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Uzbek President Karimov has died - diplomatic sources

ALMATY - Uzbek President Islam Karimov has died aged 78 after suffering a stroke, three diplomatic sources told Reuters, leaving no obvious successor to take over the Central Asian nation. (UZBEKISTAN-PRESIDENT/ (UPDATE 4), moved, by Olzhas Auyezov, 515 words)

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- UZBEKISTAN-PRESIDENT/KINGMAKERS (FACTBOX), moved, 700 words

- UZBEKISTAN-KARIMOV/ (OBITUARY), moved, 855 words

Turkey pushes west in offensive against Islamic State in Syria

ANKARA - Turkey renew air strikes on Islamic State sites in Syria, extending operations along a 90-km (56-mile) corridor near the Turkish border which Ankara says it is clearing of jihadists and protecting from Kurdish militia expansion. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-TURKEY (UPDATE 3, PICTURE, TV), moved, by Ece Toksabay, 510 words)

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- MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-TURKEY-PROTESTS (UPDATE 1), moved, 280 words

- MIDEAST-CRISIS/TURKEY-ISLAMIC STATE (INSIGHT, PICTURE), moved, by Humeyra Pamuk, 1,400 words

Ireland to join Apple in fight against EU tax ruling

DUBLIN - Ireland's cabinet agree to join Apple in appealing against a multi-billion-euro back tax demand that the European Commission has slapped on the iPhone maker, despite misgivings among independents who back the fragile coalition. (EU-APPLE/TAXAVOIDANCE-IRELAND (UPDATE 2, TV), moved, by Padraic Halpin and Conor Humphries, 760 words)

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- EU-APPLE/TAXAVIODANCE-COURT, moved, by Tom Bergin, 1,070 words

- EU-APPLE/KROES (TV), moved, 285 words

Hurricane Hermine hammers Fla., barrels north toward Atlantic Coast

TAMPA - Wind and rain from Hurricane Hermine topple trees and power lines along Florida's northern Gulf Coast, inundating coastal areas with storm surges before it weakens to a tropical storm over land and plowed toward the Atlantic Coast. (STORM-HERMINE/ (UPDATE 4, PICTURE, TV, GRAPHICS), moved, by Letitia Stein, 515 words)

AFRICA

Gabon residents, troops take to streets of capital after post-election riots

LIBREVILLE - Soldiers are deployed in the Gabonese capital Libreville as residents venture back onto the streets, buying provisions and surveying damage after two days of riots sparked by a disputed presidential election. (GABON-ELECTION/ (PICTURE), moved, by Gerauds Wilfried Obangome, 500 words)

EUROPE

Russia, Japan to make proposals to end territorial row by year-end

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe agree to draw up proposals this year to end a row that has bedeviled their relationship for 80 years over a group of islands that lie between the two countries. (RUSSIA-VLADIVOSTOK/FORUM-PUTIN (UPDATE 3, TV, PICTURE), moved, by Vladimir Soldatkin and Kiyoshi Takenaka, 475 words)

Putin says he doesn't know who hacked U.S. Democratic Party - Bloomberg

MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin says he did not know who was behind the hacking of U.S. Democratic Party organizations but the information uncovered is important, Bloomberg news agency reports. (RUSSIA-USA/PUTIN (UPDATE 2), moved, by Jack Stubbs, 450 words)

Spain's Rajoy faces second doomed confidence vote

MADRID - Spain's acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy will make his second attempt this week to win the confidence of parliament to form a government, though the conservative leader's likely failure will start the countdown towards another election. (SPAIN-POLITICS/ (TV, PICTURE), moved, 510 words)

Mother Teresa borne to sainthood by complex, mysterious process

VATICAN CITY, - The canonisation of Mother Teresa of Calcutta on Sunday will be the culmination of a process - sometimes called "the saint-making machine" - that is long, complex, expensive, opaque and often contentious. And it is often more bureaucratic than beatific. (POPE-MOTHERTERESA/SAINTMAKING (PICTURE, TV), moved, by Philip Pullella, 690 words)

Swiss lower house avoids clash with EU over immigration, suggests compromise

BERN - Switzerland skirted a direct clash with the European Union over immigration curbs when a parliamentary panel reject the government's threat to impose unilateral quotas on foreigners next year in favor of a compromise. (SWISS-EU/ (UPDATE 1, PICTURE), moved, by Michael Shields, 450 words)

