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Clinton, Trump move to show medical fitness for White House

WHITE PLAINS - U.S. presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump move to show their medical fitness for the White House as Clinton releases a letter from her doctor declaring her fit and Trump tapes a TV-segment about his well-being. (USA-ELECTION/HEALTH (UPDATE 2, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Amanda Becker, 734 words)

- USA-ELECTION/POWELL, moved, by John Walcott, 693 words

- USA-ELECTION/POLL (POLL, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Chris Kahn, 551 words

- USA-POLITICS/ECONOMY-SURVEY, moved, by Scott Malone, 422 words

- USA-ELECTION/AYOTTE (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Susan Heavey and Susan Cornwell, 555 words

Aid for Syria waits on Turkish border as warring sides bicker

CILVEGOZU, Turkey/BEIRUT - Two convoys of aid for Syrian city of Aleppo are waiting in no-man's land after crossing the Turkish border, held up by security fears and disagreements between combatants on third day of cease-fire. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-AID (UPDATE 5, PIX, TV), moved, by Osman Orsal and John Davison, 959 words)

- MIDEAST-CRISIS/USA-RUSSIA, moved, by Phil Stewart and Yeganeh Torbati, 600 words

U.S., Israel sign $38 billion military aid package

WASHINGTON - The United States will give Israel $38 billion in military assistance over the next decade, the largest such aid package in U.S. history, under a landmark agreement. (USA-ISRAEL/SECURITY (UPDATE 2, PIX), moved, by Matt Spetalnick, 600 words)

Europe divided, Juncker urges post-Brexit EU to unite

STRASBOURG - EU chief executive Jean-Claude Juncker warns divided Europeans that their Union is in "existential crisis" after Britain's vote to quit and says leaders must pull together to stop it unraveling. (EU-JUNCKER/ (UPDATE 4, TV, PIX), moved, by Alastair Macdonald, 879 words)

- EU-SUMMIT/POLAND-HUNGARY (PIX), moved, by Justyna Pawlak and Wojciech Strupczewski, 967 words

- EU-JUNCKER/TELECOMS-FACTBOX (FACTBOX), moved, by Foo Yun Chee, 435 words

ASIA

Obama, meeting with Suu Kyi, says U.S. ready to lift Myanmar sanctions

WASHINGTON - Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi calls for the lifting of economic sanctions against her country, and President Barack Obama says the United States is ready to do so. (USA-MYANMAR/ (UPDATE 5, PIX, TV), moved, by Jeff Mason and Timothy Mclaughlin, 792 words)

- USA-MYANMAR/SENATOR (UPDATE 1), moved, by Patricia Zengerle, 307 words

China says opposes "unhelpful" unilateral N.Korea sanctions

BEIJING - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi tells his Japanese counterpart that China opposes "unhelpful" unilateral sanctions on North Korea but will work within the United Nations to formulate a necessary response to its fifth nuclear test. (NORTHKOREA-NUCLEAR/CHINA (UPDATE 1), moved, by Ben Blanchard, 268 words)

Typhoon cuts power, lashes China with wind and rain before weakening

BEIJING - Typhoon Meranti slams into southeastern China with strong winds and lashing rain that cut power to 1.65 million homes, but there are no reports of more casualties in what has been described as the strongest storm of the year globally. (ASIA-STORM/CHINA (UPDATE 3, PIX, TV), moved, by Ben Blanchard, 333 words)

Thai PM defends rights record ahead of UN visit

BANGKOK - Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha defends his country's rights record since he seized power in a 2014 coup, saying he acted to end months of political crisis. (THAILAND-POLITICS/ (PIX, TV), moved, by Amy Sawitta Lefevre and Cod Satrusayang, 340 words)

EUROPE

Germany and France see fresh momentum from Ukraine ceasefire

KIEV - The German and French foreign ministers say an attempt to revive a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine from midnight could set the scene for agreement next week on further peace moves. (UKRAINE-CRISIS/GERMANY (UPDATE 2), by Pavel Polityuk and Andrea Shalal, 498 words)

- UKRAINE-CRISIS/JOHNSON (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), moved, by Matthias Williams, 433 words

Polish, Hungarian "horse thief" alliance alarms Brussels

KRYNICA-ZDROJ, Poland - Viktor Orban, Hungary's fiery nationalist prime minister, is known for the contempt he showers on most European leaders. But when he appeared alongside Poland's Jaroslaw Kaczynski last week, he paid his fellow Eastern European right-wing ruling party leader the ultimate complement: together they would make perfect partners in crime. (EU-SUMMIT/POLAND-HUNGARY (MOVED, PIX), by Justyna Pawlak and Wojciech Strupczewski, 700 words)

Merkel wants Germany to get refugees into workforce faster

FRANKFURT - Chancellor Angela Merkel says that Germany needs "viable solutions" to integrate refugees into the workforce faster after she met with blue-chip companies, which have hired fewer than 100 refugees since around a million arrived in the country last year. (EUROPE-MIGRANTS/GERMANY-COMPANIES (UPDATE 1), moved, by Georgina Prodhan, 937 words)

AFRICA

South Sudan not yet acting on pledge to work with UN, official says

UNITED NATIONS - U.N. peacekeeping chief Herve Ladsous says South Sudan's government has not taken any action on a pledge it made 10 days ago to cooperate on the deployment of more United Nations troops in a bid to avoid a possible arms embargo. (SOUTHSUDAN-SECURITY/UN, moved, by Michelle Nichols, 387 words)

UNITED STATES

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. (USA-LGBT/MEDICINE (FEATURE, PIX, TV), moved, by Daniel Trotta, 1064 words)

AMERICAS

Brazil's Lula charged as 'top boss' of Petrobras graft scheme

CURITIBA - Brazilian prosecutors charge ex-President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva with being the "boss" of a vast corruption scheme at state oil company Petrobras in a major blow to the leftist hero's hopes of a political comeback. (BRAZIL-CORRUPTION/ (UPDATE 5, PIX, TV), moved, by Sergio Spagnuolo, 773 words)

Non-Aligned summit set to back Maduro in Venezuela

CARACAS/PORLAMAR, Venezuela - Non-Aligned summit in Venezuela will offer solidarity to President Nicolas Maduro's socialist government, draft of the final document shows, despite opponents' hopes event will expose his international isolation. (VENEZUELA-NONALIGNED/ (PIX, TV), moved, by Andrew Cawthorne and Girish Gupta, 403 words)

ENVIRONMENT

U.S. among nations set to unveil sanctuaries to protect oceans

WASHINGTON - The United States will join more than 20 countries to announce the creation of 40 new marine sanctuaries around the world to protect the world's oceans from the threat of climate change and pollution. (ENVIRONMENT-OCEANS/, moved, by Ayesha Rascoe and Lesley Wroughton, 410 words)

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