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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 a road needed to deliver aid to the city of Aleppo, threatening the most serious international peacemaking effort in months as the sides accuse each other of violating a truce. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA (WRAPUP 1, PICTURE, TV), moved, by Tom Perry and Tom Miles, 1,045 words)

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- MIDEAST-CRISIS/RUSSIA-TURKEY (UPDATE 1, TV), moved, 235 words

Clinton returns to campaign trail after pneumonia bout

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., - Hillary Clinton is set to resume campaigning after a bout with pneumonia compelled the U.S. Democratic presidential nominee to take an unforeseen break as she and Republican rival Donald Trump enter the critical two-month final stretch before the election. (USA-ELECTION/ (PICTURE, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Amanda Becker, 440 words)

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- USA-ELECTION/EU-SCHULZ, moved, 150 words

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

BERLIN - Still reeling from a state election rout which unleashed a party row about her open-door migrant policy, Angela Merkel's conservatives are bracing for further losses in the Berlin city vote on Sunday. (GERMANY-ELECTION/ (PICTURE, TV), moved, by Madeline Chambers, 595 words)

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- EUROPE-MIGRANTS/GERMANY-COMPANIES (UPDATE 2), moved, by Georgina Prodhan and Paul Carrel, 960 words

UK approves Chinese-backed nuclear plant, sets tighter controls

LONDON - Britain gives the go-ahead for a $24 billion nuclear power plant, ending weeks of uncertainty that strained ties with China and France but also signaling a more cautious approach to foreign investment in critical infrastructure projects. (BRITAIN-NUCLEAR/HINKLEY (UPDATE 4), moved, by William James, 1,050 words)

EUROPE

Hollande, Merkel urge clear vision to address EU weaknesses

PARIS - German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande say it is crucial an upcoming European Union summit, the first since Britain voted to leave the bloc, address the EU's weaknesses with a plan for reforms. (FRANCE-GERMANY/ (UPDATE 1, TV, PICTURE), moved, 380 words)

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- BRITAIN-EU/MAY (PICTURE), moved, by Elizabeth Piper, 860 words

Foreign ministers visit eastern Ukraine as fresh ceasefire begins

SLOVIANSK, Ukraine - Foreign ministers from Germany, France and Ukraine visit eastern Ukraine, hours after Russian-backed separatists and Ukrainian forces agreed to a ceasefire in a conflict that has killed over 9,600 since spring 2014. (UKRAINE-CRISIS/OSCE (PICTURE, TV), moved, by Andrea Shalal, 675 words)

Russia's sole liberal opposition MP fights for political survival

MOSCOW - Days before an election expected to extend Kremlin dominance over Russia's parliament, the sole liberal opposition member, Dmitry Gudkov, is waging what he fears is a losing battle for political survival. (RUSSIA-ELECTION/ (PICTURE), moved, by Andrew Osborn, 1,260 words)

Italy government to decide date of referendum on Sept. 26

ROME - Italy's government will meet on Sept. 26 to decide the date of a national referendum over whether to accept or reject a constitutional reform passed by parliament, Prime Minister Matteo Renzi says. (ITALY-REFERENDUM/DATE, moved, 130 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 (PICTURE), moved, by Justyna Pawlak and Wojciech Strupczewski, 970 words)

Drained by a dictator, Romanian wetlands return to the wild

MAHMUDIA, Romania - Birds and fish are slowly but surely returning to a part of Romania's picturesque Danube Delta that was drained by dictator Nicolae Ceausescu in the 1980s but has been returned by local communities to its natural wetland state. (ROMANIA-ENVIRONMENT/DANUBE DELTA (TV), moved, by Sinisa Dragin and Radu-Sorin Marinas, 260 words)

MIDDLE EAST

Saudi prince warns Iran against using force to pursue rivalry

DUBAI - A senior Saudi official, responding to Iranian criticism of Riyadh's management of the haj pilgrimage, urges Iran to end what he calls wrong attitudes towards Arabs and warns it against any use of force in its rivalry with the kingdom. (SAUDI-HAJ/IRAN-PRINCE, moved, 370 words)

UNITED STATES

Weak U.S. retail sales dim Fed September rate hike prospects

WASHINGTON - U.S. retail sales fell more than expected in August amid weak purchases of automobiles and a range of other goods, pointing to cooling domestic demand that further diminishes expectations of a Federal Reserve interest rate increase next week. (USA-ECONOMY/ (WRAPUP 1), moved, by Lucia Mutikani, 640 words)

Scientists decipher color of 'super cute' bristly dinosaur

WASHINGTON - Scientists guided by small structures preserved in fossilized skin have deciphered the color and camouflage pattern of a little dinosaur with a parrot-like beak and bristles on its tail that roamed thick forests in China about 120 million years ago. (SCIENCE-DINOSAUR/ (PICTURE), 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 the doctor's office. (USA-LGBT/MEDICINE (FEATURE, PICTURE, TV), moved, by Daniel Trotta, 1,065 words)

ASIA

Indonesia ferry blast kills two, injures several

DENPASAR, Indonesia - An explosion on a ferry carrying 35 tourists between the Indonesian resort islands of Bali and Lombok kill two people and injure several more, police say. (INDONESIA-BOAT/ (UPDATE 1, PICTURE, TV), moved, 150 words)

Malaysia confirms debris found in Tanzania is from MH370

KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia say that a large piece of aircraft debris discovered on the island of Pemba, off the coast of Tanzania, in June, is from the missing Malaysia Airlines jet MH370. (MALAYSIA-AIRLINES/TANZANIA, moved, 150 words)

Ex-Afghan leader attacks new US combat rules, urges Taliban to talk peace

KABUL - Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai sharply criticizes new authorities giving the U.S. military greater freedom to fight Taliban insurgents, saying they were a further erosion of sovereignty. (AFGHANISTAN-KARZAI/ (INTERVIEW, PICTURE, TV), moved, by James Mackenzie and Rupam Jain, 813 words)

Japan opposition party picks first female leader after citizenship hiccup

TOKYO - Japan's main opposition Democratic Party elects a former cabinet minister as its first female leader on Thursday, following a last-minute hiccup when she was found to hold dual citizenship in violation of Japanese law. (JAPAN-POLITICS/OPPOSITION (PICTURE, TV), moved, by Kiyoshi Takenaka and Linda Sieg, 390 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)

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

'Mr.Robot,' 'The Americans' challenge 'Game of Thrones' for Emmy crown

A pair of Cold War Soviet spies and an awkward cyber hacker challenge the warring nobles of the Iron Throne at the Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, where more than 20 awards celebrating the best of television will be handed out. (AWARDS-EMMYS/ (PICTURE, TV), moved, by Jill Serjeant, 409 words)

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- AWARDS-EMMYS/NOMINATIONS (FACTBOX), moved, 360 words

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