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TOP STORIES

Turkish army thrusts deeper into Syria

KARKAMIS, Turkey - Turkey's army and its allies thrust deeper into Syria, seizing territory controlled by Kurdish-aligned forces on the fifth day of a cross-border campaign that a monitoring group says has killed at least 35 villagers. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA (UPDATE 4, PIX, TV), moved, by Umit Bektas, 600 words)

- FRANCE-SYRIA/RUSSIA (UPDATE 1), moved, 300 words

- MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-HOMS, moved, by Suleiman Al-Khalidi, 391 words

Bomb explodes at Brussels criminology institute, no casualties - broadcaster RTL

BRUSSELS - A bomb explodes at the Brussels Institute of Criminology in the north of Belgian capital but the building was empty and no one was wounded, broadcaster RTL said. (EUROPE-ATTACKS/BELGIUM (UPDATE 2), expect by 0700 GMT/3 AM ET, 250 words)

More bodies located beneath rubble in Italy quake zone

AMATRICE, Italy - Rescuers believe they have located more bodies in the ruined town of Amatrice, five days after a devastating earthquake struck central Italy, killing at least 290 people. (ITALY-QUAKE/ (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), moved, by Iona Serrapica and Miran Jelenek, 550 words)

High toll as Libyan fighters close in on Islamic State in Sirte

SIRTE - At least 34 Libyan fighters are killed and more than 180 wounded as they close in on the last Islamic State militant holdouts in the coastal city of Sirte, a field hospital says. (LIBYA-SECURITY/ (UPDATE 2, PIX, TV), by Aidan Lewis, 469 words)

ASIA

China's Xi reshuffles key party posts ahead of congress

BEIJING - Chinese President Xi Jinping has reshuffled three top provincial-level Communist Party posts as he seeks to place his men in key positions ahead of a once-every-five-years congress next year, and more new appointments are likely soon. (CHINA-POLITICS/ (UPDATE 1), moving shortly, by Ben Blanchard and Benjamin Kang Lim, 567 words)

Singapore confirms 41 cases of locally transmitted Zika virus

SINGAPORE - Singapore confirms 41 cases of locally transmitted Zika virus, mostly among foreign construction workers, and says it expected more cases to be identified. (HEALTH-ZIKA/SINGAPORE (UPDATE 3, PIX, GRAPHICS), moved, by Marius Zaharia, 669 words)

- HEALTH-ZIKA/QANDA (FACTBOX), moved 1,116 words

- HEALTH-ZIKA/ORIGIN (TIMELINE), moved, 2,279 words

MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA

S.African finance minister faces graft charge - newspaper

JOHANNESBURG - South African Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan may be charged this week for graft, the City Press newspaper reports, citing senior sources in the police, the National Prosecuting Authority and the tax service. (SAFRICA-GORDHAN/ (UPDATE 2), moved, 340 words)

Gabon leader and top rival both claim presidential victory, allege fraud

LIBREVILLE - Supporters of Gabon's President Ali Bongo and his chief rival both say they are set to win a presidential election that poses the most serious challenge yet to the Bongo family's half-century rule in the tiny, oil-rich nation. (GABON-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 4, PIX), moved, by Gerauds Wilfried Obangome, 534 words)

UNITED STATES

Trump to give speech on illegal immigration on Wednesday

WASHINGTON - U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump tweets that he will make a major speech on illegal immigration in Arizona. (USA-ELECTION/TRUMP (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved, by Peter Cooney, 376 words)

AMERICAS

Brazil's Dilma Rousseff takes stand in impeachment trial

BRASILIA - Suspended President Dilma Rousseff will make a last stand in Brazil's Senate in an impeachment trial that is widely expected to remove her from office and end more than a decade of leftist rule by her Workers Party. (BRAZIL-IMPEACHMENT/ (PIX, TV), moved, by Anthony Boadle, 650 words)

U.S. condemns move of Venezuela ex-mayor to prison from house arrest

WASHINGTON - The United States condemns the Venezuelan government's decision to move Daniel Ceballos, a former opposition mayor accused of fomenting protests, to prison from house arrest and calls for his immediate release. (VENEZUELA-POLITICS/USA, moved, by Matt Spetalnick, 339 words)

EUROPE

Merkel "underestimated" migrant integration challenge

BERLIN - German Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel says in an interview that Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives "underestimated" the challenge of integrating migrants. (EUROPE-MIGRANTS/GERMANY-GABRIEL (UPDATE 2), moved, by Michelle Martin and Andreas Rinke, 500 words)

ENTERTAINMENT

Beyonce storms Video Music Awards, Rihanna gets lifetime award

NEW YORK - Beyonce dominates the MTV Video Music awards, prowling the stage with a 15-minute medley from her powerful "Lemonade" album and taking home eight statuettes, including the top prize - video of the year. (AWARDS-MTVVMA/ (UPDATE 4, PIX, TV), moved, by Jill Serjeant, 447 words)

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