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N. Korea conducts fifth and largest nuclear test, drawing broad condemnation

SEOUL - North Korea conduct its fifth and biggest nuclear test and says it has mastered the ability to mount a warhead on a ballistic missile, ratcheting up a threat that its rivals and the United Nations have been powerless to contain. (NORTHKOREA-NUCLEAR/ (UPDATE 7, PICTURE, TV, GRAPHIC), expect by 1700 GMT/1 ET, by Ju-min Park and Jack Kim, 845 words)

+ See also:

- NORTHKOREA-NUCLEAR/CHINA (UPDATE 2), moved, by Ben Blanchard and Michael Martina, 885 words

Kerry tries again with Lavrov on Syria; U.S. says patience not infinite

GENEVA - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov resume negotiations on a Syrian ceasefire plan, with U.S. officials saying they believed a deal was still possible but warning the talks could not go on for ever. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-KERRY (UPDATE 1, PICTURE, TV), moved, by David Brunnstrom, 480 words)

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- MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-UN (TV, PICTURE), moved, by Tom Miles, 330 words

Trapped, shaken Mont Blanc cable car passengers brought to safety

CHAMONIX, France - Rescuers bring 33 tourists trapped overnight in cable cars high over the glaciers of Mont Blanc to safety on Friday morning after technicians repair the ride's tangled cables, the operator says. (FRANCE-CABLECAR/ (UPDATE 3, TV), moved, by Cecile Mantovani, 495 words)

EUROPE

Train crash in northern Spain leaves at least four dead

MADRID - At least four people die and close to 50 people are injured after a train derails in Galicia in north-western Spain, local authorities say. (SPAIN-CRASH/ (UPDATE 2, TV, PICTURE), moved, 210 words)

Norway's PM attacks Facebook "censorship" over Vietnam photo

OSLO - Norway's prime minister joins a campaign by a Norwegian newspaper accusing Facebook Inc of undue censorship by barring a Vietnam War era news photograph showing a naked girl fleeing a napalm attack. (NORWAY-FACEBOOK/ (PICTURE), moved, by Terje Solsvik, 355 words)

Britain's May tackles education, appeals to Brexit voters

LONDON - Setting her sights on making Britain "the world's great meritocracy," Prime Minister Theresa May unveiled reforms to widen opportunity in schools in an appeal to "frustrated" Britons who voted to leave the EU. (BRITAIN-POLITICS/MAY (PICTURE), expect by 1430 GMT/10.30 AM ET, by Elizabeth Piper, 575 words)

Austria's interior ministry could postpone new presidential vote

VIENNA - Austria's Interior Ministry says it is considering postponing the re-run of a presidential election that is scheduled for Oct. 2 on technical grounds after ballot papers for postal voting turned out to be damaged. (AUSTRIA-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 2), moved, by Kirsti Knolle, 440 words)

Poll shows drop in support for M5S as Rome chaos continues

ROME - Support for Italy's maverick 5-Star Movement dropped sharply this week, according to an opinion poll published on Friday, as the party struggled to contain a mounting crisis at Rome city hall. (ITALY-ROME/MAYOR (PICTURE), moved, 395 words)

Spain's construction industry first to feel chill of political void

MADRID - Spain's convalescing construction sector was hoping to move on from a national economic crisis which at its height saw abandoned building sites and bankrupt infrastructure projects littering the landscape. (SPAIN-POLITICS/ECONOMY (PICTURE, GRAPHICS), moved, by Sonya Dowsett and Sarah White, 765 words)

Scotland will not hold an independence vote for five years, says former leader

EDINBURGH - Scotland will not hold another vote on independence in the next five years because there is no sign it can be won, but the risk of secession from the United Kingdom is growing, a former Scottish first minister predicts. (BRITAIN-SCOTLAND/INDEPENDENCE (INTERVIEW, PICTURE), moved, by Elisabeth O'Leary, 490 words)

AFRICA

Gabon's Ping urges international probe into election violence

LIBREVILLE - Gabon opposition leader Jean Ping calls for an international inquiry into violence that followed the announcement of presidential election results in which at least six people were killed. (GABON-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 2), expect by 1500 GMT/11 AM ET, by Gerauds Wilfried Obangome, 350 words)

MIDDLE EAST

EU seeks to soothe Turkey ties, but no breakthrough on visa deal

ANKARA - Two of the European Union's top officials sought to smooth fractious relations with Turkey, vowing deeper trade ties and continued cooperation on migration, but there is no immediate end to a deadlock over visa-free travel for Turks. (EU-TURKEY/ (UPDATE 1, PICTURE, TV), moved, by Ece Toksabay and Tulay Karadeniz, 495 words)

UNITED STATES

Sept. 11 drama on Air Force One unfolds in Bush aide's handwritten notes

WASHINGTON - The notes are handwritten on a legal pad and provide a verbatim account of the shock, pain and grim determination aboard Air Force One on Sept. 11, 2001. (USA-SEPT11/BUSH (PICTURE, TV), moved, by Steve Holland, 595 words)

+ See also:

- USA-SEPT11/MOOD (FEATURE, PICTURE, TV), moved, by Gina Cherelus, 620 words

Carolina clown sightings scare me, says horror master Stephen King

A spate of creepy clown sightings in South Carolina has perplexed police and worried parents, but their frightening appearance was no surprise to best-selling U.S. horror author Stephen King. (USA-CLOWNS/KING, moved, 335 words)

AMERICAS

Outside Havana, Cubans are still waiting for American visitors

HOLGUIN/SANTA CLARA - U.S. visitors and their dollars are flooding into Havana as airlines and hotels take advantage of the thaw in relations between the Cold War antagonists, but in the provinces outside the Cuban capital, the promised tourism boom is more rumor than fact. (CUBA-USA/TRAVEL (PICTURE, GRAPHIC), by Sarah Marsh and Jeffrey Dastin, 590 words)

ASIA

Afghan forces encircled by Taliban in provincial capital, officials say

KANDAHAR - U.S. warplanes unleash three strikes in Afghanistan's province of Uruzgan, where Afghan security forces remain surrounded by Taliban fighters a day after having fought back a concerted push by the militants. (AFGHANISTAN-TALIBAN/ (UPDATE 1), moved, 385 words)

Duterte says he told Obama he never insulted him, thinks UN's Ban a fool

JAKARTA - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte tells Barack Obama he never called him a "son of a bitch," he says, but maintains a defiant stance on his war on drugs, saying U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon is a fool for bringing up human rights. (INDONESIA-PHILIPPINES/DRUGS (PICTURE, TV), moved, by Fergus Jensen and Karen Lema, 260 words)

SPORT

Blatter and two others facing FIFA investigation over salaries

ZURICH - Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and ex-secretary general Jerome Valcke, already banned from football for ethics violations, are facing a fresh investigation, this time over the salaries and bonuses they received in office. (SOCCER-FIFA/ (UPDATE 3), moving shortly, by Brian Homewood, 495 words)

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