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Fighting further buries hopes for Syria truce

BEIRUT - Syrian rebels and pro-government forces battled each other on major frontlines near Aleppo and Hama, and air strikes reportedly killed a dozen people including four medical workers, as a ceasefire appeared to have completely unraveled. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA (WRAPUP 1), moved, by Tom Perry and John Davison, 1,120 words)

Migrant boat carrying 600 capsizes off Egypt coast killing at least 29

CAIRO - A boat carrying around 600 migrants has capsized off Egypt's coast, killing at least 29 people, security and local officials say, the latest incident where those fleeing war and economic hardship to Europe have ended up in watery graves. (EUROPE-MIGRANTS/EGYPT (UPDATE 2), moving shortly, 290 words)

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- EUROPE-MIGRANTS/FUNDING (INTERVIEW, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Robin Emmott and Marilyn Haigh, 605 words

- EUROPE-MIGRANTS/HUNGARY-TREATY, moved, 405 words

EU firms skirt sanctions to do business in Crimea

SIMFEROPOL - Products for sale in the Crimean stores of two European retailers are being shipped there from Russia via a ferry and port that are subject to EU sanctions, people involved in the transportation said, suggesting companies are finding ways around the punitive economic regime facing Moscow since 2014. (UKRAINE-CRISIS/CRIMEA-SANCTIONS (EXCLUSIVE, PIX), by Anton Zverev, Gleb Stolyarov and Olga Sichkar, 960 words)

Investigators probing North Carolina, Oklahoma police shootings

CHARLOTTE - Investigators are probing a pair of police shootings of black men in North Carolina and Oklahoma, the latest in a long series of such killings that have stirred protest across the United States. (USA-POLICE/ (UPDATE 1, PICTURE), expect by 1430 GMT/10.30 AM ET, by Greg Lacour and Lenzy Krehbiel-Burton, 350 words)

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- NORTH CAROLINA-SHOOTING/ (UPDATE 1, PICTURE), moved, by Greg Lacour, 560 words

Knife-wielding man shot outside Israeli embassy in Turkey -officials

ANKARA/JERUSALEM - A man is shot and wounded by Turkish police outside the Israeli Embassy in Ankara after he shouts slogans and wield a knife, but initial inquiries indicate he has no links to an organized group, officials say. (TURKEY-ISRAEL/ATTACKS (UPDATE 4, TV, PICTURE), moved, by Umit Bektas and Jeffrey Heller, 255 words)

AFRICA

Congo protests continue under heavily army presence

KINSHASA - Watched by a heavy military presence, opponents of Congolese President Joseph Kabila take to the streets of Kinshasa in pockets of protest smaller than those in which at least 44 people have died in the past two days. (CONGO-POLITICS/ (UPDATE 1), expect by 1530 GMT/11.30 AM ET, by Kenny Katombe and Amedee Mwarabu, 400 words)

Libya exports first oil cargo from Ras Lanuf since 2014

BENGHAZI - An oil tanker leaves the Libyan port of Ras Lanuf with the first crude export cargo from the terminal since at least late 2014, a week after forces loyal to eastern commander Kahilfa Haftar siezed the terminal and four others and pledge to work with the NOC to revive production. (LIBYA-SECURITY/OIL (UPDATE 3), moving shortly, by Ayman al-Warfalli, 430 words)

MIDDLE EAST

Iraqi finance minister sacked, risking economic fallout

BAGHDAD - Iraq's parliament remove Finance Minister Hoshiyar Zebari from office over corruption allegations, a move that risks further destabilizing the major OPEC producer's fragile economy as it struggles with a massive budget deficit. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/IRAQ-POLITICS (UPDATE 2), moving shortly, 435 words)

EUROPE

Rome's new mayor set to pull plug on 2024 Olympics bid

ROME - Rome's new mayor, Virginia Raggi, has decided to oppose its bid to host the Olympics, a city hall official says, a new blow to the 2024 Games after the withdrawal of Boston and Hamburg. (ITALY-OLYMPICS/ROME (UPDATE 2, TV, PICTURE), moved, by Gavin Jones, 485 words)

OECD sees growth flounder as "globalization stalls"

PARIS - Global economic growth will flounder this year and next at rates not seen since the financial crisis as the march of globalization grinds to a halt, the OECD warn. (OECD-ECONOMY/, moved, by Leigh Thomas, 645 words)

Brexit prompts some Jewish Britons to reconcile with German roots

LONDON - For London rabbi Julia Neuberger, Britain's vote to leave the European Union has had a very personal impact: she has decided to seek German citizenship, laying to rest her family's painful legacy of the Nazi era. (BRITAIN-EU/JEWS-GERMANY (PICTURE), moved, by Tina Bellon, 870 words)

UNITED STATES

New York bombing suspect could face hearing in hospital bed

NEW YORK - A lawyer for an Afghan-born U.S. citizen charged with bombings in New York and New Jersey over the weekend asked a federal judge to schedule his first court appearance for Wednesday, possibly in his hospital bed. (USA-ATTACKS/ (PICTURE), moved, by Laila Kearney, 580 words)

Trump scores with small money, lags with big donors

NEW YORK - U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has been a hit with small donors, raking in two-thirds of his individual campaign contributions in sums of $200 or less, according to financial disclosures filed on Tuesday. (USA-ELECTION/TRUMP-MONEY (PICTURE, GRAPHIC), moved, by Michelle Conlin and Grant Smith, 640 words)

Fed expected to keep rates unchanged, may signal year-end hike

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Federal Reserve is expected to keep interest rates unchanged amid tepid inflation and recent weak economic data, but could signal an increased likelihood of a hike by the end of the year. (USA-FED/ (WRAPUP 1, PICTURE), moved, by Lindsay Dunsmuir, 700 words)

ASIA

After middle-finger salute, Philippines' Duterte asks EU 'Why insult me?'

MANILA - Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte demand the European Union show him respect worthy of a president, despite giving the bloc a one-finger gesture and a vulgar four-letter rebuke after its legislators expressed concern about his drug war. (PHILIPPINES-DUTERTE/EU, moved, 350 words)

US bombers fly over South Korea for second time since North's nuclear test

OSAN, South Korea - Two U.S. supersonic bombers fly over South Korea, with one of them landing at an air base 40 km (25 miles) south of the capital, the second such flight since North Korea's Sept. 9 nuclear test. (NORTHKOREA-NUCLEAR/FLIGHT (UPDATE 3, TV, PICTURE), moved, by Yoo Han-bin, 585 words)

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