourth term -poll
BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel's domestic popularity has declined, a poll shows, with 50 percent of Germans against her serving a fourth term in office after a federal election next year. (GERMANY-MERKEL/, moved, 201 words)
Spain starts countdown to possible third election in a year
MADRID - The clock starts ticking on Wednesday towards what could be Spain's third national election in a year when acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy faces a confidence vote in parliament for a second term in office. (SPAIN-POLITICS/ (TV, PIX), by Sonya Dowsett, 718 words)
ASIA
Cash hoarding leads China to conclude further monetary easing futile -sources
BEIJING - On the face of it, China's central bank has room to cut interest rates to try to lift the economy, but sources say evidence that companies are hoarding cash instead of investing it has led policymakers to conclude there is no benefit in easing policy further. (CHINA-ECONOMY/POLICY (PIX), by Kevin Yao, 800 words)
Singapore confirms 41 cases of locally-transmitted Zika virus -media
SINGAPORE - Singapore has confirmed 41 cases of locally-transmitted Zika virus that has been linked in Brazil to a rare birth defect, local media report, citing the city-state's health ministry. (HEALTH-ZIKA/ (UPDATE 1), expect by 1130 GMT/7.30 AM ET, 600 words)
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- HEALTH-ZIKA/QANDA (FACTBOX), moved 1,116 words
- HEALTH-ZIKA/ORIGIN (TIMELINE), moved, 2,279 words
As Obama heads to Laos, signs of a tilt away from China
VIENTIANE - The secretive communist government of Laos, a country with a population of less than 7 million, rarely causes a ripple on the diplomatic circuit. Yet its sleepy capital will spring to life next week when global leaders arrive for an Asian summit. (LAOS-CHINA/VIETNAM (PIX), moved, by Marius Zaharia, 720 words)
Bangladesh security forces kill 'mastermind' of cafe attack
DHAKA - Bangladesh security forces kill three Islamist militants, including a Bangladesh-born Canadian citizen accused of masterminding an attack on a cafe in Dhaka last month that killed 22 people, police say. (BANGLADESH-MILITANTS/ (UPDATE 4), moved, by Serajul Quadir, 620 words)
MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA
Second boycotter says to rejoin Libya's U.N.-backed govt
TRIPOLI - A member of the leadership of Libya's U.N.-backed government who is close to powerful rival factions in the east says he will end his boycott of the Tripoli-based body, potentially strengthening its bid to end years of chaos in the country. (LIBYA-SECURITY/POLITICS), moved, 438 words)
Tunisia's new government wins parliamentary approval, eyes austerity
TUNIS - Tunisia's new government wins a confidence vote after the prime minister warns in parliament that an austerity program will be inevitable with thousands of public-sector job cuts and new taxes if Tunisia does not overcome its economic difficulties. (TUNISIA-POLITICS/PREMIER (UPDATE 3, PIX), moved, by Tarek Amara, 461 words)
EXCLUSIVE-Iraq plans to sell oil through Iran if talks with Kurds fail
BAGHDAD - Iraq's government will consider selling crude through Iran should talks with the autonomous Kurdish region on an oil revenue-sharing agreement fail, a senior oil ministry official in Baghdad says. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/IRAQ-OIL (EXCLUSIVE), moved, by Stephen Kalin, 720 words)
AFRICA
S.African finance minister faces graft charge -City Press
JOHANNESBURG - South African Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan may be charged this week for graft, the City Press newspaper reports, citing senior sources in the police, the National Prosecuting Authority and the tax service. (SAFRICA-GORDHAN/ (UPDATE 1), moved, 298 words)
Bongo aims to prolong 50-year family rule in Gabon election
LIBREVILLE - Gabon votes amid discontent over the government's failure to raise living standards despite oil wealth, an election posing the biggest challenge yet to President Ali Bongo whose family has dominated the nation for half a century. (GABON-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 3, PIX, TV), moved, by Gerauds Wilfried Obangome, 736 words)
SOUTH AMERICA
Venezuela ex-mayor Ceballos sent to prison from house arrest
CARACAS - Venezuelan intelligence agents take Daniel Ceballos, an ex-opposition mayor accused of fomenting opposition protests, to prison from house arrest in the capital of Caracas, according to his wife and the country's interior ministry. (VENEZUELA-POLITICS/ (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved, 290 words)
Paraguay says eight troops killed in ambush
ASUNCION - An ambush in the north of Paraguay killed eight soldiers, authorities say, adding that the attack bore the hallmarks of the guerrilla group known as the Paraguayan People's Army. (PARAGUAY-ATTACKS/, moved, by Mariel Cristaldo, 346 words)
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