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Syrian blows himself up outside German music festival, 15 wounded

ANSBACH, Germany - A 27-year-old Syrian man denied asylum in Germany a year ago blew himself up outside a crowded music festival, injuring 12 people in the country's fourth violent attack on members of the public in less than a week. (GERMANY-BLAST/ (UPDATE 10, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved at 8:25 a.m., 813 words)

Afghan teenager met Munich gunman just before attack

MUNICH - A 16-year-old Afghan youth arrested on Sunday had been in contact via Whats App with an 18-year-old gunman who killed nine people in Munich two days earlier and also met him just before the attack, Bavarian officials said.(EUROPE-ATTACKS/GERMANY-MUNICH (UPDATE 1), moved at 7:12 a.m., 316 words)

New Zealand satisfied with Rio Village after remedial work

REI DE JANEIRO - New Zealand's Olympic team said they were satisfied with their accommodation for the Rio de Janeiro Games despite their neighbors Australia refusing to move in. The Australian Olympic team declined to take up their apartments in the villager saying the accommodation was "not safe or ready." The Italian team also said some areas of the village were not ready and that they had been forced to hire workmen to carry out emergency repairs. (OLYMPICS-RIO/VILLAGE-NEWZEALAND (PIX), moved, 490 words)

Kremlin hails IOC decision to allow clean Russian athletes to compete in Rio

MOSCOW - The Kremlin said on Monday it welcomed the decision by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) which allowed clean Russian sportspeople to compete in next month's Rio Olympics. (SPORT-DOPING/RUSSIA-KREMLIN, moved at 6:13 a.m., 111 words)

CAMPAIGN

Obama's brother says to vote for Trump

NAIROBI - President Barack Obama's half-brother Malik Obama says he will vote for Donald Trump in the U.S. election in November because he likes the candidate and he is unhappy with his brother's leadership. Malik, a U.S. citizen, has lived in Washington since 1985 where he worked with various firms before becoming an independent financial consultant. (USA-ELECTION/OBAMA, moved at 6:50 a.m., 330 words)

Uneasy about U.S. election, rich investors eye selling stocks for cash - survey

NEW YORK - A quarter of rich U.S. investors are so concerned that the U.S. presidential race will hurt share prices that they are considering pulling out of the stock market entirely, according to a survey by UBS AG Wealth Management Americas. "Investors really see this as a watershed event," said Sameer Aurora, UBS head of client strategy for Wealth Management Americas. "They are extremely concerned about the outcome of the election on their own personal financial well-being." (UBS GROUP-WEALTH/ELECTION, moved at 7:20 a.m., 355 words)

WASHINGTON

U.S. praises confidence-building measures with Chinese military

BEIJING - The U.S. and Chinese militaries have reduced the risk of encounters between them having "unintended consequences," a top U.S. official said on Monday, while China reiterated it would not accept interference in the South China Sea. (CHINA-USA/RICE (TV, PIX), moved at 6:30 a.m., 416 words) See also: China says South Korea's anti-missile decision harms foundation of trust (SOUTHKOREA-THAAD/CHINA (UPDATE 2), moved at 7:18 a.m., 454 words)

ASEAN breaks deadlock on South China Sea, Beijing thanks Cambodia for support

VIENTIANE - Southeast Asian nations overcome days of deadlock when the Philippines dropped a request for their joint statement to mention a landmark legal ruling on the South China Sea, officials say, after objections from Cambodia. (SOUTHCHINASEA-RULING/ASEAN (UPDATE 1, TV, PIX, GRAPHICS), moved, 625 words)

Spy agencies struggle to spot threats from lone, mentally ill attackers

WASHINGTON - Recent attacks on civilians in the U.S. and Europe have exposed a gap in the intelligence community's efforts to track suspected extremists and prevent mass killings, a half dozen American, British and French counterterrorism officials say. (USA-POLICE/DOMESTICSECURITY (REPEAT, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved at 6 a.m., by Mark Hosenball, 1,178 words)

OTHER U.S. NEWS

Shooting after Florida nightclub's teen party leaves 2 dead, 17 wounded

FORT MYERS, Fla. - Shots erupted outside a party for teenagers at a Florida nightclub early on Monday, killing two people and wounding as many as 17 others in the latest burst of gun violence to wrack the state this summer, authorities said. (FLORIDA-SHOOTING/ (UPDATE 5, PIX, TV), moved at 8:58 a.m., 383 words)

