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Republican rift widens as Trump declines to endorse Ryan, McCain

WASHINGTON - U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump ratcheted up tensions in his party by denying two leading figures, House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan and Senator John McCain, support in their re-election bids. (USA-ELECTION/ (WRAPUP 3, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Alana Wise and David Morgan, 900 words)

- USA-ELECTION/TRUMP-UNIVERSITY (UPDATE 2), moved, 200 words

North Korea fires ballistic missile into sea - South Korea

SEOUL - North Korea fired a ballistic missile from its western region into the sea off its east coast, South Korea's military said, the latest in a series of launches in defiance of U.N. Security Council resolutions. (NORTHKOREA-MISSILE/ (UPDATE 3), moved, 400 words)

Brazil impeachment trial closer to sealing Rousseff's fate

BRASILIA - A Senate report found Brazil's suspended President Dilma Rousseff violated the constitution by manipulating government accounts, moving her drawn-out impeachment trial closer to deciding her fate. (BRAZIL-IMPEACHMENT/ (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved, by Maria Carolina Marcello, 622 words)

Erdogan says Turkey's coup script was 'written abroad'

ANKARA/ISTANBUL - President Tayyip Erdogan accuses West of supporting terrorism and standing by coups, questioning Turkey's relationship with United States and saying "script" for abortive putsch was "written abroad." (TURKEY-SECURITY/ (WRAPUP 1, TV, PIX, GRAPHIC), moved, by Ece Toksabay and Nick Tattersall, 1,100 words)

RIO OLYMPICS

Brazil to deploy military to tourist sites, stadium security lax

RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazil says it is deploying the military to patrol emblematic tourist sites in Rio de Janeiro to guard against the "minimal" chance of an attack, though security at the Olympic stadium appeared slack three days before the Games. (OLYMPICS-RIO/SECURITY-STADIUM (PIX), moved, by Pedro Fonseca and Rodrigo Viga Gaier, 454 words)

+ See also:

- OLYMPICS-RIO/POLICE (moved), moved, 293 words

- OLYMPICS-RIO/COUNTERFEITS (PIX, TV), moved, by Paulo Prada, 747 words

- PERU-DRUGS/OLYMPICS (TV), moved, by Marco Aquino, 308 words

ASIA

Suu Kyi tackles military land grabs in test of new Myanmar government

HTA NI - By the standards of her village in Myanmar's swampy Ayeyarwady Delta, Than Shin was a prosperous woman. She had 20 acres of farmland on which her family grew rice. (MYANMAR-MILITARY/LAND (INSIGHT, PIX, TV), moved, by Aubrey Belford, Hnin Yadana Zaw and Antoni Slodkowski, 1,466 words)

Protesters disrupt Hong Kong election meeting over rule change

HONG KONG - Dozens of masked demonstrators try to force their way into an electoral meeting in Hong Kong to protest against a new bar on anyone running for the legislature who refuses to declare the territory an "inalienable" part of China. (HONGKONG-CHINA/ELECTION (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved, by Tyrone Siu, 419 words)

Revolving-door politics in Nepal as Maoist poised to become PM

KATHMANDU - Nepal's parliament meets in a crucial session that is expected to confirm former Maoist rebel chief Prachanda as the Himalayan nation's new prime minister after K.P. Oli stepped down to avoid a no-confidence motion. (NEPAL-ELECTION/ (PIX, TV), moved, by Gopal Sharma, 491 words)

Bangladesh's missing militant link: the threat from abroad

DHAKA/NEW DELHI - When Bangladeshi authorities last month released the names of 261 men who have gone missing from their families, in an attempt to find militants hidden in this country of 160 million people, at the very end of the list was "Jilani alias Abu Zidal." (BANGLADESH-ATTACKS/ISLAMIC STATE (PIX), moved, by Serajul Quadir and Tom Lasseter, 1,081 words)

Newly elected protectionist Australian senators may harm trade

SYDNEY - Vote counting is almost finished four weeks after a tightly contested Australian election, leaving the government with a razor-thin majority and a Senate bristling with economic protectionists who could hinder trade ties with the likes of China, Indonesia and the United States. (AUSTRALIA-POLITICS/ELECTION (PIX), moved, by Tom Westbrook and Jarni Blakkarly, 507 words)

MIDDLE EAST

Obama says supporting Libya's fight with Islamic State is in U.S. interest

WASHINGTON - President Obama says it is in U.S. national security interest to support Libya's emerging government's fight against Islamic State, day after his administration says it launches air strikes there. (LIBYA-USA/OBAMA (UPDATE 2, PIX, TV), moved, 556 words)

Rescuers say toxic gas dropped on Syrian town where Russian helicopter shot down

BEIRUT - Syrian rescue service operating in rebel-held territory says helicopter drops containers of toxic gas on town close to where Russian military helicopter was shot down hours earlier. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-IDLIB (UPDATE 4, TV), moved, by Lisa Barrington, 654 words)

AMERICAS

Tropical Storm Earl strengthens as it churns toward Belize

MEXICO CITY - Tropical Storm Earl bears down on Central America's Caribbean coastline, strengthening as it was forecast to strike land as a hurricane, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) says. (STORM-EARL/ (UPDATE 2), moved, 251 words)

Venezuela names general accused of drug crimes by U.S. as minister

CARACAS - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro names a general accused of drug crimes by the United States as his new interior minister and removes from the cabinet his top economic official, who was viewed as a potential reformer. (VENEZUELA-POLITICS/ (UPDATE 2, PIX, TV), moved, by Andrew Cawthorne, 388 words)

EUROPE

Britain's May resurrects industrial policy, readying for Brexit

LONDON - Prime Minister Theresa May kickstarts her bid to reshape British economy for post-Brexit world, reviving once unfashionable concept of industrial policy 30 years after Margaret Thatcher killed it off. (BRITAIN-EU/INDUSTRY (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved, by William James, 900 words)

UNITED STATES

U.S. military communications satellite fails to reach intended orbit

CAPE CANAVERAL - A propulsion system problem has left a U.S. military communications satellite short of its intended orbit, leaving a key communications network over the Middle East, Africa and Asia without a spare, officials say. (SPACE-MILITARY/SATELLITE, moved, by Irene Klotz, 350 words)

+ See also:

- LOCKHEED-FIGHTER/ (UPDATE 4, PIX), moved, by Idrees Ali, 587 words

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