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Turkey: No compromise with U.S. on cleric's extradition

ISTANBUL - Turkey will not compromise with Washington over the extradition of the Islamic cleric it accuses of orchestrating a failed coup, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim says, warning of rising anti-Americanism if the United States fails to extradite Abdullah Gulen. (TURKEY-SECURITY/, moved, by Humeyra Pamuk, 652 words)

Thousands return to Syria's Manbij after IS militants flee

BEIRUT - Thousands of displaced residents stream back into the northern Syrian city of Manbij near the Turkish border after U.S.-backed fighters oust the last Islamic State militants from their old stronghold, residents and U.S. allies say. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-MANBIJ, moved, by Suleiman Al-Khalidi, 600 words)

Man with knife, flammable liquid injures 6 on Swiss train

ZURICH - A man armed with a knife and flammable fluid injures six people on a Swiss train in an attack that police say could possibly have been a crime of passion but unlikely to have any link with terrorism. (SWISS-ATTACK/ (UPDATE 2), moved, 300 words)

AMERICAS

Senior U.S. Democrat Pelosi gets 'obscene and sick' calls after hack

WASHINGTON - U.S. House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi said on Saturday she has been flooded with "obscene and sick" calls and texts after a hacker linked to Russia posted personal contact information online for her and many other Democratic lawmakers and aides. (USA-CYBER/DEMOCRATS, moved, by John Whitesides, 523 words)

Venezuelans cross reopened border to Colombia for food, medicine

SAN ANTONIO - Thousands of Venezuelans were welcomed to Colombia by a military band early on Saturday morning as the two countries' borders were officially reopened after being closed by Venezuela a year ago. (VENEZUELA-COLOMBIA/BORDER (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), by Anggy Polanco, 340 words)

Fidel Castro thanks Cubans for 90th birthday wishes, lambasts US

HAVANA - Fidel Castro thanks Cubans for their tributes to mark his 90th birthday in a meandering column carried by state-run media in which the iconic leftist revolutionary also lambasts his old foe, the United States. (CUBA-FIDEL/ (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), moved, by Sarah Marsh, 500 words)

ASIA

U.S. drone kills IS leader for Afghanistan, Pakistan

PESHAWAR, Pakistan/WASHINGTON - The leader of Islamic State's branch in Afghanistan and Pakistan has been killed in a U.S. drone strike, a Pentagon spokesman says after the Afghan ambassador to Pakistan announces the news to Reuters. (AFGHANISTAN-ISLAMICSTATE/ (UPDATE 2), moved, by Jibran Ahmad and Yeganeh Torbati, 541 words)

Thai opposition denies role in bomb blasts in tourist areas

BANGKOK - The Thai party whose government was toppled by a military coup two years ago denies having any role in bomb attacks on popular tourist centers that killed four people and wounded dozens a day earlier. (THAILAND-SECURITY/BLAST (TV, PIX, GRAPHIC), moved, by Andrew R.C. Marshall and Aukkarapon Niyomyat, 525 words)

MIDDLE EAST

Ten children reported dead in Yemen air strike

DUBAI - At least 10 children are killed and 21 others injured in northern Yemen, aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres says in what the dominant Houthi group calls a Saudi-led air strike on a school. (YEMEN-SECURITY/PARLIAMENT, (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved, 324 words)

EUROPE

Britain to plug 4.5 bln pound EU funding gap for farms, colleges

LONDON - Britain will fill a gap of as much as 4.5 billion pounds ($5.8 billion) in funding for agriculture, universities and its regions that will open up when Britain leaves the European Union, finance minister Philip Hammond says. (BRITAIN-EU/FUNDING (UPDATE 2), moved, 491 words)

German far-right leader wants refugees sent to islands

BERLIN - The head of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) says Berlin should send rejected asylum seekers and illegal immigrants to islands outside Europe and turn its refugee office into an emigration bureau. (EUROPE-MIGRANTS/GERMANY-FARRIGHT, moved, 271 words)

AFRICA

Zambia's Lungu ahead in early vote count, opposition cries foul

LUSAKA - President Edgar Lungu takes the lead over his main rival in early counting from Zambia's presidential election, but the main opposition says its count shows their candidate ahead and the vote may have been rigged. (ZAMBIA-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 2, TV, PIX), moved, by Chris Mfula and Stella Mapenzauswa, 559 words)

SPECIAL REPORT

How UK firms built pyramid scheme in China that lost millions

SHANGHAI, China - The London address helped draw Chinese investors to EuroFX. But the venture was not regulated in the United Kingdom. It was a scam that flourished in gaps between the national systems. (CHINA-INVESTMENT/EUROFX (SPECIAL REPORT, PIX, GRAPHIC), moved, by Engen Tham and Carolyn Cohn, 2,586 words)

+ See also:

- CHINA-INVESTMENT/EUROFX-TIMELINE, moved, by Carolyn Cohn, 308 words

More airline outages seen, carriers grapple with aging technology

Airlines will likely suffer more disruptions like one that grounded about 2,000 Delta flights this week because major carriers do not invest enough to overhaul reservations systems based on technology dating to the 1960s, airline industry and technology experts tell Reuters. (DELTA AIR-OUTAGES/IT (ANALYSIS, PIX), moved, by Jeffrey Dastin and Jim Finkle, 1,148 words)

RIO OLYMPICS

IAAF bars sole Russian athletics competitor from Rio Games

RIO DE JANEIRO - Russia's sole track and field competitor at the Rio Olympics, Darya Klishina, has been suspended from the Games, the international athletics federation (IAAF) says, confirming it had withdrawn her special eligibility status.(OLYMPICS-RIO/RUSSIA-KLISHINA (UPDATE 6), moving shortly, 750 words)

From green pool to missing pontoon, Rio organizers face problems

RIO DE JANEIRO - Olympics organizers battle an array of persistent problems as the Games enter their second week, from a sickly green diving pool to competitors taken to the wrong venue and a long-distance swimming pontoon swept away by the waves. (OLYMPICS-RIO/ (PIX, TV), moved, by Daniel Flynn, 550 words)

+ See also:

- OLYMPICS-RIO/FAVELA-DISSENT (PIX, TV), moved

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