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TOP STORIES

Turkey's Erdogan blames child bomber for attack that killed 51

GAZIANTEP - A suicide bomber aged between 12 and 14 carried out the attack on a wedding party in the Turkish city of Gaziantep that killed at least 51 people, the president says. (TURKEY-BLAST/ (UPDATE 8, PICTURES, TV), moved, by Osman Orsal and Umit Ozdal, 840 words)

Show of European unity: Merkel, Hollande, Renzi to meet

NAPLES, Italy - The leaders of Germany, France and Italy will meet to discuss how to keep the European project together in the second set of talks between the premiers of the euro zone's three largest economies since Britain's shock vote to leave the bloc. (EUROPE-CRISIS/MEETING (UPDATE 1, PICTURES), moved, by Isla Binnie, 650 words)

Kurdish militia launches assault to evict Syrian army from key city of Hasaka

HASAKA - The Kurdish YPG militia launches a major assault to seize the last government-controlled parts of the northeastern Syrian city of Hasaka after calling on pro-government militias to surrender, Kurdish forces and residents say. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-HASAKA (PIX), moved, by Rodi Said, 611 words)

- MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-JARABLUS (UPDATE 2), moved, by Tom Perry and Suleiman Al-Khalidi, 570 words

Trump campaign signals possible shift on immigration stance

WASHINGTON - A senior aide to U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump signals a possible shift in his hardline immigration policies, saying his plans to deport 11 million people who are in the country illegally are under review. (USA-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 1, PICTURES, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Alana Wise and Julia Edwards, 590 words)

RIO OLYMPICS

More Carnival than clockwork, but Rio pulls it off

RIO DE JANEIRO - In the end, it was a tale of two Games. The yin and yang Olympics, one of stark contrasts between the feats on the field of play, and regrettable actions off it. (OLYMPICS-RIO/ (PICTURES), moved, by Ossian Shine, 890 words)

- OLYMPICS-RIO/CLOSING (UPDATE 4, PICTURES, TV), moved, by Mary Milliken, Caroline Stauffer and Brad Brooks, 910 words)

- OLYMPICS-RIO/BRAZIL-MEDALS, moved, by Jeb Blount, 480 words

- OLYMPICS-RIO/MEDIA (PICTURES), moved, by Byron Kaye and Liana B. Baker, 920 words

- OLYMPICS-RIO-ATHLETICS/ (REVIEW, PIX), moved, by Mitch Phillips, 516 words

- OLYMPICS-RIO/USA-WEALTH (PIX), moved, by Elizabeth Dilts, 619 words

ASIA

U.S., South Korea begin joint drills amid tension after defection

SEOUL - The United States and South Korea kick off annual military exercises, prompting warnings of retaliation from the North, as already-heightened tension on the peninsula has been inflamed by the defection of a Pyongyang diplomat. (SOUTHKOREA-USA/NORTHKOREA-DRILLS (UPDATE 1, TV, PIX), moved, by Ju-min Park, 384 words)

Philippines remains committed to the United Nations - foreign minister

MANILA - The Philippines is not leaving the United Nations, the foreign minister says, a day after President Rodrigo Duterte threatened to quit after it called for an end to a wave of killings unleashed by his war on drugs. (PHILIPPINES-DUTERTE/UN (UPDATE 1), moving shortly, by Karen Lema, 277 words)

Barrier to reform? Suu Kyi sticks with Myanmar central bank chief

YANGON - Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi is standing by the country's central bank governor, despite concerns from commercial bankers, government advisers and some of his own officials at the pace of reform on his watch. (MYANMAR-CENTRALBANK/ (PICTURES), moved, by Timothy Mclaughlin and Antoni Slodkowski, 900 words)

China to strengthen Communist Party's role in non-govt bodies

BEIJING - China has issued new rules demanding the establishment of Communist Party panels in non-government bodies, aiming to beef up the ruling party's role in such social groups, amid a broad crackdown on civil society. (CHINA-NGOS/, moved, by Ben Blanchard, 364 words)

MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA

Libyan forces say they capture mosque, prison from Islamic State in Sirte

TRIPOLI - Libyan forces renew their push to oust Islamic State from its former North African stronghold of Sirte, saying they had seized the city's main mosque and a jail run by the militants' morality police. (LIBYA-SECURITY (PICTURES, TV), moved, by Ahmed Elumami, 315 words)

Gaza militant rocket hits Israel, Israel responds with air strikes, shells

JERUSALEM - Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip launch a rocket that lands in the Israeli border town of Sderot and Israeli aircraft and tanks respond by shelling the Gaza town of Beit Hanoun, the army and police say. (ISRAELI-PALESTINIANS/ROCKET (UPDATE 2, PICTURES, TV), moved, by Nidal al-Mughrabi, 400 words)

Kerry, African ministers to meet on South Sudan violence, Somalia

NAIROBI - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and counterparts from eight African nations meet in Nairobi to discuss ways to prevent South Sudan from sliding back into civil war and to advance a political transition in Somalia. (KENYA-USA/ (PICTURES), moved, by Lesley Wroughton, 560 words)

EUROPE

Italy to hold elections in 2018 whatever referendum outcome - Renzi

MARINA DI PIETRASANTA - Italians will vote in new general elections in 2018 no matter how a referendum on constitutional reform turns out later this year, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi says. (ITALY-VOTE/RENZI (UPDATE 1), moved, by Silvia Ognibene, 305 words)

UNITED STATES

Health official warns Zika could spread across U.S. Gulf

One of the top U.S. public health officials warns that the mosquito-borne Zika virus could extend its reach across the U.S. Gulf Coast after officials last week confirmed it as active in the popular tourist destination of Miami Beach. (HEALTH-ZIKA/MIAMI (PICTURES), moved, by Chris Prentice, 490 words)

PEOPLE

D.A. Henderson, who led effort to eradicate smallpox, dies at 87

Donald A. Henderson, who headed the World Health Organization vaccination effort that wiped out smallpox in 1977 and later became a U.S. bioterrorism expert, has died from complications following a hip fracture, officials say. He was 87. (PEOPLE-HENDERSON/ (PICTURES), moved, by Jon Herskovitz, 345 words)

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