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Accepting White House nomination, Clinton offers 'clear-eyed' vision

PHILADELPHIA - U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton cast herself as the steady leader at a "moment of reckoning" for America, contrasting her character with what she described as a dangerous and volatile Donald Trump. (USA-ELECTION/ (WRAPUP 2, PICTURE, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by John Whitesides and Amanda Becker, 1,020 words)

+ See also:

- USA-CYBER/DEMOCRATS (UPDATE 4, EXCLUSIVE), moved, by Joseph Menn, Dustin Volz and Mark Hosenball, 970 words

France detains Syrian refugee as church attack investigation widens

PARIS - French police have detained a Syrian asylum seeker in connection with the Normandy church attack, two sources say, as security services widen their investigation into the killing of an elderly priest at the altar by two would-be jihadists. (EUROPE-ATTACKS/FRANCE (TV, PICTURE), moved, by Richard Lough and Sophie Louet, 550 words)

Turkey shakes up armed forces, U.S. says purges harming cooperation

ANKARA/ISTANBUL - Turkey has begun overhauling its armed forces following a failed coup, but its NATO ally the United States complained that the purges of generals and officers were hindering cooperation in the fight against Islamic State. (TURKEY-SECURITY/ (WRAPUP 2, PICTURE, TV), expect by 1430 GMT/10.30 AM ET, by Tulay Karadeniz and Daren Butler, 895 words)

+ See also:

- TURKEY-SECURITY/ARRESTS, moved, 100 words

- TURKEY-SECURITY/NETHERLANDS (UPDATE 1), moved, 260 words

Pope, at Auschwitz, asks God to forgive "so much cruelty"

OSWIECIM, Poland - Hunched on a bench near the gate to the Auschwitz death camp site in Poland, Pope Francis prayed silently on Friday in tribute to 1.5 million people, most of them Jews, gassed there by Nazi occupiers during World War Two. (POPE-POLAND/AUSCHWITZ (PICTURE, TV), moved, by Philip Pullella, 480 words)

MIDDLE EAST

U.N says Russian aid plan for Syria's Aleppo needs improving

GENEVA - Russia needs to improve its plans to help 300,000 civilians beseiged in the Syrian city of Aleppo and should consider letting the United Nations take over parts of the aid operation, U.N. Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura says. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-UN (UPDATE 1, TV), moved, by Tom Miles and Stephanie Nebehay, 400 words)

Up to 1 million could flee fighting for Iraq's Mosul -ICRC

GENEVA - Up to 1 million Iraqis could be forced to flee their homes soon as fighting intensifies in a government offensive to retake Mosul from Islamic State militants, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/IRAQ-REDCROSS (UPDATE 2, TV), expect by 1500 GMT/11 AM ET, 400 words)

EUROPE

Putin steps up drive to kill sanctions amid signs of EU disunity

MOSCOW - Vladimir Putin will step up Russia's campaign to end European Union sanctions with a visit to Slovenia on Saturday, encouraged by signs his tactic of lobbying what he views as more pliant southern and eastern European states is starting to pay off. (RUSSIA-SANCTIONS/PUTIN (PICTURE), moved, by Andrew Osborn, 1,255 words)

Romania arrests central bank deputy governor in graft investigation

BUCHAREST - Romania's anti-graft prosecutors arrest central bank deputy governor Bogdan Olteanu in a corruption investigation that targets his 2008 parliamentary activity, the prosecutors says, the first arrest of a leading central banker in the country. (ROMANIA-CORRUPTION/ (UPDATE 2, PICTURE), moved, by Radu-Sorin Marinas and Luiza Ilie, 345 words)

Britain casts doubt on EDF's $24 billion nuclear project

LONDON - Britain has cast doubt on a $24 billion project with French utility EDF to build the UK's first new nuclear plant in decades, delaying a final decision on the plan just weeks after the Brexit vote ushered in a new prime minister. (EDF-BRITAIN/NUCLEAR (UPDATE 3, GRAPHIC, TV), moved, by Nina Chestney and William Schomberg, 890 words)

AFRICA

Unemployed may turn away from South Africa's ANC in election

UMLAZI, Durban - Young, poor, supporters of South Africa's African National Congress are weary of reminders of its liberation struggle, concentrating instead on the ruling party's failure to deliver jobs which could cost it votes in local elections next week. (SAFRICA-ELECTION/UNEMPLOYMENT (PICTURE), moved, by Stella Mapenzauswa, 880 words)

UNITED STATES

Inventory liquidation weighs on U.S. second-quarter GDP growth

WASHINGTON - The U.S. economy grew far less than expected in the second quarter as inventory investment fell for the first time in nearly five years, but a surge in consumer spending pointed to underlying strength. (USA-ECONOMY/ (WRAPUP 3), moved, by Lucia Mutikani, 605 words)

Firefighters work to suppress California wildfire near Big Sur coast

CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA - Firefighters are working to suppress a deadly wildfire near California's famed Big Sur coast that has burned more than 40 homes, forced hundreds of residents to flee and closed popular parks at the height of the summer travel season. (CALIFORNIA-FIRE/ (PICTURE, TV), moved, by Mike Fiala, 425 words)

ASIA

U.S. military prepares for biggest Okinawa land return since 1972

TOKYO - The United States military says it is preparing for the biggest land return in Okinawa since 1972, as it faces a surge in opposition to its presence following the arrest of one of its civilian contractors for the murder of a local woman. (JAPAN-USA/OKINAWA (UPDATE 1), moved, by Tim Kelly, 335 words)

Former Australian PM Kevin Rudd withdraws candidacy for top U.N. job

SYDNEY - Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd withdraws his candidacy for the next U.N. Secretary-General after current Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull declares him unfit for the job and refuses to back him. (AUSTRALIA-UN/RUDD (UPDATE 1, PICTURE, TV), moved, by Matt Siegel, 255 words)

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