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Turkish police raid science council as crackdown widens

ISTANBUL - Turkish police raid the offices of the national science research council, an official says, as authorities widen an investigation into followers of the U.S.-based cleric accused of masterminding last month's coup attempt. (TURKEY-SECURITY/SCIENCE (UPDATE 2), moved, 400 words)

Besieged by Republican criticism, Trump insists campaign is unified

WASHINGTON - Republican Donald Trump insists that his presidential campaign is unified, even as he faces open revolt from some in his party amid one of the most disruptive controversies of his unruly White House run. (USA-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), expect by 1600, by Doina Chiacu, 616 words)

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- USA-ELECTION/ (WRAPUP 3, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Alana Wise and David Morgan, 1,400 words

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

Recession ahead in Britain? Factories slow, business confidence tumbles

LONDON - British manufacturing shrinks at its fastest pace in more than three years in July and business confidence tumbles following the Brexit vote, according to surveys that show an increased chance of a recession ahead. (BRITAIN-EU/ECONOMY (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved, by Ana Nicolaci da Costa, 600 words)

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- BRITAIN-SCOTCH/, moved, 300 words

- BRITAIN-EU/LONDON-PROPERTY (UPDATE 1, PIX), by Costas Pitas, moved, 800 words

South African vote tests ANC hold on cities, Zuma in focus

JOHANNESBURG/PRETORIA - South Africans vote in local elections that could see the ruling African National Congress (ANC) and its scandal-hit leader lose control of the capital and other key cities for the first time since the end of apartheid. (SAFRICA-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 3, PIX, TV), moved, by Nqobile Dludla, 700 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)

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- OLYMPICS-RIO/POLICE, moved, 293 words

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

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

- OLYMPICS-POPE/ (PIX, TV), moved, 250 words

AMERICAS

Venezuelan women seek sterilizations as crisis sours child-rearing

CARACAS - Venezuela's food shortages, inflation and crumbling medical sector have become such a source of anguish that growing number of young women are reluctantly opting for sterilizations rather than face hardship of pregnancy and child-rearing. (VENEZUELA-STERILIZATIONS/ (WIDER IMAGE, PIX), moving at 1400GMT/1000EST, by Alexandra Ulmer, 1130 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)

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)

ASIA

North Korea missile lands near Japanese waters

SEOUL - North Korea launches a ballistic missile that lands in or near Japanese-controlled waters for the first time, the latest in a series of launches by the isolated country in defiance of U.N. Security Council resolutions. (NORTHKOREA-MISSILE/ (UPDATE 5), moved, 510 words)

Bitcoin exchange confirms second-biggest heist in U.S. dollar terms

HONG KONG - Nearly 120,000 bitcoin worth about US$72 million has been stolen from the exchange platform Bitfinex in Hong Kong, making it the second-biggest security breach ever of such an exchange. (BITFINEX-HACKED/HONGKONG (UPDATE 2) moved, by Clare Baldwin, 300 words)

Revolving-door politics in Nepal as Maoist becomes PM

KATHMANDU - Nepal's parliament elects Prachanda, who led a decade-long insurgency that topped a feudal monarchy, as the Himalayan nation's new prime minister, a week after K.P. Oli stepped down to avoid a no-confidence motion. (NEPAL-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), moved, by Gopal Sharma, 500 words)

Japan's PM picks hawkish defense minister in limited reshuffle

TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe appoints conservative ally Tomomi Inada as defense minister, which risked upsetting China and South Korea, as part of a limited cabinet reshuffle that left most top posts unchanged. (JAPAN-POLITICS/CABINET (UPDATE 1), moved, by Linda Sieg and Elaine Lies, 500 words)

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

HTA NI, Myanmar - By the standards of her village in Myanmar's swampy Ayeyarwady Delta, Than Shin was a prosperous woman, with 20 acres of farmland. But her fortunes changed in 2000 when the military government took possession of her land. (MYANMAR-MILITARY/LAND (INSIGHT, PIX, TV), moved, by Aubrey Belford, Hnin Yadana Zaw and Antoni Slodkowski, 1,466 words)

ARTS

Harry Potter casts spell again with "Cursed Child" UK sales

LONDON - "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child," the script for a new London play telling the eighth story in the hugely popular boy-wizard series, has sold more than 680,000 print copies in Britain in three days, publisher Little, Brown Book Group says. (BOOKS-HARRYPOTTER/ (TV), 350 words, moving shortly)

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