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Top French court suspends burkini ban

PARIS - A top French court suspends a ban on full-body burkini swimsuits that has angered Muslims, feminists and civil liberties campaigners. (RELIGION-BURQA/FRANCE (UPDATE 2, TV, PICTURE), moving shortly, by Ingrid Melander and Chine Labbé, 400 words)

Turkey signals no quick end to Syria incursion as truck bomb kills 11

ISTANBUL/KARKAMIS - Turkish forces will remain in Syria for as long as it takes to cleanse the border of Islamic State and other militants, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim says, after a truck bombing by Kurdish insurgents kills at least 11 police officers. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-TURKEY (WRAPUP 2, PICTURE, TV, GRAPHICS), expect by 1600 GMT/NOON ET, by Nick Tattersall and Humeyra Pamuk, 1,125 words)

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- MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-DARAYA (UPDATE 1, TV, PICTURE), moved, 550 words

Kerry, Lavrov push to finalize Syria deal, evacuees leave besieged Daraya

GENEVA - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russia's Sergei Lavrov seek to finalize an agreement on fighting Islamist militants in Syria as the first evacuees leave a besieged Damascus surbub under a plan which has aroused the U.N.'s concern. (MIDEAST CRISIS/KERRY-LAVROV (UPDATE 2, TV, PICTURE), moved, by Lesley Wroughton and Stephanie Nebehay, 545 words)

Italy quake death toll hits 267, state funeral planned

PESCARA DEL TRONTO, Italy - Hopes of finding more survivors fade three days after a powerful earthquake hit central Italy, with the death toll rising to 267 and the rescue operation in some of the stricken areas called off. (ITALY-QUAKE/ (UPDATE 4, PICTURE, TV, GRAPHICS), expect by 1500 GMT/11 AM ET, by Steve Scherer and Gabriele Pileri, 935 words)

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- ITALY-QUAKE/MIGRANTS (PICTURE, TV), moving shortly, by Gabriele Pileri and Steve Scherer, 440 words

Philippine government, communist rebels sign ceasefire deal

OSLO - The Philippines government and Maoist-led rebels agree indefinite ceasefires as part of an accord to accelerate efforts to end a conflict that has lasted almost five decades and killed at least 40,000 people. (PHILIPPINES-REBELS/NORWAY (UPDATE 2, PICTURE), moved, by Alister Doyle, 400 words)

UNITED STATES

As central bankers gather, some at Fed make interest rate rise case

JACKSON HOLE, Wyo. - As central bankers converge on this mountain resort for an annual conference on monetary policy, a couple of top Federal Reserve officials take the chance to renew a push for interest-rate hikes, citing improvement in employment and inflation. (USA-FED/ (WRAPUP 2), moved, 400 words)

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- USA-ECONOMY/ (WRAPUP 1), moved, by Lucia Mutikani, 695 words

- USA-FED/REFORM (UPDATE 2, PICTURE), moved, by Ann Saphir and Jason Lange, 400 words

- USA-FED/POLICY (ANALYSIS), moved, by Howard Schneider, 775 words

As racial politics loom over election, Obama's legacy is seen as mixed

WASHINGTON - When Barack Obama became the first African-American to win the White House in 2008, his victory was a turning point in U.S. race relations that set high expectations for progress to come. (USA-OBAMA/LEGACY-RACE, moved, by Jeff Mason, 710 words)

AFRICA

Violence erupts in Zimbabwe's capital after anti-Mugabe rally

HARARE - Zimbabwean police fire tear gas at opposition leaders and hundreds of demonstrators as a protest against President Robert Mugabe descend into one of the worst outbreaks of violence in two decades. (ZIMBABWE-PROTEST/ (UPDATE 3, PICTURE, TV), moved, by MacDonald Dzirutwe, 490 words)

Judge rejects prosecutor request to appeal Pistorius sentence

JOHANNESBURG - A South African judge dismiss a request by state prosecutors to appeal Oscar Pistorius' six-year murder sentence, the latest twist in a trial that has captured global headlines. (SAFRICA-PISTORIUS/ (UPDATE 2, PICTURE, TV), moved, by Tanisha Heiberg, 600 words)

Death toll in Somalia beach restaurant attack rises to 10

MOGADISHU - The death toll from an attack late on Thursday by Islamic militants on a seaside restaurant in the Somali capital Mogadishu has risen to 10, police say. (SOMALIA-ATTACKS/ (UPDATE 1, PICTURE, TV), moved, 165 words)

EUROPE

Hungary to build second fence on Serbian border to keep out migrants

BUDAPEST - Hungary plans to build a second fence on its southern border with Serbia that would enable it to keep out any major new wave of migrants, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban says. (EUROPE-MIGRANTS/HUNGARY (UPDATE 1, PICTURE), moved, by Krisztina Than, 395 words)

+ See also:

- EUROPE-MIGRANTS/GERMANY-POPULATION (UPDATE 1), moving shortly, 400 words

UK consumers powered growth in Q2 despite approach of Brexit vote

LONDON - Britain's consumers and businesses showed no sign of reining in their spending ahead of the country's Brexit vote in June, official data shows, adding to signs that the economy went into the referendum in strong shape. (BRITAIN-ECONOMY/ (UPDATE 1), moved, by William Schomberg and Andy Bruce, 505 words)

AMERICAS

Colombia's FARC face tricky return to peace, willing to return to war

CORDILLERA ORIENTAL, Colombia - After three decades fighting in the remote mountains of Colombia for a Marxist revolution, 60-year-old FARC rebel Cesar Gonzalez now returns to a society he barely recognizes. A peace deal unveiled on Wednesday between Colombia's government and guerrilla leaders ends half a century of conflict and allows the rebels to set up a political party and seek power peacefully, at the ballot box. (COLOMBIA-REBELS/PEACE (FEATURE, TV, PICTURE), moved, by Helen Murphy 1,175 words)

ASIA

Myanmar army chief reshuffles officers, promotes intelligence chief

YANGON - Myanmar's army chief, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, reshuffles top posts, promoting his intelligence chief and other officers leading efforts to present the military as a responsible partner in a democratic transition. (MYANMAR-MILITARY/, moved, by Shwe Yee Saw Myint, 405 words)

WIDER IMAGE

Searching for history along the Thames

LONDON - A torch on his head, Jason Sandy scours the nighttime London foreshores of the Thames river, searching for objects that could offer a glimpse of life in the British capital hundreds of years ago. (BRITAIN-MUDLARKS/ (PICTURE, WIDER IMAGE), moved, 430 words)

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