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TOP STORIES

Syria ceasefire deal in balance as Aleppo aid plan stalls

BEIRUT/GENEVA - Syrian government forces and rebels have yet to withdraw from road needed to deliver aid to city of Aleppo, threatening most serious international peace-making effort in months as sides accuse each other of violating truce. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA (WRAPUP 1, PIX, TV), moved, by Tom Perry and Tom Miles, 1,043 words)

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- MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-UN, moved, by Michelle Nichols, 240 words

Clinton to resume campaigning after pneumonia as race tightens

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - Hillary Clinton plans to resume campaigning after pneumonia forces her to take time off and aide to Democratic presidential nominee says facing Republican rival as controversial as Donald Trump makes it "harder to be heard." (USA-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 2, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Amanda Becker, 824 words)

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- USA-ELECTION/RUSSIA (PIX), expect by 2000 GMT/4 PM ET, by Mark Hosenball, Joseph Menn and John Walcott, 400 words

- USA-ELECTION/TRUMP-ECONOMY (UPDATE 1), moved, by Emily Stephenson, 280 words

Obama administration targets corporate offshore tax avoidance

WASHINGTON - Obama administration takes action to limit use of foreign tax credits by American multinational companies to reduce their U.S. tax bills, move that follows EU order that Apple pay back taxes to Ireland. (USA-TAX/ (UPDATE 3, PIX), moving shortly, by Jason Lange, 400 words)

UK approves Chinese-backed nuclear plant, sets tighter controls

LONDON - Britain gives go-ahead for $24 billion nuclear power plant, ending weeks of uncertainty that strains ties with China, which will help pay for it, and France, which will build it. (BRITAIN-NUCLEAR/HINKLEY (UPDATE 5, PIX), moved, by William James and Kate Holton, 1,096 words)

UNITED STATES

U.S. retail sales, factory output slump; growth forecast cut

WASHINGTON - U.S. retail sales fall more than expected amid weak purchases of automobiles and range of other goods, pointing to cooling domestic demand that further diminishes expectations of Federal Reserve interest rate increase next week. (USA-ECONOMY/ (WRAPUP 3, PIX), moving shortly, by Lucia Mutikani, 700 words)

EUROPE

Merkel braced for more misery in Berlin vote in anti-immigrant backlash

BERLIN - Still reeling from state election rout which unleashes party row about her open-door migrant policy, Angela Merkel's conservatives are bracing for further losses in Berlin city vote Sunday. (GERMANY-ELECTION/ (PIX, TV), moved, by Madeline Chambers, 593 words)

In search of peace and prosperity, Ukraine faces uphill struggle

KIEV - Ukraine feels its reform efforts are vindicated by International Monetary Fund giving it another tranche of aid worth $1 billion, but country still faces an uphill struggle to speed up economic growth and achieve lasting change. (UKRAINE-CRISIS/, moved, by Natalia Zinets and Matthias Williams, 948 words)

AFRICA

Congo to form interim government that includes opposition members

KINSHASA - Democratic Republic of Congo will form interim government that includes opposition members, as part of deal to set up new elections and break political impasse, Justice Minister Alexis Thambwe Mwamba says. (CONGO-POLITICS/ (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved, 370 words)

ASIA

Philippine hitman says he heard Duterte order killings

MANILA - Self-confessed hitman testifies that President Rodrigo Duterte personally issued assassination orders while mayor of city where activists say hundreds of summary executions took place. (PHILIPPINES-DRUGS/DUTERTE (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved, by Manuel Mogato, 617 words)

SCIENCE & HEALTH

Scientists decipher color of 'super cute' bristly dinosaur

WASHINGTON - Scientists guided by small structures preserved in fossilized skin decipher color and camouflage pattern of little dinosaur with parrot-like beak and bristles on its tail that roamed thick forests in China about 120 million years ago. (SCIENCE-DINOSAUR/ (PIX), moved, by Will Dunham, 395 words)

Transgender patients face fear and stigma in the doctor's office

NEW YORK - Tanya Walker had lung cancer and was coughing up blood, but she says her emergency room doctor kept asking about her genitals. Her experience illustrates how transgender people face fear and stigma in doctor's office. (USA-LGBT/MEDICINE (FEATURE, PIX, TV), moved, by Daniel Trotta, 1,065 words)

ENVIRONMENT

Obama joins other world leaders to create new ocean sanctuaries

WASHINGTON - United States joins more than 20 countries in creating 40 new marine sanctuaries around world to protect oceans from threat of climate change and pollution. (ENVIRONMENT-OCEANS/ (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), moved, by Ayesha Rascoe and Lesley Wroughton, 376 words)

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