Deadly wildfire near Los Angeles swells to 33,000 acres

LOS ANGELES - A fast-moving wildfire that has left one dead in its path and destroyed more than a dozen homes in the drought-parched canyons northwest of Los Angeles had charred more than 33,000 acres by Monday morning, fire officials said. (CALIFORNIA-FIRE/ (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), moving shortly, 390 words)

Bankrupt coal giant turns to grass in Wyoming to cut liabilities

GILLETTE, Wyo. - A squad of about ten Peabody Energy Corp. miners clad in steel-toed boots and hard hats climbed into massive bulldozers on a recent morning, ready to create rolling hills of grass over former pits at the Rawhide coal mine in Wyoming. (PEABODY-BANKRUPTCY/CLEANUP (FEATURE, PIX), moved at 7 a.m., by Tracy Rucinski, 770 words)

MIDDLE EAST

Turkey detains 42 journalists in crackdown as Europe sounds alarm

ISTANBUL - Turkey orders the detention of 42 journalists, broadcaster NTV reports, broadening a crackdown in the aftermath of a failed coup, while the European Commission sounds alarm about the widening gulf between Ankara and Europe. (TURKEY-SECURITY/ (WRAPUP 1, PIX), moved at 7:15 a.m., 800 words) See also: Ties with Turkey will be impacted if U.S. doesn't extradite cleric Gulen - Turkish foreign minister (TURKEY-SECURITY/MINISTER-USA, moved at 4:38 a.m., 118 words)

Civilian casualties increase as Afghan troops battle Taliban

KABUL - Civilians are being killed and wounded in record numbers in Afghanistan, the United Nations reports, just days after one of the deadliest attacks ever in Kabul. (AFGHANISTAN-CASUALTIES/ (PIX), moved, 680 words)

WORLD

Austria breaks up migrant-smuggling ring

VIENNA - Austria has broken up an international people-smuggling ring that illegally spirited more than 1,000 migrants into Germany, France and other countries from Hungary, police said on Monday. (EUROPE-MIGRANTS/AUSTRIA, moved at 8:23 a.m., 209 words)

Britain does not want return to Northern Ireland border controls, May says

BELFAST - Britain does not want a return to border controls in Northern Ireland, Prime Minister Theresa May said on Monday on her first visit to the British province following the United Kingdom's vote to leave the European Union. (BRITAIN-EU/NIRELAND (UPDATE 2, PIX), moved at 8:34 a.m., 590 words)

Scottish leader preparing for independence to keep post-Brexit options open

LONDON - Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon said on Monday she would start preparatory work on splitting Scotland from the rest of Britain in order to keep the option of independence available following the June 23 vote to leave the European Union. (BRITAIN-EU/SCOTLAND (UPDATE 2, PIX), moved at 8 a.m., 450 words)

Duterte defends deadly Philippine crime crackdown in national address

MANILA - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte vowed big reforms to tackle chronic economic flaws on Monday and defended his pursuit of a deadly anti-narcotics war, saying drugs were drowning his country and human rights were no excuse to shield criminals. (PHILIPPINES-POLITICS/DUTERTE (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), moved at 6:48 a.m., 550 words)

Ukraine, after war, becomes a trove for black market arms trade

SLOVIANSK, Ukraine/MOSCOW - On Feb. 12 last year, the same day that a ceasefire ended the worst of the fighting in eastern Ukraine between rebels and government forces, a former rebel fighter seized a chance to turn his inside knowledge of the conflict into hard cash. (UKRAINE-CRISIS/ARMS (INSIGHT, PIX, TV), moved at 6 a.m., 1,330 words)

China jails former top military officer for life in graft case

(CHINA-CORRUPTION/MILITARY (UPDATE 1), moved at 7:20 a.m., 411 words)

FEATURE

Venezuelan schoolchildren express hunger in drawings

CARACAS - When children at a Catholic-run school in a poor neighborhood of Venezuela's Caracas capital began fainting from hunger, teachers asked them to draw or describe their most recent meals and what they expected to eat next. The responses were shocking. (VENEZUELA-SCHOOLCHILDREN/ (WIDER IMAGE, PIX), expect by 10 a.m., by Daniel Kai, 383 words)

ENTERTAINMENT AND LIFESTYLE

Pokemon Go gets big Comic-Con stage, creator talks success and future

SAN DIEGO - The creator of the wildly popular Pokemon Go gaming app received the celebrity treatment on Sunday at the final day of San Diego's annual Comic-Con, as he discussed the viral popularity and future of the game. John Hanke, founder of Niantic Labs and developer of Pokemon Go, was welcomed with loud applause from more than 6,500 fans. (NINTENDO-POKEMON/COMICCON, moved at 8 p.m., 385 words)

