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Trump catches up to Clinton, latest Reuters/Ipsos poll finds

WASHINGTON - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump pulls into effective tie with Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, erasing substantial deficit as he consolidates support among his party's likely voters in recent weeks, according to latest Reuters/Ipsos national tracking poll. (USA-ELECTION/POLL, moved, by Maurice Tamman and Chris Kahn, 764 words)

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- USA-ELECTION/TRUMP-STAFF (PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Michelle Conlin and Grant Smith, 704 words

- USA-ELECTION/CLINTON-DRUGS (UPDATE 4, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Amanda Becker and Ransdell Pierson, 864 words

Uzbekistan prepares to bury veteran leader Karimov

ALMATY - Thousands of Uzbeks, many weeping, lined the streets of their capital on Saturday to watch the funeral cortege of President Islam Karimov, whose death leaves a power vacuum in a nation that serves as a bulwark against militant Islam in Central Asia (UZBEKISTAN-PRESIDENT/FUNERAL (UPDATE 2, TV, PIX), moved, by Mukhammadsharif Mamatkulov and Olzhas Auyezov, 800 words)

President Duterte declares 'state of lawlessness' after blast kills 14 Filipinos

MANILA - Philippines' President Rodrigo Duterte declares what he calls a "state of lawlessness" in the country after an explosion in a market killed 14 people in his home town while he was on a regular weekend visit there. (PHILIPPINES-BLAST/ (UPDATE 2, PIX, TV), expect by 0900 GMT/5 AM ET, by Karen Lema and Enrico Dela Cruz, 554 words)

EUROPE

Unhappy with Corbyn, Labour's 'money men' channel funds in new directions

STOKE-ON-TRENT, England - Billionaire Peter Coates has stopped giving money to Britain's opposition Labour Party, seeing little prospect of election victory under left-wing leader Jeremy Corbyn. One of a handful of 'money men' credited with using their cash to help propel Labour under Tony Blair to power in 1997 and keep it there, he has instead made direct personal donations to fund a local Labour parliamentarian, whose centrist views are more aligned to his own. (BRITAIN-LABOUR/ (INSIGHT, PIX), moved, by Elizabeth Piper, 954 words)

Zimbabwe's Mugabe dismisses ill-health talk but public anger rising

HARARE- Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe returns home from abroad in a jovial mood, poking fun at the latest online media speculation that he is gravely ill and had sought medical help in Dubai (ZIMBABWE-MUGABE/ (UPDATE 2, PIX), expect by 1030 GMT/ 6.30 AM ET, by MacDonald Dzirutwe, 400 words)

UNITED STATES

Hermine pounds Florida, raising new Zika fears, heads north

TAMPA, Florida - Hurricane Hermine wreaks havoc across Florida, causing widespread power outages and flooding before diminishing into a tropical storm and plowing up the Atlantic Coast into the Carolinas with a still-potent mix of high winds and heavy rains. (STORM-HERMINE/ (PIX, TV), moved, 700 words)

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- STORM-HERMINE/DOCK (FEATURE, PIX), moved, by Letitia Stein, 304 words

ASIA

EXCLUSIVE-Chinese state enterprise workers in Hong Kong given voting guidance ahead of poll

HONG KONG - At least two large Chinese state-owned enterprises in Hong Kong are instructing staff how to vote in Sunday's legislative election, as Beijing seeks to thwart chances of local democratic candidates, according to documents seen by Reuters. (HONGKONG-ELECTION/COMPANIES (EXCLUSIVE), moved, by Clare Jim and Venus Wu, 644 words)

EXCLUSIVE-Ahead of Suu Kyi visit, Obama weighs Myanmar sanctions relief - sources

WASHINGTON/YANGON - The United States is considering further easing or lifting sanctions against Myanmar around the time of a White House visit this month by the country's new leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, U.S. officials tell Reuters. (MYANMAR-USA/ (EXCLUSIVE, URGENT), moved, by Patricia Zengerle, Matt Spetalnick, David Brunnstrom and Antoni Slodkowski, 650 words)

India PM offers Vietnam $500 mln credit line for defense cooperation

HANOI - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi offers Vietnam a credit line of half a billion dollars for defense cooperation, giving a lift to a country seeking a military deterrent amid festering discord in the South China Sea. (VIETNAM-INDIA/ (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), expect by 0630, by Ho Binh Minh, 500 words)

AMERICAS

After huge Venezuela protest march, government says foils coup

CARACAS - Venezuela's socialist government says it thwarts coup plot this week as opponents plan to build on their biggest protest in more than decade with further street action demanding referendum to remove president. (VENEZUELA-POLITICS/ (PIX, TV), moved, by Andrew Cawthorne, 426 words)

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