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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/ (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)

U.S., Russia clinch Syria deal, aim for truce from Monday

GENEVA - The United States and Russia hail a breakthrough deal to put Syria's peace process back on track, including a nationwide truce effective from sundown on Monday, improved humanitarian aid access and joint military targeting of banned Islamist groups. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-KERRY (UPDATE 6, PIX, TV), moving shortly, by David Brunnstrom and Tom Miles, 838 words)

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- 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)

ASIA

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

A U.S. judge signs an order granting 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 6, GRAPHIC), moved, by Tom Hals, 770 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, 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

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)

+ See also:

- VENEZUELA-USA/CRIME (PIX), expect by 1800 EDT (2200 GMT), by Nate Raymond, 400 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 face FIFA probe 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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