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Obama cancels meeting with Philippines' Duterte after "son of a bitch" insult
VIENTIANE - U.S. President Barack Obama cancels what would have been his first meeting with Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte, a White House spokesman says, after Duterte described Obama as a "son of a bitch." (LAOS-OBAMA/DUTERTE (UPDATE 3, PIX, TV), moved, by Roberta Rampton, 741 words)
G20 a success for China, but hard issues kicked down the road
BEIJING - China is lauding its successful hosting of the G20 summit in scenic Hangzhou, with open confrontation largely avoided and broad consensus reached over the fragile state of the global economy and the need for a wide range of policies to fix it. (G20-CHINA/ (PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Ben Blanchard, 732 words)
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- G20-CHINA/RUSSIA-SYRIA-DEAL (UPDATE 1), moved, 248 words
Trump, Clinton court Ohio as White House race enters final 2 months
CANFIELD - Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton open a final two-month sprint to the election with the Republican presidential nominee suddenly looking stronger as he and his Democratic rival take their bitter fight to Ohio. (USA-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 3, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Steve Holland and Jeff Mason, 973 words)
- USA-ELECTION/CLINTON (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), moved, by Jeff Mason, 412 words
- USA-ELECTION/TRUMP-VIDEO, moved, by Patrick Rucker and Emily Stephenson, 679 words
- USA-ELECTION/TRUMP-IMMIGRATION, moved, by Steve Holland, 555 words
- USA-ELECTION/CLINTON-MEXICO (PIX), moved, 250 words
ASIA
Afghan police battle holdout gunman after suicide attacks hit Kabul
KABUL - Afghan security forces seal off the center of Kabul as they battle lone gunman barricaded inside the offices of an international aid group after a car bomb attack. (AFGHANISTAN-BLAST/ (PIX, TV), moved, by Mirwais Harooni, 499 words)
Hundreds protest in Myanmar over Suu Kyi's panel on Rohingya Muslims
SITTWE - Hundreds in Myanmar rally against an advisory commission led by former U.N. chief Kofi Annan to find solutions to the conflict between the country's Buddhists and minority Rohingya Muslims, which has cast a pall over democratic reforms. (MYANMAR-ROHINGYA/ (PIX), moved, by Simon Lewis and Wa Lone, 444 words)
Obama to address lethal legacy of secret war in Laos
XIENG KHOUANG - Yianyang Bounxieng remembers playing with bombs as a child growing up in Xieng Khouang, a verdant and mountainous province of Laos, and the area most heavily bombed by U.S. Air Force planes during the war in neighboring Vietnam. (LAOS-BOMBS/ (PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), by Amy Sawitta Lefevre, 670 words)
MIDDLE EAST
Syrian army presses Aleppo campaign as rebels retrench
AMMAN/BEIRUT - The Syrian army and its allies, backed by Russian air power, are keeping up a heavy bombardment of insurgent positions in and around Aleppo, rebels say, pressing to complete their recapture of the city's strategic southern gateway. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-ALEPPO (UPDATE 1), moved, 709 words)
- MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-ISRAEL (PIX), by Luke Baker, 713 words
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 suggests Muslim countries think about ending Riyadh's control of the annual pilgrimage. (SAUDI-HAJ/IRAN (UPDATE 1, TV, PIX), moved, 431 words)
EUROPE
French truckers demanding migrant camp closure block Calais traffic
CALAIS, France - Truck drivers and farmers block traffic on the motorway approach to France's northern port of Calais, 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)
AMERICAS
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)
OLYMPICS
Brazil police ready formal accusation in Irish ticket scandal
RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazilian police say they have "overwhelming" proof the former head of the Olympic Council of Ireland led an illegal ticketing ring at the Rio Games and are preparing to make a formal accusation. (OLYMPICS-RIO/HICKEY (PIX), moved, by Rodrigo Viga Gaier, 397 words)
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