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TOP STORIES

North Korea says sanctions push after nuclear test "laughable"

TOKYO/SEOUL - North Korea said on Sunday a push for further sanctions following its fifth and biggest nuclear test was "laughable," and vowed to continue to strengthen its nuclear power. (NORTHKOREA-NUCLEAR/USA-JAPAN (UPDATE 2), moved, by Minami Funakoshi and Ju-min Park, 482 words)

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- NORTHKOREA-NUCLEAR/ (WRAPUP 3, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Jack Kim, 1011 words)

- NORTHKOREA-NUCLEAR/CHINA (TV, PIX), moved, by Sue-Lin Wong, 888 words)

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

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

EUROPE

Turkey removes two dozen mayors over alleged Kurdish militant links

DIYARBAKIR - Turkey has removed local mayors deemed to support Kurdish militants and appointed new administrators in two dozen municipalities mostly in the largely Kurdish southeast, a provincial governor's office says. (TURKEY-SECURITY/KURDS (UPDATE 1), moved, 296 words)

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(TURKEY-SECURITY/KURDS-ERDOGAN (URGENT), moved, 132 words)

Croats vote in snap election, new coalition cabinet looming

ZAGREB - Croats choose a government for the second time in less than a year, and polls predict a close outcome and another coalition that lacks a clear mandate to push through painful cuts and restructuring being urged by European authorities. (CROATIA-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 2, TV, PIX), expect by 1100 GMT, by Igor Ilic, 450 words)

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

ASIA

Cracks in building hamper search after Bangladesh factory fire

DHAKA - The fire at a food and cigarette packaging factory in Bangladesh that killed at least 26 people has been extinguished, but heavy smoke and the risk of the building collapsing further hamper the search of the premises, officials say. (BANGLADESH-FIRE/ (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), moved, by Serajul Quadir, 456 words)

Thailand finds 21 new cases of Zika in Bangkok, including pregnant woman

BANGKOK - Twenty-one new cases of locally-transmitted Zika virus are confirmed in central Bangkok, including a pregnant woman who later gave birth with no complications, Thailand's public health ministry says. (HEALTH-ZIKA/THAILAND, moved, 340 words)

Bullets trump rehab as Asia quickens "failing" war on drugs

BANGKOK/YANGON - The Philippines has launched a bloody "war on drugs" that has killed at least 2,400 people in just two months, while neighboring Indonesia has declared a "narcotics emergency" and resumed executing drug convicts after a long hiatus. (ASIA-DRUGS/ (PIX), moved, by Andrew R.C. Marshall and Antoni Slodkowski, 992 words)

Militant suspected in Bangladesh cafe attack killed himself, police say

DHAKA - A suspected militant believed by Bangladesh police to have been among the planners of a July cafe attack that killed 22 people killed himself during a police raid on a hideout in the capital, police say. (BANGLADESH-MILITANTS/ (UPDATE 2, TV), moved, by Ruma Paul, 356 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)

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)

ENTERTAINMENT

Philippine revenge drama wins Venice Film Festival's top prize

VENICE - A nearly four-hour long movie about a woman's thirst for revenge and her feelings of forgiveness after 30 years in jail for a crime she did not commit wins top prize at the Venice Film Festival. (FILMFESTIVAL-VENICE/WINNERSREACTION (UPDATE 2, TV, PIX), move, by Agnieszka Flak, 481 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 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)

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