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TOP STORIES

Trump to take 'optimistic' message to voters, new manager says

WASHINGTON - Donald Trump's new campaign manager promises volatile Republican presidential candidate will stick to more disciplined and uplifting message to voters in final dash to Election Day without crimping his freewheeling style. (USA-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), expect by 0200 GMT/10 PM ET, by John Whitesides and Susan Heavey, 500 words)

Video of small boy saved from Aleppo rubble sparks social media storm

Video of small boy, bloodied and covered in dust, who is rescued after apparent air strike in Syrian city of Aleppo, sparks outrage and concern on social media. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-ALEPPO BOY (UPDATE 4, TV, PIX), moved, 500 words)

Turkey's Erdogan links coup suspects, PKK to bomb attacks

ISTANBUL - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan accuses followers of U.S.-based Islamic cleric he blames for coup attempt of being complicit in attacks by Kurdish militants which kill 10 people in Turkey's southeast. (TURKEY-BLAST/ (UPDATE 6, PIX, TV), moved, by Humeyra Pamuk, 642 words)

SPECIAL REPORT

Enslaved in Libya: One woman's extraordinary escape from Islamic State

Islamic State fighters in Libya abduct at least 540 refugees in six separate ambushes over past 18 months. Many women captives are being turned into sex slaves to reward extremist group's warriors. (EUROPE-MIGRANTS/SLAVE (SPECIAL REPORT, PIX, GRAPHIC), moved, by Selam Gebrekidan, 3,682 words)

RIO OLYMPICS

Brazil police consider charging U.S. swimmers with vandalism, false testimony

RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazilian police are considering charging group of U.S. Olympic swimmers with vandalism and giving false testimony, Rio's police chief says, accusing them of lying about incident that mars South America's first Games. (OLYMPICS-RIO/LOCHTE (UPDATE 5, PIX, TV), moved, by Rodrigo Viga and Jeb Blount, 819 words)

Cuba's La Cruz gets his teeth into light-heavy gold

RIO DE JANEIRO - Two years after being shot in street, stylish Cuban Julio Cesar La Cruz beats Kazakhstan's Adilbek Niyazymbetov to become his country's first light-heavyweight Olympic boxing champion. (OLYMPICS-RIO-BOXING-M-LIGHTHEAVY/ (UPDATE 2, PIX), moved, by Alan Baldwin, 420 words)

Chinese teenagers take gold, silver on 10-meter platform

RIO DE JANEIRO - Chinese teenagers Ren Qian and Si Yajie claim gold and silver medals respectively in women's individual 10-meter platform event, with bronze going to Canada's Meaghan Benfeito. (OLYMPICS-RIO-DIVING-W-10MPLATFORM/ (PIX), moved, by Brenda Goh, 110 words)

Brownlees' smiles hide the pain

RIO DE JANEIRO - Brownlee brothers' incredible demolition of best of rest of world in Olympic triathlon might have looked straightforward but to deliver textbook race in Rio they have to go through "hell" first. Alistair, 28, becomes first triathlete to retain Olympic title and Jonny, 26, adds silver to bronze he picked up in London four years ago. (OLYMPICS-RIO-TRMTRI/BROWNLEES (INTERVIEW, PIX), moved, by Mitch Phillips, 643 words)

+ See also:

- OLYMPICS-RIO/HIGHLIGHTS (HIGHLIGHTS, PIX), moved, 1,600 words

UNITED STATES

U.S. to phase out federal use of private prisons

WASHINGTON - U.S. Justice Department announces plans to phase out its use of privately operated prisons, calling them less safe and less effective than government-run facilities. (USA-PRISONS (UPDATE 4), moving shortly, by Julia Edwards, 900 words)

In wake of riots, Milwaukee looks inward for solutions

MILWAUKEE - After violent riots, residents in blighted inner city are searching for their own way out of despair, saying they cannot rely on government-led economic development projects to remedy chronic crime and unemployment. (WISCONSIN-POLICE/ (PIX), moved, by John McCrank and Brendan O'Brien, 689 words)

California wildfire challenges fight to stem its progress

LOS ANGELES - Firefighters face searing temperatures and steep terrain as they toil to contain fast-moving Southern California wildfire that forces tens of thousands of people from their homes. (CALIFORNIA-FIRE/ (UPDATE 2, TV, PIX), moved, by Alex Dobuzinskis, 427 words)

AMERICAS

Mexico police executed 22 people in raid last year -rights body

MEXICO CITY - Some 22 suspected gang members are "arbitrarily executed" in confrontation with police in western Mexico, Mexico's National Human Rights Commission says, in latest incident of rights abuses by security forces. (MEXICO-POLICE/ (UPDATE 2, PIX, TV), moving shortly, 400 words)

MIDDLE EAST

Abandoned in Saudi desert camps, migrant workers won't leave without pay

QADISIYA LABOUR CAMP, Saudi Arabia - Migrant construction workers, abandoned in their thousands by Saudi employers in filthy desert camps during kingdom's economic slump, say they will not accept government offer of free flights home unless they receive months of unpaid wages. (SAUDI-LABOUR/FOREIGN (PIX, TV), moved, by Marwa Rashad and Katie Paul, 854 words)

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