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Brazil's new government buffeted by pension fund scandal

BRASILIA - The government of Brazil's new President Michel Temer scrambles to distance itself from a multibillion-dollar corruption scandal that broke less than a week after he took office, involving fraud in the country's largest pension funds. (BRAZIL-CORRUPTION/ (PIX), moved, by Anthony Boadle, 606 words)

Iran vessel 'harasses,' sails close to U.S. Navy ship in Gulf-U.S. officials

WASHINGTON - A U.S. Navy coastal patrol ship changed course after a fast-attack craft from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps came within 100 yards of it in the central Gulf on Sunday, U.S. Defense Department officials say. (USA-IRAN/NAVY (UPDATE 3), moved, by Idrees Ali, 399 words)

U.N. Security Council condemns North Korea's latest missile launches

UNITED NATIONS - The U.N. Security Council strongly condemns North Korea's latest ballistic missile launches, saying they contributed to Pyongyang's development of nuclear weapons capability. (NORTHKOREA-MISSILES/UN (UPDATE 2, PIX, TV), moved, by Rodrigo Campos, 401 words)

UNITED STATES

Fox settles sexual harassment lawsuit for $20 mln on Ailes' behalf

Fox News will pay $20 million to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit by former anchor Gretchen Carlson, whose allegations led to the resignation of network chief Roger Ailes in July, a source familiar with the agreement says. (TWENTY-FIRST FOX-AILES/ (UPDATE 6, PIX), moved, by Daniel Wiessner and Jessica Toonkel, 702 words)

Cosby could face multiple accusers at sexual assault trial

Pennsylvania prosecutors say they intend to call more than a dozen accusers as witnesses against TV comedian Bill Cosby at his sexual assault trial. (PEOPLE-COSBY/ (UPDATE 2, PIX), moved, by Joseph Ax, 411 words)

Presidential candidates turn up the heat over U.S. national security

VIRGINIA BEACH - The U.S. presidential campaign's focus shifts to national security as Republican Donald Trump pledges to help female veterans during a Virginia Beach campaign stop, and with Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Kaine set to deliver a related speech in North Carolina. (USA-ELECTION/ (PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Steve Holland and Jeff Mason, 474 words)

MIDDLE EAST

U.S. sees progress in Syria talks with Russia, expects meeting soon

WASHINGTON - The United States says it is making progress with Russia on how to achieve a cessation of hostilities in Syria and holds out the possibility a nationwide ceasefire need not begin immediately. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-USA (UPDATE 1), moved, 249 words)

Turkey's government says under popular pressure to drop EU talks

Turkey's government is under "huge pressure" from its people to abandon its decades-old drive to join the European Union because they see it applying double standards toward their country, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu says. (TURKEY-EU/ (UPDATE 1), moved, by Marja Novak, 375 words)

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EUROPE

UK radical Choudary jailed for encouraging support for Islamic State

LONDON - Anjem Choudary, Britain's best-known Islamist preacher, is jailed for five years and six months for encouraging support for Islamic State, ending years of frustration for police who had struggled to pin charges on him. (BRITAIN-SECURITY/CHOUDARY (UPDATE 2, PIX), moved, by Estelle Shirbon, 638 words)

UK inquest into death of Russian whistleblower delayed until 2017

WOKING, England - A British inquest into the sudden death of a Russian mafia whistleblower is delayed until next year because of disagreement about sensitive documents the British government wants kept secret. (BRITAIN-RUSSIA/PEREPILICHNY, moved, by Michael Holden, 484 words)

SOUTH AMERICA

INTERVIEW-Colombia's Santos says peace deal will pass, more war a disaster

BOGOTA - Colombians are sure to approve a peace deal with Marxist FARC rebels in a referendum next month because they see the enormous economic opportunity and know renewed war would be a catastrophe, President Juan Manuel Santos tells Reuters. (COLOMBIA-SANTOS/INTERVIEW (TV, PIX, INTERVIEW), moved, by Helen Murphy and Luis Jaime Acosta, 420 words)

Nicaragua harbors ex-Salvadoran president caught in graft probe

MANAGUA - The Nicaraguan government says it grants political asylum to former Salvadoran President Mauricio Funes, who is being investigated over allegations of corruption in his homeland. (NICARAGUA-FUNES/, moved, 304 words)

ASIA

Kyrgyzstan says Uighur militant groups behind attack on China's embassy

BISHKEK - A suicide bomb attack on the Chinese embassy in the Kyrgyz capital last week was ordered by Uighur militants active in Syria and carried out by a member of the East Turkestan Islamic movement, Kyrgyzstan's state security service says. (KYRGYZSTAN-BLAST/CHINA (UPDATE 1), moved, by Olga Dzyubenko, 359 words)

Afghan forces end siege after suicide attacks in Kabul

KABUL - Afghan security forces end an 11-hour standoff in central Kabul, shooting dead the last of a group of attackers who struck hours after a separate suicide bombing killed and wounded dozens of security personnel and civilians. (AFGHANISTAN-BLAST/ (UPDATE 3, PICTURE, TV), moved, by Mirwais Harooni, 460 words)

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