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Blasts hit government-held and Kurdish parts of Syria, several killed

BEIRUT - Five explosions hit government-controlled areas and a city held by a Kurdish militia in Syria on Monday morning, killing several people, state media and a monitor say. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-BOMBS (UPDATE 4, PICTURE, TV), expect by 1030 GMT/6.30 AM ET, by Lisa Barrington, 550 words)

Radical democrats gain foothold in Hong Kong poll likely to rile China

HONG KONG - Several pro-independence candidates won seats in Hong Kong's legislative election which saw a record turnout in the Chinese-controlled city on Sunday, a result likely to further strain ties with Communist Party rulers in Beijing. (HONGKONG-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 3, PICTURE, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Venus Wu and James Pomfret, 600 words)

N.Korea fires three ballistic missiles as G20 leaders meet in China

SEOUL - North Korea fire three ballistic missiles into the sea off its east coast, South Korea's military says, as the leaders of the Group of 20 major economies hold a summit in China, the North's main diplomatic ally. (NORTHKOREA-MISSILES/ (UPDATE 2, PICTURE, TV), moved, by Ju-min Park, 450 words)

Merkel and Bavarian allies still split after election loss

BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel and her important Bavarian sister party allies remain divided on refugee issue that sent the conservative party to bruising state election defeat on Sunday. (GERMANY-ELECTION/ (PICTURE, TV), expect by 1230 GMT/8.30 AM ET, by Erik Kirschbaum, 500 words)

French prosecutor says would-be president Sarkozy should face trial

PARIS - A French state prosecutor has recommended ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy stand trial over alleged irregularities in the funding of his failed 2012 re-election campaign, a judicial source says. (FRANCE-POLITICS/SARKOZY-TRIAL (UPDATE 1), moved, by Chine Labbé, 200 words)

MIDDLE EAST

Iran suggests Saudi should not run Muslim pilgrimage

DUBAI - Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei renewed 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 (TV, PICTURE), moved, 307 words)

Nine people trapped in Israeli building site collapse - rescue services

JERUSALEM - A parking garage under construction collapses in Tel Aviv and about nine people are believed to be trapped under the debris, rescue services say. (ISRAEL-COLLAPSE/ (TV, PICTURE), moved, 105 words)

EUROPE

Truckers slow traffic at Calais in protest at migrant impact

LILLE, France - Two convoys of trucks and tractors slow traffic to a crawl on the main approach road to Calais in a protest against the impact of growing numbers of migrants disrupting the French port. (EUROPE-MIGRANTS/CALAIS (TV, PICTURE), moved, by Pierre Savary, 405 words)

PM May rejects points-based immigration controls as demanded by Brexiteers

HANGZHOU, China - British Prime Minister Theresa May rejected a 'points-based' immigration system to screen applicants, setting up a potential conflict with Brexit campaigners in her government who promised to bring in Australian-style controls over EU immigration. (BRITAIN-EU/IMMIGRATION (UPDATE 1, PICTURE), expect by 1030 GMT/6.30 AM ET, by William James, 610 words)

+ See also:

- BRITAIN-EU/DAVIS, moved, 345 words

ASIA

Obama and Putin tell diplomats to keep working on Syria argument

HANGZHOU, China - U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin have a longer-than-expected discussion about whether, and how, they could agree on a ceasefire deal in war-torn Syria, a senior U.S. administration official says. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-USA (UPDATE 2), moved, by Roberta Rampton, 357 words)

G20 summit warned of risks to economy as N.Korea test-fires missiles

HANGZHOU, China - North Korea fires three ballistic missiles off its east coast in a defiant reminder of the risks to global security, as world leaders including U.S. President Barack Obama gather at a G20 summit in China for the second day. (G20-CHINA/ (WRAPUP 1, TV, PICTURE), moved, by Vladimir Soldatkin and Kiyoshi Takenaka, 685 words)

As bodies pile up in Philippines, many fear to talk about Duterte's war

MANILA - The body of 22-year-old pedicab driver Eric Sison lies in a coffin in a Manila slum with a chick pacing across his casket, placed there in keeping with a local tradition to symbolically peck at the conscience of his killers. (PHILIPPINES-DRUGS/ (UPDATE 1, PICTURE, GRAPHIC), moved, by John Chalmers and Andrew R.C. Marshall, 1,105 words)

+ See also:

- PHILIPPINES-DRUGS/DUTERTE (UPDATE 1), moved, by Neil Jerome Morales, 275 words

Suu Kyi oversees panel on plight of Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims

YANGON - Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi and former U.N. chief Kofi Annan oversee the first meeting of a panel tasked with bringing peace to a region where violence between Buddhists and minority Rohingya Muslims has cast a pall over the country's democratic transition. (MYANMAR-ROHINGYA/ (PICTURE, TV, GRAPHICS), moved, by Simon Lewis, 440 words)

Australian teenager gets ten years for ANZAC Day terror plot

SYDNEY - Australia sentences to ten years in prison a teenager who planned a terror attack that involved beheading a policeman and attaching explosives to a kangaroo at commemorations of the World War One ANZAC landings at Gallipoli. (AUSTRALIA-SECURITY/, moved, by Matt Siegel, 345 words)

AMERICAS

Brazilian police break up anti-Temer rally in Sao Paulo

SAO PAULO - Police use tear gas to disperse thousands of demonstrators at the end of a peaceful march to protest the removal of leftist president Dilma Rousseff last week in an impeachment trial. (BRAZIL-POLITICS/PROTESTS (PICTURE, TV), moved, by Anthony Boadle, 235 words)

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