REUTERS AMERICA NEWS PLAN FOR SUNDAY SEPT 11

09/11/2016 14:19

REUTERS AMERICA AFTERNOON NEWS PLAN FOR SUNDAY SEPT 11

LATEST AND PLANNED U.S. NEWS COVERAGE (ALL TIMES ET)

TOP STORIES

U.S. pays tribute to 9/11 victims 15 years after attacks

NEW YORK - Americans commemorated the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on Sunday with the recital of the names of the dead, tolling church bells and a tribute in lights at the site where New York City's massive twin towers collapsed. (USA-SEPT11/ (UPDATE 2, PIX TV), by Melissa Fares, moved, 762 words)

Clinton falls ill at 9/11 memorial, later says 'feeling great'

NEW YORK - Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton fell ill on Sunday as she became "overheated" and had to leave early from a September 11 memorial ceremony in New York City. (USA-ELECTION/CLINTON, (UPDATE 3), by Amanda Becker, moved, 303 words)

Syria fighting a day before agreed ceasefire

BEIRUT - Fighting and air strikes strike several parts of Syria, state TV, rebels and a war monitor say, a day before a truce between the government and most rebel groups, aimed at easing the suffering of civilians, comes into effect. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA, moved, 500 words).

North Korea says sanctions push after nuclear test "laughable"

TOKYO/SEOUL - North Korea said on Sunday a push for further sanctions following its fifth and biggest nuclear test was "laughable," and vowed to continue to strengthen its nuclear power. (NORTHKOREA-NUCLEAR/USA-JAPAN (UPDATE 3), moved, by Minami Funakoshi and Ju-min Park, 482 words). See also: NORTHKOREA-NUCLEAR/ (WRAPUP 3, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Jack Kim, 1011 words and NORTHKOREA-NUCLEAR/CHINA (TV, PIX), moved, by Sue-Lin Wong, 888 words

OTHER U.S. NEWS

North Dakota oil pipeline delays could hit producers, shippers

NEW YORK - With the U.S. government siding in favor of Native American protests against a key North Dakota pipeline, local oil producers and shippers are facing the possibility of greater delays in getting a quick route to ship oil to the Gulf of Mexico. (USA-PIPELINE/NATIVEAMERICANS, PIX, by Catherine Ngai, moved, 753 words)

Dozens injured after porch collapses in Connecticut

Dozens of people were injured on Saturday after a porch crowded with partygoers collapsed in Hartford near Trinity College, authorities said. (CONNECTICUT-COLLAPSE/ (UPDATE 1), moved, 150 words)

Demonstrations planned during anthem at NFL opening games

NEW YORK - Th2 opening games of the new National Football League season are expected to be marked by peaceful demonstrations during the U.S. national anthem on Sunday by players trying to draw attention to racial disparities in the country's justice system. (NFL-ANTHEM, moved, 322 words)

MIDDLE EAST

Turkey removes two dozen elected mayors in Kurdish militant crackdown

DIYARBAKIR - Turkey appoints new administrators in two dozen Kurdish-run municipalities after removing their elected mayors over suspected links to militants, triggering pockets of protest in its volatile southeastern region bordering Syria and Iraq. (TURKEY-SECURITY/KURDS (UPDATE 3, TV, PIX), moved, 668 words )

Forces loyal to eastern Libyan commander claim control over key oil ports

BENGHAZI, Libya - Forces loyal to eastern Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar take control of key oil ports in Ras Lanuf, Es Sider and Brega, says Ahmed al-Masmari, a spokesman for the forces; but an official from the force that previously controlled the ports, the Petrol Facilities Guard, said there was still fighting at Ras Lanuf. (LIBYA-SECURITY/ (UPDATE 4, by Ayman al-Warfalli, moved, 450 words)

Drones keep watch as pilgrims ascend Mount Arafat for haj climax

ARAFAT - Saudi authorities deploy drones to watch over nearly 2 million pilgrims as they ascend Mount Arafat at the climax of the haj pilgrimage, part of stepped up efforts to avoid a repeat of last year's crush. (SAUDI-HAJ/ (UPDATE 2, PIX, TV), moving shortly, by Dahlia Nehme, 468 words)

WORLD

France arrests 15-year-old boy for planning "imminent" Paris attack - sources

PARIS - A 15-year-old boy has been arrested in Paris suspected of preparing imminent "violent action," two judicial sources said, the second alleged plot with links to Islamic State discovered in France this week. (EUROPE-ATTACKS/FRANCE, moved, 356 words)

Britain eyeing work permits to control EU immigration - interior minister

LONDON - Britain's interior minister Amber Rudd says she is looking at a work permits system to control migration from the European Union, responding to Brexit voters' demand for tighter border controls. (BRITAIN-EU/IMMIGRATION (UPDATE 1), by William James, moved, 398 words)

Canada may grant easier residency for foreign workers -minister

TORONTO - Canada may make it easier for temporary foreign workers to get permanent residency and eventual citizenship, Immigration Minister John McCallum said on Sunday. (CANADA-LABOR, moved, 241 words)

Brazil's Temer says pension reform will not be approved quickly - paper

BRASILIA - The pension reform to be proposed by the Brazilian government will not be approved quickly, President Michel Temer told newspaper O Globo in an interview published on Sunday. (BRAZIL-POLITICS/TEMER, moved, 252 words)