Prince Harry regrets not talking sooner about Diana's death

LONDON - Britain's Prince Harry has spoken about how he regrets not talking sooner about the impact of the death of his mother, Princess Diana, according to the BBC. "I really regret not talking about it," he said. "For the first 28 years of my life, I never talked about it." (BRITAIN-ROYALS/ (PIX), moved at 5:30 a.m., 205 words)

Ai Weiwei puts himself back in a jail cell in new Spanish show

CUENCA, Spain - Artist Ai Weiwei has reproduced scenes of his incarceration for a new art installation, a series of almost life-size dioramas - encased in steel boxes - showing his life in jail. (ART-SPAIN/AIWEIWEI (TV, PIX), moved at 6:25 a.m., 258 words)

Bolshoi marks 60th anniversary of landmark London visit

MOSCOW - At the height of the Cold War, dancers from Russia's Bolshoi Ballet did their bit to thaw East-West relations, flying to London in 1956 to make their first performances for British audiences who had never seen anything quite like it. (BALLET-BOLSHOI/ (TV), moved at 9:25 a.m., 480 words)

Japanese fantasy world fever grips young Cubans

HAVANA - Cuba may be one of the world's least connected countries but that is not stopping the Japanese subculture of animated movies, manga comics and video games from spreading feverishly among its youth. (CUBA-OTAKU/ (PIX, TV), moved, 390 words)

HEALTH AND SCIENCE

Contamination of water pushes up costs, makes safe water scarcer

RIO DE JANEIRO - Contamination as people and agriculture crowd around water sources has hiked the cost of water treatment by 50 percent in some major cities, making it harder to provide safe drinking water for a growing urban population, according to a new study. (GLOBAL-LANDRIGHTS/WATER, expect by noon, 343 words)

CONSUMER TECH

Verizon to buy Yahoo's core business for $4.83 billion

-- Verizon Communications said on Monday it will buy Yahoo's core internet properties for $4.83 billion in cash to expand its digital advertising and media business in a deal that ends a lengthy sale process for the fading Web pioneer. (YAHOO-M&A/VERIZON (UPDATE 2, PIX), moving shortly, 518 words, will be led through the day)

Nintendo shares dive as company plays down Pokemon GO's earnings impact

TOKYO - Shares in Nintendo Co tumble as much as 18 percent after the company says Pokemon GO will have a limited impact on its earnings - their biggest setback so far after a huge run-up on the smash-hit game. (NINTENDO-POKEMON/STOCKS (UPDATE 2, PIX), moved, 495 words)

BUSINESS AND MARKETS

Chrysler review said to show U.S. sales figures inflated

DETROIT - An internal review that Fiat Chrysler Automobiles conducted from mid-2015 found that U.S. sales figures were inflated by 5,000 to 6,000 vehicles, partly amid pressure to keep the company's year-over-year monthly sales streak alive, the Automotive News reported Monday, citing two sources at FCA. (FIAT CHRYSLER-SALES/ (UPDATE 1), moving shortly, 233 words)

LVMH sells loss-making Donna Karan to G-III in $650 million deal

PARIS - French luxury group LVMH is selling Donna Karan International, the parent of New York label DKNY, to U.S. clothing firm G-III Apparel Group in a deal valuing the loss-making fashion brand at $650 million. (LVMH-DONNA KARAN/G-III APPARL GRP (UPDATE 2, PIX), moved at 6:19 a.m., 503 words)

Canada to phase out older crude-by-rail tank cars early

TORONTO - Canada will take older tank cars out of crude-by-rail service months earlier than originally planned, the government said on Monday, its latest move to toughen rail safety in the wake of a deadly 2013 crash. (CANADA-RAILWAYS/ (CORRECTED), moving shortly, 136 words)

G20 deference for China's economic policies irks Japan

SHANGHAI/TOKYO - China dodged criticism of its economic management at a G20 meeting it hosted on the weekend, even winning plaudits for yuan transparency, much to the frustration of Japanese officials who are calling for more reforms from Beijing. (G20-CHINA/DIPLOMACY (PIX, GRAPHICS), moved at 8 a.m., 636 words)

Corporate raiders seek Brexit bargains in Britain

LONDON - Overseas buyers lured by a plunge in the pound are looking to snare British companies on the cheap, ensuring a steady flow of deals since Britain voted to leave the European Union and defying expectations of an M&A drought. (BRITAIN-EU/MERGERS, moved, 970 words) See also: BRITAIN-EU/PROPERTY-CHINA, moved, 450 words

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