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After insult, U.S. and Clinton call for Duterte to show respect

WASHINGTON/TAMPA - The U.S. State Department and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton stress the need for ties with the Philippines to be based on mutual respect, after Manila's new leader raised worries about the future of the key alliance by calling President Barack Obama a "son of a bitch." (LAOS-OBAMA/DUTERTE-USA (UPDATE 1), moved, by Arshad Mohammed and Jeff Mason, 675 words)

- LAOS-OBAMA/DUTERTE (UPDATE 1, PICTURES, TV), moved, by Roberta Rampton, 660 words

- ASEAN-SUMMIT/ (PICTURES, TV), moved, by Manuel Mogato and Amy Sawitta Lefevre, 435 words

Invoking religion, a more disciplined Trump speaks of unity

GREENVILLE - Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump invokes religion, talks of unifying Americans and tries to raise doubts about whether Democratic rival Hillary Clinton can be trusted in a new campaign stump speech. (USA-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 2, PICTURES, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Steve Holland and Amanda Becker, 800 words)

- USA-ELECTION/CLINTON (UPDATE 2), moved, by Jeff Mason, 400 words

Gabon leader under scrutiny as EU questions election win

LIBREVILLE - Gabon's re-elected president, Ali Bongo, comes under international scrutiny as a European Union mission questions the validity of his narrow win, France recommends a recount and the African Union says it would send mediators. (GABON-ELECTION/TALKS (UPDATE 5, PICTURES, TV), moved, by Gerauds Wilfried Obangome, 600 words)

ASIA

Hundreds protest in Myanmar over Suu Kyi's panel on Rohingya Muslims

SITTWE, Myanmar - Hundreds in Myanmar rally against an advisory commission led by former U.N. chief Kofi Annan to find solutions to the conflict between the country's Buddhists and minority Rohingya Muslims, which has cast a pall over democratic reforms. (MYANMAR-ROHINGYA/ (UPDATE 1, PICTURES), moved, by Simon Lewis and Wa Lone, 570 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, PICTURES, TV), moved, by Rodrigo Campos, 400 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, PICTURES, TV), moved, by Mirwais Harooni, 460 words)

Chinese coast guard involved in most S.China Sea clashes - research

HONG KONG - Increasingly assertive action by China's coast guard ships in the South China Sea risks destabilizing the region, according to the authors of new research tracking maritime law enforcement incidents across the vital trade route. (SOUTHCHINASEA-CHINA/COASTGUARD, moved, by Greg Torode, 475 words)

MIDDLE EAST

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, 400 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, PICTURES), moved, by Daniel Wiessner and Jessica Toonkel, 700 words)

L.A. airport gunman pleads guilty to murder, other federal charges

LOS ANGELES - A man who fatally shot a security screener and wounded three other people at a Los Angeles International Airport terminal in 2013 pleads guilty to federal charges under an agreement with prosecutors that spares him the death penalty. (LAX-SHOOTING/PLEA (UPDATE 1), moved, by Dan Whitcomb, 340 words)

AMERICAS

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/ (PICTURES), moved, by Anthony Boadle, 610 words)

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 (INTERVIEW, PICTURES, TV), moved, by Helen Murphy and Luis Jaime Acosta, 420 words)

EUROPE

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, 480 words)

SPACE

U.S.-Russian crew leaves space station, speeds toward Earth

CAPE CANAVERAL - A U.S. astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts strapped themselves inside a Russian Soyuz capsule and flew away from the International Space Station, aiming for a parachute landing at dawn in Kazakhstan, a NASA TV broadcast shows. (SPACE-STATION/ (PICTURES, TV), by Irene Klotz, 330 words)

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