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U.S. investigators search for links in trio of weekend attacks

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON - Federal investigators are looking to determine if there are links among three attacks across the United States, involving bombings in New York City and New Jersey and a stabbing rampage at a Minnesota shopping mall. (USA-ATTACKS/ (WRAPUP 3, PICTURES, TV), moved, by Daniel Trotta and Dustin Volz, 790 words)

- NEW YORK-BLAST/PEOPLE (PICTURES, TV), moved, by Robert MacMillan and David Ingram, 520 words

Moscow says strikes on Syria army threaten U.S.-Russia ceasefire plan

MOSCOW/BEIRUT - Moscow steps up its war of words with Washington, saying air strikes by a U.S.-led coalition on the Syrian army threatened the implementation of a U.S.-Russian ceasefire plan for Syria and bordered on connivance with Islamic State. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-RUSSIA (UPDATE 6, PICTURES), moved, by Dmitry Solovyov and Lisa Barrington, 940 words)

- MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-FRANCE (UPDATE 1), moved, by John Irish, 390 words

- MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-HOMS (UPDATE 1), moved, by Tom Perry, Linda Barrington and Kinda Makieh, 355 words

India blames Pakistan as Kashmir attack kills 17 soldiers

SRINAGAR, India - India accuses Pakistan of being behind Sunday's separatist attack on an army base near their disputed frontier that killed 17 soldiers, in one of the deadliest attacks in Kashmir in a quarter-century-old insurgency. (INDIA-KASHMIR/ (UPDATE 7, PICTURES, TV), moved, by Fayaz Bukhari, 870 words)

Pro-Putin party wins Russian parliamentary election

MOSCOW/UFA - Allies of Russian President Vladimir Putin comfortably win a parliamentary election, early results show, but low turnout suggests a softening of enthusiasm for the ruling elite 18 months before the next presidential election. (RUSSIA-ELECTION/ (PICTURES, TV), moved, by Polina Devitt and Olga Sichkar, 860 words)

ASIA

Philippines' Duterte needs six more months for his war on drugs

MANILA - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte says he needs six more months for his war on drugs, saying he only realized how bad the country's narcotics problem was after taking office over two months ago. (PHILIPPINES-DRUGS/ (UPDATE 1), by Enrico Dela Cruz, 455 words)

- PHILIPPINES-MILITANTS/INDONESIA (UPDATE 1), moved, by Enrico dela Cruz and Manuel Mogato, 387 words

MIDDLE EAST

Iran urges U.S. to unblock aircraft deals, seeks investors

TEHRAN - Iran urges the United States to remove remaining obstacles to buying passenger planes following the lifting of international sanctions and it spreads out the welcome mat to foreign investors as it seeks to boost its aviation sector. (IRAN-AVIATION/ (UPDATE 1, PICTURES), moved, by Tim Hepher, 610 words)

UNITED STATES

Clinton, Trump to both meet with Egyptian president at UN

WHITE PLAINS - An adviser to U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's campaign says that Trump will meet with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi during the United Nations General Assembly, just as Hillary Clinton, the Democratic presidential nominee, is also scheduled to do. (USA-ELECTION/TRUMP-EGYPT, moved, by James Oliphant, 410 words)

- USA-ELECTION/KAINE (PICTURES, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Alana Wise, 350 words

EUROPE

Merkel's party suffers rout in Berlin in migrant policy backlash

BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel's CDU party suffers its second electoral blow in two weeks, slumping to its lowest level since 1990 in a Berlin state vote that rejected her open-door refugee policy. (GERMANY-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 4, PICTURES, TV), by Michael Nienaber and Madeline Chambers, 580 words)

UK firms reined in investment plans after Brexit vote - survey

LONDON - British companies scaled back their investment plans in the month after Britain voted to leave the European Union, a survey by Lloyds Bank shows, a further sign the decision is likely to have a lasting impact on the economy. (BRITAIN-EU/INVESTMENT, moved, by Helen Reid, 350 words)

AMERICAS

Maduro revels in support from Zimbabwe, Iran as critics decry failed summit

MARGARITA ISLAND - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro revels in support from leftist allies during a summit of a Cold War-era bloc, but critics pillory him for hosting unpopular leaders such as Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe and for failing to draw many world leaders. (VENEZUELA-NONALIGNED/ (PICTURES, TV), moved, by Deisy Buitrago and Girish Gupta, 410 words)

AFRICA

Clashes at Libyan oil ports as counter-attack repelled - officials

BENGHAZI, Libya - Eastern Libyan forces say they have reestablished control over two oil ports where an ousted faction launched a counter-attack, briefly seizing one of the terminals. (LIBYA-SECURITY/OIL (UPDATE 5), moved, by Ayman al-Warfalli, 580 words)

ENTERTAINMENT

'Veep's Julia Louis-Dreyfus wins again as Emmys gets political

LOS ANGELES - "Veep" star Julia Louis-Dreyfus wins her fifth straight Emmy for her role in the satirical White House comedy on a night when politics plays large in the midst of an extraordinary 2016 U.S. election campaign. (AWARDS-EMMYS/ (UPDATE 3, PICTURES, TV), moving shortly, by Jill Serjeant, 400 words)

- AWARDS-EMMYS/FASHION (PICTURES, TV), moving shortly, y Melissa Fares and Piya Sinha-Roy, 425 words

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