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Turkish forces deepen push into Syria, draw U.S. rebuke over target

BEIRUT/KARKAMIS - Turkish-backed forces push deeper into northern Syria and draw rebuke from NATO ally U.S., which says it is concerned battle for territory shifts away from targeting Islamic State. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-TURKEY (UPDATE 7, TV, PIX), moved, by Lisa Barrington and Umit Bektas, 929 words)

In Asia, Obama faces trade pact test amid U.S. opposition

WASHINGTON - When President Barack Obama travels to Asia next week, he will try to reassure regional leaders that he still has the clout to deliver U.S. approval for the sweeping Trans-Pacific Partnership, even though the two candidates vying to succeed him and a congressional leader have said the 12-nation trade deal should not move forward. (G20-CHINA/OBAMA-TRADE, moved, by Roberta Rampton and David Brunnstrom, 547 words)

- CHINA-CANADA/(UPDATE 1, PIX), moved, by David Ljunggren, 450 words)

- G20-CLIMATECHANGE/, moved, by Alister Doyle, 295 words

- USA-TRADE/(UPDATE 1), moved, 249 words

Six U.S. senators urge Obama to prioritize cyber crime at G20 summit

NEW YORK - Six U.S. senators have urged President Barack Obama to prioritize cyber crime at this weekend's Group of 20 summit in China, in the wake of the theft of $81 million from Bangladesh's central bank, according to a letter obtained by Reuters. (CYBER-HEIST/G20 (UPDATE 3, EXCLUSIVE), moved, by Jonathan Spicer, 632 words)

Defiant Rousseff says Brazil's democracy on trial with her

BRASILIA - A defiant President Dilma Rousseff warns that her conservative opponents are trampling on Brazil's democracy by using trumped-up charges to oust her and roll back the social advances of 13 years of leftist rule. (BRAZIL-IMPEACHMENT/ (UPDATE 4, PIX, TV), moved, by Anthony Boadle, 935 words)

ASIA

Asia stocks bounce, dollar dips on Fed hike doubts

SYDNEY - Asian shares bounce as doubts the Federal Reserve really would hike rates as soon as September undermine the dollar, while investors continue to count on more policy stimulus elsewhere. (GLOBAL-MARKETS/ (WRAPUP 1, PIX), moved, by Wayne Cole, 500 words)

UNITED STATES

FBI detects breaches of two state voter systems

WASHINGTON - Federal Bureau of Investigation finds breaches in Illinois and Arizona's voter registration databases and is urging states to increase computer security ahead of Nov. 8 presidential election, says U.S. official familiar with the probe. (USA-ELECTION/CYBERSECURITY (UPDATE 2, PIX), moved, by Dustin Volz and Jim Finkle, 530 words)

U.S. to review use of private immigration prisons, shares slide

WASHINGTON - U.S. Department of Homeland Security will study whether to discontinue using privately run detention centers, which Justice Department recently calls unsafe, for migrants and shares of private prison operators fall after news. (USA-PRISONS/IMMIGRATION (UPDATE 2), moved, by Julia Edwards, 484 words)

California lawmakers pass rape bill inspired by Stanford case

LOS ANGELES - California lawmakers, responding to outrage over the six-month jail term given to a former Stanford University swimmer convicted of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman, pass law closing loophole that allowed the sentence. (CALIFORNIA-RAPE/BILL (UPDATE 2, PIX), moved, by Dan Whitcomb, 356 words)

MIDDLE EAST

EXCLUSIVE-Yemen council head hails peace push, wants Saudis to 'feel pain'

SANAA - Head of Houthi-backed ruling council pledges readiness to resume negotiations on ending Yemen's war but reserves right to resist attacks by Saudi-backed exiled government seeking to unseat it. (YEMEN-SECURITY/SAMMAD (EXCLUSIVE, INTERVIEW, TV, PIX), moved, by Mohammed Ghobari, 818 words)

Syrian rebels make gains in northern Hama province, capture strategic town

AMMAN - Syrian rebels capture a strategic town in northern Hama province in a major offensive that threatens government loyalist towns populated by minority Christians and Alawites north of the provincial capital, rebels and a monitor say. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-REBELS (PIX), moved, by Suleiman Al-Khalidi, 391 words)

EUROPE

Renzi to present national plan to strengthen Italy's quake defenses

ROME - Prime Minister Matteo Renzi promises to present national plan to make Italy safer against earthquakes as rescuers continue to search for bodies after quake that kills at least 292 people. (ITALY-QUAKE/ (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), moved, by Gavin Jones, 561 words)

SPORT & ENTERTAINMENT

Now Russia banned from 2018 Winter Paralympics

MOSCOW - Russia, already suspended from next month's Rio Paralympics, also are banned from 2018 winter event in Pyeongchang, South Korea, over state-sponsored sport doping program. (PARALYMPICS-DOPING/RUSSIA (UPDATE 1), moved, by Dmitriy Rogovitskiy, 463 words)

Gene Wilder, star of 'Willy Wonka,' 'Blazing Saddles,' dead at 83

LOS ANGELES - Gene Wilder, whose wild curls and startling blue eyes brought frantic air to roles in movies "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory," "Young Frankenstein" and "Blazing Saddles," dies at 83, his family says. (PEOPLE-GENEWILDER/ (UPDATE 3, TV, PIX), moved, by Piya Sinha-Roy, 618 words)

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