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U.S.-Russian Syria peace deal raises rebel doubts as fighting rages

AMMAN/GENEVA - The United States and Russia reach a breakthrough deal to try to restore peace in Syria, but air strikes hours later add to rebels' doubts that any ceasefire can hold. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA (UPDATE 4, PIX, TV), moved, by Suleiman Al-Khalidi and David Brunnstrom, 900 words)

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- MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-KERRY (UPDATE 6, PIX, TV), moved, 850 words

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

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

Clinton regrets calling 'half' of Trump supporters 'deplorable'

NEW YORK - Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton says she regrets saying "half" of Republican rival Donald Trump's supporters belong in a "basket of deplorables," but made no apologies for calling out "prejudice and paranoia" among Trump's campaign and supporters. (USA-ELECTION/CLINTON (UPDATE 5, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Luciana Lopez and Jeff Mason, 827 words)

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- USA-ELECTION/POLL (POLL, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Chris Kahn, 400 words

S. Korea says North's nuclear capability "speeding up," calls for action

SEOUL - South Korea says North Korea's nuclear capability is expanding fast, echoing alarm around the world over the isolated state's fifth and biggest nuclear test, carried out in defiance of U.N. sanctions. (NORTHKOREA-NUCLEAR/ (WRAPUP 3, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Jack Kim, 1011 words)

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- NORTHKOREA-NUCLEAR/UN (UPDATE 4, PIX, TV), moved, by Michelle Nichols, 568 words

- NORTHKOREA-NUCLEAR/CHINA (TV, PIX), moved, by Sue Lin-Wong, 857 words

U.S. workers unload first of stalled Hanjin ships

LOS ANGELES - Dock workers begin unloading furniture, clothing and other cargo from a container ship owned by bankrupt Hanjin Shipping Co Ltd, breaking a logjam that has stranded goods on at least a dozen vessels bound for the U.S. West Coast. (HANJINSHIPPING-DEBT/USA-PORTS, moved, by Lisa Richwine, 395 words)

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- HANJIN SHIPPING-DEBT/USA-PORTS (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved, by Lisa Richwine and Jim Christie, 715 words

ASIA

Bangladeshi police kill militant suspected in cafe attack

DHAKA - Bangladeshi police shoot dead a suspected militant who they believe played a key role in an attack on a cafe in Dhaka in July in which 22 people, mostly foreigners, were killed, the national police chief says. (BANGLADESH-MILITANTS/ (UPDATE 2), expect by 0300 GMT/11 PM ET, 278 words)

Bangladesh factory fire kills 23, injures dozens more

MUMBAI - A fire at a food and cigarette packaging factory in Bangladesh kills at least 23 people and injures dozens, in the worst industrial disaster in the country since the Rana Plaza building collapse in 2013. (UPDATE 2, PIX), moved, by Serajul Quadir, 500 words)

Mayor of China's Tianjin investigated on suspicion of corruption

BEIJING - China's ruling Communist Party says the mayor of the major northern city of Tianjin is being investigated on suspicion of corruption, the latest senior official to be caught up in a war on deep-seated graft. (CHINA-CORRUPTION/ (UPDATE 1), moved, by Ben Blanchard, 350 words)

NORTH AMERICA

Woman kissed by sailor in famed photo at World War Two's end dies

WASHINGTON - Greta Friedman, the woman in white kissed by a sailor in New York's Times Square in a photograph symbolizing the end of World War Two, dies, aged 92, media reports say. (PEOPLE-FRIEDMAN/, moved, 393 words)

Would-be Reagan assassin released from psychiatric hospital

NEW YORK - Would-be presidential assassin John Hinckley Jr. was released from a psychiatric hospital on Saturday, media reports say, 35 years after he shot U.S. President Ronald Reagan in an attack prompted by a deranged obsession with the actress Jodie Foster. (USA-POLITICS/HINCKLEY (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved, by Joseph Ax, 402 words)

'Birth of a Nation' cast deflect rape controversy to spotlight film

TORONTO - "The Birth of a Nation" director Nate Parker and his cast are playing challenging parts this weekend as they try to keep the spotlight trained on their acclaimed slavery drama while acknowledging concern about a rape case involving Parker. (FILMFESTIVAL-TIFF/BIRTHOFANATION (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), moved, by Piya Sinha-Roy, 497 words)

LATIN AMERICA

Mexicans march against president's proposal to allow gay marriage

MEXICO CITY - Tens of thousands of people across Mexico march to protest against gay marriage, challenging President Enrique Pena Nieto's proposal to recognize same-sex marriage throughout the traditionally conservative country. (MEXICO-GAYMARRIAGE/ (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), moved, by Natalie Schachar and Lizbeth Diaz, 413 words)

Venezuela opposition says blocked from meeting near summit CARACAS - Leader of Venezuela's opposition-led parliament accuses President Nicolas Maduro's government of blocking legislators from flying to Margarita island for session alongside this week's Non-Aligned Movement summit. (VENEZUELA-POLITICS/, moved, 274 words)

EUROPE

British businesses "lazy and fat" says pro-Brexit trade minister

LONDON - Britain as a trading nation has become "too lazy and too fat" and business leaders are more interested in playing golf on Friday afternoons than in seeking new export markets, International Trade Secretary Liam Fox is recorded saying. (BRITAIN-EU/TRADE (PIX), moved, by Estelle Shirbon, 514 words)

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- EU-TAXAVOIDANCE/ (UPDATE 1), moved, by Francesco Guarascio and Jason Hovet, 448 words

Prominent journalist and academic held in Turkey coup probe

ISTANBUL - Turkish authorities detain a prominent journalist and his brother, a well-known academic, as part of investigations into a failed coup attempt in July that they blame on followers of a U.S.-based Turkish cleric. (TURKEY-SECURITY/JOURNALISTS (moved), moved, 272 words)

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