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N. Korea's largest nuclear test draws condemnation, threat of more sanctions

SEOUL - North Korea conducts its fifth and biggest nuclear test and says it has mastered the mounting of a warhead on a ballistic missile, ratcheting up a threat that its rivals and the United Nations have been powerless to contain. (NORTHKOREA-NUCLEAR/ (CORRECTED, WRAPUP 1, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Ju-min Park and Jack Kim, 1,127 words)

+ See also:

- NORTHKOREA-NUCLEAR/UN (UPDATE 3, PIX, TV), moved, by Michelle Nichols, 430 words

- NORTHKOREA-NUCLEAR/CHINA (UPDATE 2), moved, by Ben Blanchard and Michael Martina, 885 words

- NORTHKOREA-NUCLEAR/CARTER (UPDATE 1), moved, by Phil Stewart, 228 words

Trump calls Clinton 'trigger-happy' in attack on her record

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump blasts rival Hillary Clinton's record as secretary of state by claiming she brought "only war, destruction and death," the latest salvo in their running battle over who would make the best commander in chief. (USA-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 5, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Steve Holland and Jeff Mason, 670 words)

Russia's Lavrov blames U.S. for holding up Syria agreement

GENEVA - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accuses the United States of holding up a Syrian ceasefire at talks in Geneva with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and says the negotiations may have to be reconvened next week. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-KERRY (UPDATE 4, PIX, TV), moved, by David Brunnstrom and Tom Miles, 629 words)

+ See also:

- MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-UN (TV, PIX), moved, by Tom Miles, 330 words

- MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-ROAD (UPDATE 1), moved, 321 words

U.S. House votes to allow Sept. 11 families to sue Saudi Arabia

WASHINGTON - The U.S. House of Representatives passes legislation by voice vote that would allow the families of victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks to sue Saudi Arabia's government for damages, leading the White House to reiterate that President Obama will veto the measure. (USA-SEPT11/SAUDI (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved, by Patricia Zengerle, 205 words)

EUROPE

Arrested French women, directed by Islamic State, planned Paris attack

PARIS - Three French women arrested after a car loaded with gas cylinders was found near Notre Dame cathedral were planning to attack a Paris railway station under the direction of Islamic State, French officials say (EUROPE-ATTACKS/FRANCE (UPDATE 2, TV, PIX), moved, by Gérard Bon, 464 words)

+ See also:

- EUROPE-ATTACKS/FRANCE-WOMAN (TV, PIX), moved, 321 words

Britain's May tackles education, appeals to Brexit voters

LONDON - Setting her sights on making Britain "the world's great meritocracy," Prime Minister Theresa May unveiled reforms to widen opportunity in schools in an appeal to "frustrated" Britons who voted to leave the EU. (BRITAIN-POLITICS/MAY (PIX), moved, by Elizabeth Piper, 559 words)

+ See also:

- BRITAIN-EU/MIGRATION (FACTBOX), moved, 818 words

MIDDLE EAST

Iranian court jails British-Iranian aid worker for five years - family

An Iranian Revolutionary court has sentenced Iranian-British aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe to five years in prison on charges that remain secret, her family says. (BRITAIN-IRAN/NAZANIN (UPDATE 2), moved, 428 words)

Iranian opposition group in Iraq resettled to Albania

BAGHDAD - The remaining members of an exiled Iranian opposition group based in Iraq for decades leave for resettlement in Albania following attacks on their camps in recent years. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/IRAQ-IRAN (CORRECTED), moved, 213 words)

UNITED STATES

Sept. 11 drama on Air Force One unfolds in Bush aide's handwritten notes

WASHINGTON - The notes are handwritten on a legal pad and provide a verbatim account of the shock, pain and grim determination aboard Air Force One on Sept. 11, 2001. (USA-SEPT11/BUSH (PIX, TV), moved, by Steve Holland, 595 words)

+ See also:

- USA-SEPT11/MOOD (FEATURE, PIX, TV), moved, by Gina Cherelus, 620 words

- USA-SEPT11/ (PIX, TV), moved, by Hilary Russ, 547 words

Texas mattress store slammed for 'disgusting' 9/11 sale video

A Texas mattress store that used bedding to stage a mock collapse of New York City's Twin Towers in an ad for a Sept. 11 sale has come under a barrage of protests that described it as a tasteless pitch and called for the business to go bankrupt. (USA-SEPT11/TEXAS, moved, by Jon Herskovitz, 346 words)

NORTH AMERICA

Canada regulator says TransCanada pipeline panel is quitting

OTTAWA - Canada's energy regulator says all three members of a panel assessing TransCanada Corp's proposed Energy East pipeline are stepping down, a decision that will drag out an already-lengthy appraisal process.(TRANSCANADA-PIPELINE/ (UPDATE 4), expect by 2300 GMT/7 p.m. ET, 400 words)

Cholera blamed on UN peacekeepers surges in Haiti, funding vanishes

PORT-AU-PRINCE - U.N.-led foreign funding dries up for Haiti's fight against cholera, thought to have been introduced by Nepali peacekeepers, triggering a surge of deaths this year even as the global body vowed significant assistance to overcome the epidemic. (HAITI-CHOLERA/ (PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Makini Brice, 1100 words)

LATIN AMERICA

Venezuelans revel in pots-and-pans protest after Maduro humiliation

MARACAIBO, Venezuela - Pots-and-pans protests, used for decades to heckle governments around South America, are back with a bang in volatile Venezuela after unpopular socialist President Nicolas Maduro was chased down a street by angry neighbors clanging their kitchenware, sparking copy-cat demonstrations nationwide. (VENEZUELA-POLITICS/POTS (PIX), moved, by Alexandra Ulmer, 736 words)

Outside Havana, Cubans are still waiting for American visitors

HOLGUIN/SANTA CLARA - U.S. visitors and their dollars are flooding into Havana as airlines and hotels take advantage of the thaw in relations between the Cold War antagonists, but in the provinces outside the Cuban capital, the promised tourism boom is more rumor than fact. (CUBA-USA/TRAVEL (PIX, GRAPHIC), by Sarah Marsh and Jeffrey Dastin, 590 words)

ASIA

Hanjin Shipping gets U.S. court order, cash to unload ships

A U.S. judge says he will grant Hanjin Shipping Co Ltd provisional protection from creditors in the United States, enabling some vessels to dock and unload at U.S. ports. (HANJIN SHIPPING-DEBT/USA-BANKRUPTCY (UPDATE 4, GRAPHIC)), moved, by Tom Hals, 746 words)

AFRICA

Gabon faces 'sustained instability' if no presidential vote recount -Ping

LIBREVILLE - Gabon opposition leader Jean Ping says failure to recount votes from the presidential election could lead to "profound and sustained instability." (GABON-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 2), moved, by Gerauds Wilfried Obangome, 402 words)

SPORT

Blatter and two others facing FIFA investigation over salaries

ZURICH - Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and ex-secretary general Jerome Valcke, already banned from football for ethics violations, are facing a fresh investigation, this time over the salaries and bonuses they received in office. (SOCCER-FIFA/ (UPDATE 3), moved, by Brian Homewood, 494 words)

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