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Trump, Clinton launch into final two months of campaigning

CANFIELD, OHIO/CLEVELAND - Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton take their acrimonious fight for the White House to the battleground state of Ohio, mingling with voters at a fair, a parade and a brewery as the race enters its final two months. (USA-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 2, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Steve Holland and Jeff Mason, 732 words)

Obama cancels meeting with Philippines leader

VIENTIANE - President Barack Obama cancels what would have been his first meeting with Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte, after Duterte described him in vulgar terms. (PHILIPPINES-DRUGS/DUTERTE (UPDATE 3, PIX, TV), moved, by Roberta Rampton, 500 words)

+ See also:

- PHILIPPINES-DRUGS/ (UPDATE 1, PIX, GRAPHIC), moved, by John Chalmers and Andrew R.C. Marshall, 1,105 words

G20 promises to coordinate on economy but little in way of concrete steps

HANGZHOU, China - Leaders of the world's top economies broadly agree at a summit in China to coordinate macroeconomic policies, but few concrete proposals emerge to meet growing challenges to globalization and free trade. (G20-CHINA/ (WRAPUP 3, TV, PIX), moved, by Kevin Yao and Michael Martina, 825 words)

+ See also:

- G20-CHINA/COMMUNIQUE (TEXT), moved, 7,192 words

- G20-CHINA/RUSSIA-SYRIA-DEAL (UPDATE 1), moved, 248 words

U.S., Russia work on Syria truce, as Islamic State blasts kill dozens

BEIRUT/HANGZHOU - The United States and Russia will work in the next few days on a deal to curb fighting in Syria and build cooperation in the fight against terrorism, their leaders say, as blasts claimed by Islamic State kill dozens across the country. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA (WRAPUP 2, PIX, TV), moved, by Lisa Barrington and Roberta Rampton, 1,035 words)

+ See also:

- MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-ISRAEL (PIX), moved, by Luke Baker, 715 words

- MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-ALEPPO (UPDATE 1), moved, 710 words

EUROPE

French prosecutor: Sarkozy must stand trial for deceit

PARIS - France's state prosecutor says that former President Nicholas Sarkozy should stand trial over funding irregularities in his failed 2012 re-election bid, potentially disrupting his current campaign to regain the office. (FRANCE-POLITICS/SARKOZY-TRIAL (UPDATE 2, PIX), moved, by Chine Labbé, 480 words)

German conservatives divided over answer to state election rout

BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel acknowledges that her pro-refugee policies led to her party's state election rout on Sunday but says they will not be jettisoned even though her Bavarian ally is clamoring for change. (GERMANY-ELECTION/ (PIX, TV), moved, by Erik Kirschbaum, 669 words)

Russia's Levada pollster named as 'foreign agent' -justice ministry

MOSCOW - Russia's only major independent pollster, the Levada Centre, has been designated a "foreign agent," the Russian Justice Ministry say, two weeks ahead of nationwide parliamentary elections. (RUSSIA-ELECTION/LEVADA, moved, 206 words)

French truckers demanding migrant camp closure block Calais traffic

CALAIS, France - Truck drivers and farmers blocked traffic on the motorway approach to France's northern port of Calais for part of Monday, demanding the closure of a migrants camp they blame for mounting insecurity and an ailing local economy. (EUROPE-MIGRANTS/CALAIS (UPDATE 2, TV, PIX), moved, by Matthias Blamont, 546 words)

Spain's Socialists seek talks, but third election likely

MADRID - The leader of Spain's Socialists says he will seek coalition talks with smaller parties, as the country lurches toward its third election in a year after several failed attempts to form a government. (SPAIN-POLITICS/ (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved, by Angus Berwick, 397 words)

LATIN AMERICA

Presidential ambitions put stress on Brazil's new government

BRASILIA - A pledge by Brazil's new president, Michel Temer, not to run in 2018 enticed political rivals to back his coalition, but pressure from his party might lead him to break his promise, jeopardizing the support he needs to push through reforms. (BRAZIL-POLITICS/TEMER (PIX), moved, by Anthony Boadle, 909 words)

Cuba government filtering mobile text messages, dissidents say

HAVANA - Cuba's Communist government is filtering mobile phone text messages for key words such as "democracy" and "human rights" and then blocking them, dissidents say. (CUBA-CENSORSHIP/ (PIX, TV), moved, by Marc Frank, 406 words)

MIDDLE EAST

Iran, Saudi spar over running of haj pilgrimage

DUBAI - Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei renews criticism of Saudi Arabia over how it runs the haj after a crush last year killed hundreds of pilgrims, and suggested Muslim countries think about ending Riyadh's control of the annual pilgrimage. (SAUDI-HAJ/IRAN (UPDATE 1, TV, PIX), moved, 431 words)

Attacks in Afghan capital Kabul kills at least 24

KABUL - A car bomb hits the center of Kabul, just hours after a Taliban suicide attack near the Defense Ministry killed at least 24 people, including a number of senior security officials, and wounded 91 others. (AFGHANISTAN-BLAST/ (UPDATE 7, PIX, TV), moving shortly, by Mirwais Harooni, 407 words)

AFRICA

Gabon opposition chief urges general strike after disputed election

LIBREVILLE - Gabon's opposition leader appeals for a general strike to protest what he says was a fraudulent re-election victory by President Ali Bongo, while the justice minister resigns over the government's failure to organize a recount. (GABON-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 4, PIX), moved, by Gerauds Wilfried Obangome, 610 words)

SPACE

FRANKFURT - High-resolution cameras on the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft have found space probe Philae, which landed on a comet nearly two years ago only to lose power because its solar-driven batteries were in the shade. (SPACE-ROSETTA/ (PIX), moved, 238 words)

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