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Turkey warns EU it is making "serious mistakes" over failed coup

ANKARA/ISTANBUL - Turkey says the European Union, fueled by anti-Turkish sentiment and hostility to President Tayyip Erdogan, is making grave mistakes in its response to a failed coup and is losing the trust of ordinary Turks. (TURKEY-SECURITY/ (UPDATE 3, PIX, TV), moved, by Ece Toksabay and Tuvan Gumrukcu, 652 words)

Russia accuses Ukraine of armed Crimea incursions, says two killed

MOSCOW - Russia said it has thwarted two armed Ukrainian attempts to get saboteurs into Crimea and dismantle a spy network inside the annexed peninsula, but Ukraine says the assertions are "fake information." (UKRAINE-CRISIS/CRIMEA-ATTACK, expect by 1500 GMT, by Andrew Osborn and Maria Tsvetkova, 400 words)

U.N. rights boss decries purge in Turkey, voices concerns on China GENEVA - The top U.N. rights official calls for Turkey to stem a "thirst for revenge" that has led to the arrest of 16,000 people since the failed coup, warns populists including Donald Trump about whipping up anti-migrant sentiment, and voices concern at trials in China. (UN-RIGHTS/ (INTERVIEW, PIX, TV), expect at 1500 GMT, by Stephanie Nebehay, 500 words).

Out of sight, out of mind? Europe's migrant crisis still simmers

ATHENS/ZAGREB - A year after hundreds of thousands of refugees snaked their way across southeastern Europe and onto global television screens, the roads through the Balkans are now clear, depriving an arguably worsening tragedy of poignant visibility (EUROPE-MIGRANTS/ (PIX, GRAPHIC), moved, by Michele Kambas and Antonio Bronic, 712 words)

RIO OLYMPICS

Two more golds for Phelps, Hosszu and Ledecky march on RIO DE JANEIRO - Michael Phelps wins two gold medals on Tuesday, avenging his 200 meters butterfly defeat from the London Olympics and then anchoring the U.S. 4x200 freestyle team to victory on a night of high drama and emotion in the pool. (OLYMPICS-RIO-SWIMMING/WRAPUP 1 (PICTURES), moved, by Mark Trevelyan, Alan Baldwin and Amy Tennery, 700 words)

Swimming-Phelps wins back the one that got away

RIO DE JANEIRO - By his own admission, Michael Phelps could not have scripted it better as he won back the title closest to his heart on an evening of pure gold for the most medalled Olympic athlete of all time. (OLYMPICS-RIO-SWIMMING-M-200MBUTTERFLY/ (UPDATE 3, PIX, GRAPHIC), moved, by Alan Baldwin, 600 words)

Cycling-American veteran Armstrong wins third consecutive time trial gold

RIO DE JANEIRO - Veteran American Kristin Armstrong completed a remarkable return to cycling by winning a third consecutive gold medal in the time trial in rainy Rio on Wednesday. (OLYMPICS-RIO-CYCLING-ROAD/WOMEN (UPDATE 1, PIX), by Martyn Herman, 137 words)

Police in Kuwait raid Football Association offices

DOHA - Police in Kuwait raid the country's Football Association (FA) headquarters, a week after the Gulf state loses a Swiss court case against the International Olympic Committee (IOC) which has banned the country from international competitions. (OLYMPICS-KUWAIT/, moved, by Tom Finn, 236 words)

UNITED STATES

Turkish military officer seeking asylum in United States -U.S. officials

WASHINGTON - A Turkish military officer on a U.S.-based assignment for NATO is seeking asylum in the United States after being recalled by the Turkish government in the wake of last month's failed military coup, U.S. officials told Reuters. (USA-TURKEY/ASYLUM (EXCLUSIVE), moved, by Phil Stewart and Yara Bayoumy, 844 words)

Delta expects normal operations to resume on Wednesday

Delta Air Lines says it expects to return to normal operations later on Wednesday after a power outage hit its computer systems on Monday, causing the cancellation of more than 1,600 flights over two days. (DELTA AIR-OUTAGES/ (UPDATE 1), moved, 249 words)

ACT shakes up security unit, plans audit after cheating reports

LONDON/SHANGHAI - ACT Inc, maker of America's most popular university entrance exam, is laying off its head of test security and plans to audit nearly 200 education centers after Reuters detailed widespread cheating in an ACT-owned college-prep program for international students. (COLLEGE-SECURITY/ACT (EXCLUSIVE), moved, by Steve Stecklow and Alexandra Harney, 836 words)

EUROPE

German police raid suspected Islamic State recruiters

DUESSELDORF - German police on Wednesday raided the homes and workplaces of three people suspected of trying to recruit supporters for Islamic State, the Federal Prosecutor's office said. (GERMANY-SECURITY/RAIDS (UPDATE 1), moved, 198 words)

Parents who insist on vegan diet for children may risk jail in Italy

ROME - If parliamentarian Elvira Savino has her way, Italian parents who insist on a vegan diet for their children will risk up to four years in jail (ITALY-VEGANS/LAW (PIX), moved, by Philip Pullella, 400 words)

AMERICAS

Brazil's Senate indicts Rousseff, opens impeachment trial BRASILIA - Brazil's Senate votes to indict President Dilma Rousseff on charges of breaking budget laws and put her on trial in an impeachment process that has stalled Brazilian politics since January. (BRAZIL-IMPEACHMENT/VOTE (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), moved, by Anthony Boadle, 551 words)

Venezuelans flood Brazil border in 36-hour grocery run PACARAIMA, Brazil - Venezuelans seeking to escape their socialist economy's dysfunction flood into the remote Brazilian town of Pacaraima in search of basic goods that are prohibitively expensive or only available after hours in line.

(VENEZUELA-BRAZIL/ (PIX), expect by 1400 GMT/10 a.m. ET, by Brian Ellsworth, 600 words)

MIDDLE EAST

Twelve premature babies killed in Baghdad hospital fire

BAGHDAD - Twelve prematurely born babies are killed in a fire that broke out in the early hours of Wednesday on a maternity ward in a Baghdad hospital and was probably caused by an electrical fault, Iraqi authorities said. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/IRAQ-FIRE (UPDATE 2, TV, PIX), moved, by Maher Nazeh, 415 words)

Gay Qatari's article provokes backlash over World Cup "values"

DOHA - An opinion article about life as a gay Qatari stirs debate about the limits of tolerance in the conservative Gulf Arab country, which is due to host the 2022 soccer World Cup. (QATAR-LGBT/, moved, by Tom Finn, 414 words)

SCIENCE

Piltdown breakdown: new details about a famed scientific hoax

WASHINGTON - Researchers applying modern forensic techniques to a century-old puzzle have laid bare intriguing new details about one of the most notorious scientific hoaxes on record, the so-called Piltdown Man, and are confident in the culprit's identity. (SCIENCE-HOAX/ (PIX), moved, by Will Dunham, 400 words)

ARCHAEOLOGY

Tiny bead from Bulgaria may be world's oldest gold artifact

YUNATSITE, Bulgaria - It is a tiny gold bead - just 4 mm (1/8 inch) in diameter - but it is an enormous discovery for Bulgarian archaeologists who say they have found Europe's oldest manufactured gold artifact. (BULGARIA-ARCHAEOLOGY/GOLD (PIX, TV), moved, by Angel Krasimirov, 370 words)

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