Sturgeon launches new Scottish independence drive after "seismic" Brexit vote

STIRLING, Scotland - The Scottish National Party is to send out thousands of its faithful to measure the appetite for independence, leader Nicola Sturgeon announce, raising the political stakes further as Britain decides how it will leave the European Union. (BRITAIN-SCOTLAND/INDEPENDENCE (UPDATE 2, PICTURE), moved, by Elisabeth O'Leary, 670 words)

MIDDLE EAST

Syrians in rebel Damascus suburb start to evacuate in deal

BEIRUT - Hundreds of civilians in the Damascus suburb of Mouadamiya begin to leave the rebel-held area in what the government describe as an amnesty, part of its efforts to force insurgent pockets around big cities to surrender. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA (PICTURE, TV), moved, 420 words)

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- MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-TRUCE (INSIGHT), moved, by Suleiman Al-Khalidi, 1,185 words

Weapons storage blaze fires off rockets in Baghdad, killing four

BAGHDAD - A blast caused by a fire at a weapons storage depot in eastern Baghdad set off rockets that hit neighboring districts, killing at least four residents and injuring 14 others, police and hospital sources say. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/IRAQ-BLAST (UPDATE 3, TV, PICTURE), moved, 180 words)

UNITED STATES

Clinton announces plan to address 'unjustified' price hikes on life-saving drugs

WASHINGTON - Hillary Clinton says that if elected to the White House, she will create an oversight panel to protect U.S. consumers from price hikes on life-saving drugs and import alternative treatments if necessary. (USA-ELECTION/CLINTON-DRUGS (UPDATE 1, PICTURE, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Amanda Becker, 540 words)

One secret of Trump's low-cost campaign: free labor

NEW YORK - Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has run an unusually cheap campaign in part by not paying at least 10 top staffers, consultants and advisers, some of whom are no longer with the campaign, according to a review of federal campaign finance filings. (USA-ELECTION/TRUMP-STAFF (PICTURE, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Michelle Conlin and Grant Smith, 705 words)

U.S. nonfarm payrolls rise less than expected; wage growth moderates

WASHINGTON - U.S. employment growth slowed more than expected in August after two straight months of robust gains and wage gains moderated, which could effectively rule out an interest rate increase from the Federal Reserve this month. (USA-ECONOMY/ (WRAPUP 3), moved, by Lucia Mutikani, 820 words)

ASIA

Bombs kill at least 12, wound dozens at Pakistan court

PESHAWAR - Two bombs kill at least 12 people and wound dozens outside a court complex in northwest Pakistan, a rescue official says, hours after militants kill two people in a Christian neighborhood in the same region. (PAKISTAN-ATTACKS/ (UPDATE 3, PICTURE, TV, GRAPHICS), moved, by Jibran Ahmad, 670 words)

Samsung issues recall for Galaxy Note 7 after battery fires

SEOUL - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd will replace all Galaxy Note 7 smartphones equipped with fire-prone batteries and halt sales of the flagship product in 10 markets, a devastating blow for what had been a revival in the firm's mobile business. (SAMSUNG ELEC-SMARTPHONES/ (UPDATE 5, PICTURE, GRAPHICS, TV), moving shortly, by Se Young Lee, 895 words)

At G20 meet, defending free trade will need more than talk

SYDNEY - Wedged in between the Brexit vote and the U.S. presidential election, leaders of the world's major economies meet this weekend in China needing to mount a realistic defense of the free trade and globalization they have long championed. (G20-CHINA/TRADE (PICTURE, GRAPHIC), moved, by Wayne Cole, 845 words)

Singapore says Zika infections spread, nearly 190 cases

SINGAPORE - Singapore says it has found 38 more people who have contracted Zika, raising to 189 the number infected with the mosquito-borne virus since authorities reported the first locally transmitted case six days ago. (HEALTH-ZIKA/SINGAPORE (UPDATE 1), moved, 380 words)

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- HEALTH-ZIKA/ (UPDATE 1, TV), moved, 335 words

- HEALTH-ZIKA/SINGAPORE-LIFE (PICTURE, TV), moved, by Fathin Ungku and Aradhana Aravindan, 655 words)

- HEALTH-ZIKA/USA-MOSQUITOES (INSIGHT, PICTURE, TV, GRAPHICS), moved, by Julie Steenhuysen, 965 words

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