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Turkish forces deepen push into Syria, draw U.S. rebuke over target

BEIRUT/KARKAMIS - Turkish-backed forces push deeper into northern Syria and draw rebuke from NATO ally U.S., which says it is concerned battle for territory shifts away from targeting Islamic State. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-TURKEY (UPDATE 7, TV, PIX), moved, by Lisa Barrington and Umit Bektas, 929 words)

In Asia, Obama faces trade pact test amid U.S. opposition

WASHINGTON - When President Barack Obama travels to Asia next week, he will try to reassure regional leaders that he still has the clout to deliver U.S. approval for the sweeping Trans-Pacific Partnership, even though the two candidates vying to succeed him and a congressional leader have said the 12-nation trade deal should not move forward. (G20-CHINA/OBAMA-TRADE, moved, by Roberta Rampton and David Brunnstrom, 547 words)

- CHINA-CANADA/(UPDATE 1, PIX), moved, by David Ljunggren, 450 words)

- G20-CLIMATECHANGE/, moved, by Alister Doyle, 295 words

- USA-TRADE/(UPDATE 1), moved, 249 words

Six U.S. senators urge Obama to prioritize cyber crime at G20 summit

NEW YORK - Six U.S. senators have urged President Barack Obama to prioritize cyber crime at this weekend's Group of 20 summit in China, in the wake of the theft of $81 million from Bangladesh's central bank, according to a letter obtained by Reuters. (CYBER-HEIST/G20 (UPDATE 3, EXCLUSIVE), moved, by Jonathan Spicer, 632 words)

Defiant Rousseff says Brazil's democracy on trial with her

BRASILIA - A defiant President Dilma Rousseff warns that her conservative opponents are trampling on Brazil's democracy by using trumped-up charges to oust her and roll back the social advances of 13 years of leftist rule. (BRAZIL-IMPEACHMENT/ (UPDATE 4, PIX, TV), moved, by Anthony Boadle, 935 words)

ASIA

U.S., India to discuss business ties, tensions with Pakistan

NEW DELHI - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker begin two days of talks with the Indian government to boost business ties, and to encourage dialog with Pakistan over the disputed region of Kashmir. (INDIA-USA/ (PIX, TV), by Lesley Wroughton, 407 words)

Japan top spokesman: Senkaku islands historically Japan's territories

TOKYO - The group of islands in the East China Sea, called the Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, are historically Japan's territories, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga tells Reuters in an interview. (JAPAN-SUGA/CHINA (UPDATE 1, INTERVIEW), moved, by Minami Funakoshi, 168 words)

Bangladesh Islamist leader loses final appeal against execution for war crimes

DHAKA - Bangladesh's top court rejects a final appeal by the leader of an Islamist party against a death sentence for atrocities committed during the 1971 war of independence, lawyers say, meaning he could be hanged at any time. (BANGLADESH-WARCRIMES/ (UPDATE 2), moved, by Ruma Paul, 339 words)

North Korea publicly executes two officials - S.Korean paper

SEOUL - North Korea publicly executes two officials for disobeying leader Kim Jong Un, a South Korean newspaper reports, in what would be the latest in a series of high-level purges under the young leader's rule, if confirmed. (NORTHKOREA-EXECUTION/, moved, by Ju-min Park, 329 words)

Livestream of Kim Dotcom extradition hearing a first for New Zealand

WELLINGTON - A New Zealand judge gives permission for the hearing of German tech entrepreneur Kim Dotcom's appeal against his extradition to be streamed on YouTube, making it the country's first court case to be broadcast on the Internet. (NEWZEALAND-INTERNET/DOTCOM, moved, by Charlotte Greenfield, 420 words)

UNITED STATES

U.S. to meet target of admitting 10,000 Syrian refugees -White House

WASHINGTON - The Obama administration will meet its goal of admitting 10,000 Syrian refugees this fiscal year a month ahead of schedule and is working with Congress to increase the target by a few thousand in 2017, the White House says. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/USA (UPDATE 2), moved, by Ayesha Rascoe and Timothy Gardner, 392 words)

California lawmakers pass rape bill inspired by Stanford case

LOS ANGELES - California lawmakers, responding to outrage over the six-month jail term given to a former Stanford University swimmer convicted of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman, pass law closing loophole that allowed the sentence. (CALIFORNIA-RAPE/BILL (UPDATE 2, PIX), moved, by Dan Whitcomb, 356 words)

MIDDLE EAST

EXCLUSIVE-Yemen council head hails peace push, wants Saudis to 'feel pain'

SANAA - Head of Houthi-backed ruling council pledges readiness to resume negotiations on ending Yemen's war but reserves right to resist attacks by Saudi-backed exiled government seeking to unseat it. (YEMEN-SECURITY/SAMMAD (EXCLUSIVE, INTERVIEW, TV, PIX), moved, by Mohammed Ghobari, 818 words)

Syrian rebels make gains in northern Hama province, capture strategic town

AMMAN - Syrian rebels capture a strategic town in northern Hama province in a major offensive that threatens government loyalist towns populated by minority Christians and Alawites north of the provincial capital, rebels and a monitor say. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-REBELS (PIX), moved, by Suleiman Al-Khalidi, 391 words)

EUROPE

Italy's Renzi to present plan to strengthen quake defenses

ROME - Prime Minister Matteo Renzi promises to present national plan to make Italy safer against earthquakes as rescuers continue to search for bodies after quake kills at least 292 people. (ITALY-QUAKE/ (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), moved, by Gavin Jones, 561 words)

SPORT & ENTERTAINMENT

Now Russia banned from 2018 Winter Paralympics

MOSCOW - Russia, already suspended from next month's Rio Paralympics, also are banned from 2018 winter event in Pyeongchang, South Korea, over state-sponsored sport doping program. (PARALYMPICS-DOPING/RUSSIA (UPDATE 1), moved, by Dmitriy Rogovitskiy, 463 words)

Gene Wilder, star of 'Willy Wonka,' 'Blazing Saddles,' dead at 83

LOS ANGELES - Gene Wilder, whose wild curls and startling blue eyes brought frantic air to roles in movies "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory," "Young Frankenstein" and "Blazing Saddles," dies at 83, his family says. (PEOPLE-GENEWILDER/ (UPDATE 3, TV, PIX), moved, by Piya Sinha-Roy, 618 words)

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