Venezuela's troubles overshadow Non-Aligned Summit

CARACUS - Worries over political protests, poor attendance and food have dominated the buildup to a Non-Aligned Summit in Venezuela instead of geopolitical issues the Cold War-era bloc was created to address. (VENEZUELA-NONALIGNED, by Girish Gupta and Andrew Cawthorne, moved, 418 words)

Croats vote in snap election, new coalition cabinet looming

ZAGREB - Croatia's Social Democrats were in the lead in Sunday's parliamentary elections according to an exit poll on state television that forecast the party would win 58 seats in the 151-seat parliament; the conservative Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) came second with 57 seats, while the center-right Most ("Bridge") party, widely seen as a potential kingmaker, came third with 11 seats. (CROATIA-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 3, TV, PIX), by Igor Ilic, moved, 500 words)

With eye on West, Belarus votes in slightly freer election

MINSK - Lawmakers loyal to hardline Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko set to retain power in Sunday's election, but the easing of restrictions on opposition candidates could help the ex-Soviet nation further improve ties with the West. (BELARUS-ELECTION/PARLIAMENT (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), moved by Andrei Makhovsky, 592 words)

Catalans rally in support of independence from Spain

BARCELONA - Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets across Catalonia on Sunday to support a break from Spain which local leaders want to deliver for next year in spite of legal blocks by the central government. (SPAIN-CATALONIA/ (PIX, TV), moved, by Sam Edwards, 400 words)

Militant suspected in Bangladesh cafe attack killed himself, police say

DHAKA - A suspected militant believed by Bangladesh police to have been among the planners of a July cafe attack that killed 22 people killed himself during a police raid on a hideout in the capital, police say. (BANGLADESH-MILITANTS/ (UPDATE 3, TV), moved, by Ruma Paul, 370 words)

Search begins after Bangladesh factory fire, death toll rises

DHAKA - The death toll from a fire at a food and cigarette packaging factory in Bangladesh rose to 29 on Sunday as fire crews began digging through debris, and the number of fatalities could rise with over half a dozen people still missing. (BANGLADESH-FIRE/ (UPDATE 2, PIX, TV), moved, by Serajul Quadir, 678 words)

Thailand finds 21 new cases of Zika in Bangkok, including pregnant woman

BANGKOK - Twenty-one new cases of locally-transmitted Zika virus are confirmed in central Bangkok, including a pregnant woman who later gave birth with no complications, Thailand's public health ministry says. (HEALTH-ZIKA/THAILAND, moved, 340 words)

Bullets trump rehab as Asia quickens "failing" war on drugs

BANGKOK/YANGON - The Philippines has launched a bloody "war on drugs" that has killed at least 2,400 people in just two months, while neighboring Indonesia has declared a "narcotics emergency" and resumed executing drug convicts after a long hiatus. (ASIA-DRUGS/ (PIX), moved, by Andrew R.C. Marshall and Antoni Slodkowski, 992 words)

ENTERTAINMENT AND LIFESTYLE

Winner of Miss America pageant could be gay, diabetic or a dancer

At the age of 96, Sunday's Miss America Pageant features at least one first that would have been unimaginable during its 1950s and 60s heyday, when the annual contest was a major national event on par with the Oscars film awards or football's Super Bowl. (USA-MISSAMERICA/ (PIX, TV), moved, will be updated, 395 words

Philippine revenge drama wins Venice Film Festival's top prize

VENICE - A nearly four-hour long movie about a woman's thirst for revenge and her feelings of forgiveness after 30 years in jail for a crime she did not commit wins top prize at the Venice Film Festival. (FILMFESTIVAL-VENICE/WINNERSREACTION (UPDATE 2, TV, PIX), move, by Agnieszka Flak, 481 words)

BUSINESS AND MARKETS

Bank rally on shaky legs as traders assess rate hike odds

NEW YORK - A rare run of outperformance by U.S. bank shares appears to have hit a wall as a spate of soft readings on the economy have tempered bets that the Federal Reserve might raise rates soon. (USA-STOCKS/WEEKAHEAD, moved, 527 words)

U.S. Justice Department subpoenas Taro over generic drug pricing

WASHINGTON - Taro Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. and two of its senior officers received grand jury subpoenas last week in connection with a federal antitrust investigation into generic drug pricing, the company disclosed late on Friday. (TARO-ANTITRUST/PROBE, by Sarah N. Lynch, moved, 385 words)

Central bankers say Basel on right track with bank capital rules

LONDON - Regulators are heading in the the right direction in reforming the way banks calculate how much capital they must hold to stay solvent, a group of central bankers said on Sunday. (BASEL-BANKS/REGULATION, by Huw Jones, moved, 516 words)

Brazil's Petrobras CEO says to halve leverage ratio before 2020 -paper

BRASILIA - Brazil's state-run oil firm Petroleo Brasileiro SA will seek to reduce its leverage ratio to 2.5 from 5 currently before 2020, Chief Executive Officer Pedro Parente told newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo in an interview on Sunday. (PETROBRAS-DEBT/, moved, 169 words) *****************

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