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Olympics-U.S. says sorry as swimmers leave Brazil to jeers

RIO DE JANEIRO - Two U.S. Olympic swimmers fly home from Brazil after a local crowd jeers them, calling them "liars" and "fakes," and police accuse them of fabricating a story about being robbed at gunpoint during the Rio Games. (OLYMPICS-RIO/LOCHTE (UPDATE 9, PIX, TV), moved, by Rodrigo Viga and Jeb Blount, 700 words)

Trump says he regrets past remarks that 'caused personal pain'

CHARLOTTE - Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump apologizes for past remarks that "may have caused personal pain" as he seeks to refocus his message in the face of falling opinion poll numbers in his first speech since shaking up his campaign team this week. (USA-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 2, PICTURES, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Ginger Gibson, 790 words)

- USA-ELECTION/CLINTON-FOUNDATION, moved, by Jonathan Allen and Eric Walsh, 245 words

- USA-ELECTION/CLINTON-FBI, moved, by John Walcott, Curtis Skinner and Jonathan Allen, 345 words

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

ISTANBUL - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan accuses followers of a U.S.-based Islamic cleric he blames for a coup attempt of being complicit in attacks by Kurdish militants which killed 10 people in Turkey's southeast. (TURKEY-BLAST/ (UPDATE 6, PICTURES, TV), moved, by Humeyra Pamuk, 640 words)

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

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

- MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-HASAKA (UPDATE 4), moved, by Tom Perry and Lisa Barrington, 415 words

SPECIAL REPORT

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

Islamic State fighters in Libya abducted at least 540 refugees in six separate ambushes over the past 18 months. Many women captives are being turned into sex slaves to reward the extremist group's warriors. (EUROPE-MIGRANTS/SLAVE (SPECIAL REPORT, PICTURES, GRAPHIC), moved, by Selam Gebrekidan, 3,680 words)

RIO OLYMPICS

Olympics-Athletics-Peerless Bolt powers to 200m gold

RIO DE JANEIRO - The incomparable Usain Bolt once again proves utterly unbeatable on the Olympic track, powering his way to a third straight 200 meters gold and remaining on course for an extraordinary "triple-triple" of sprint titles. (OLYMPICS-RIO-ATHLETICS-M-200M/ (WRAPUP 1, PIX, TV), moved, by Nick Mulvenney, 600 words)

- OLYMPICS-RIO-ATHLETICS-M-200M/BOLT (PIX), moved, by Mitch Phillips, 400 words)

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

ASIA

Japan defense ministry seeks record budget for fiscal 2017

TOKYO - Japan's defense ministry will seek a record budget of 5.16 trillion yen ($51 billion) for fiscal 2017, as tension rises in the East China Sea and North Korea steps up its missile threat, a government official with direct knowledge of the plan says. (JAPAN-DEFENCE/BUDGET (UPDATE 1), moved, by Nobuhiro Kubo, 400 words)

For elite N.Korean defector, a job and bodyguards await in South

SEOUL - Thae Yong Ho, the most senior North Korean diplomat to flee to the South, is likely to have round-the-clock protection and make a comfortable living at a think-tank run by Seoul's intelligence service, say elite defectors who followed a similar path. (NORTHKOREA-DEFECTOR/ (PICTURES, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Ju-min Park and James Pearson, 810 words)

MIDDLE EAST

Saudi-led coalition says it regrets MSF decision to evacuate staff from Yemen

DUBAI - The Saudi-led coalition expresses deep regret over a decision by Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) to evacuate staff from northern Yemen and said it is trying to set up "urgent meetings" with the medical aid group. (YEMEN-SECURITY/MSF, moved, 400 words)

Syrian planes said to bomb Kurdish-held area for first time

BEIRUT - Syrian government warplanes bomb Kurdish-held areas of the northeastern city of Hasaka for the first time in the country's five-year-old civil war, killing at least 13 people, the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia and a monitoring group say. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-HASAKA (UPDATE 4), moved, by Tom Perry and Lisa Barrington, 350 words)

UNITED STATES

In wake of riots, Milwaukee looks inward for solutions

MILWAUKEE - After violent riots, residents in the 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/ (PICTURES), moved, by John McCrank and Brendan O'Brien, 690 words)

Locally transmitted Zika virus identified in Miami Beach -source

AUG 18 (REUTERS) - Florida health officials have found evidence of local Zika virus transmission in Miami Beach, one of the world's most popular tourist destinations, opening a new front in the fight against the mosquito-borne virus, according to a source familiar with the investigation. (HEALTH-ZIKA/MIAMI (UPDATE 4), moved, by Toni Clarke, 589 words)

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

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Justice Department announces plans to phase out its use of privately operated prisons, calling them less safe and a poor substitute for government-run facilities. (USA-PRISONS/ (UPDATE 4), moved, by Julia Edwards, 700 words)

Key L.A.-Las Vegas highway link reopens as wildfire rages on

WRIGHTWOOD - The main highway linking Southern California to Las Vegas reopens as authorities battle a fast-moving wildfire that raged for a third day in mountains east of Los Angeles. (CALIFORNIA-FIRE/ (UPDATE 4, PICTURES, TV), moved, by Krystian Orlinski, 390 words)

About 86,500 sought federal aid after Louisiana floods

BATON ROUGE - Some 86,500 people have filed for federal aid after deadly flooding hit Louisiana in the past several days and damaged some 40,000 homes, Governor John Bel Edwards tells a news conference. (USA-WEATHER/ (UPDATE 3, PICTURES), moved, 390 words)

AMERICAS

Mexico says police executed 22 on ranch, in 'grave' rights abuse

AUG 18 (REUTERS) - Mexican police arbitrarily executed nearly two dozen suspected gang members on a ranch last year, the government's National Human Rights Commission says, one of the worst abuses by security forces in a decade of grisly drug violence. (MEXICO-POLICE/ (UPDATE 3, PICTURES, TV), moved, by Lizbeth Diaz and Frank Jack Daniel, 770 words)

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