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Syria fighting a day before agreed ceasefire

BEIRUT - Fighting and air strikes strike several parts of Syria, state TV, rebels and a war monitor say, a day before a truce between the government and most rebel groups, aimed at easing the suffering of civilians, comes into effect. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA, moved, 500 words)

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(MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA (UPDATE 4, PIX, TV), moved, by Suleiman Al-Khalidi and David Brunnstrom, 900 words)

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 3), moved, by Minami Funakoshi and Ju-min Park, 482 words)

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

Clinton falls ill at 9/11 memorial, later says 'feeling great

NEW YORK - Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton falls ill, becoming "overheated" and leaves early from a September 11 memorial ceremony in New York City; Clinton, 68, is taken to her daughter Chelsea's home in Manhattan, and emerges a few hours later wearing sunglasses and telling reporters that she is "feeling great." (USA-ELECTION/CLINTON (UPDATE 3, PIX, TV), moved, by By Amanda Becker, 600 words)

NORTH AMERICA

U.S. pays tribute to 9/11 victims 15 years after attacks

NEW YORK - Americans commemorate 15th anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001 attacks with recital of the names of the dead, tolling church bells and tribute in lights at site where New York City's massive twin towers collapsed. (USA-SEPT11/ (UPDATE 2, PIX, TV), moved, by Melissa Fares, 762 words)

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)

EUROPE

Croats vote in snap election, new coalition cabinet looming

ZAGREB - Croatia's Social Democrats were in the lead in Sunday's parliamentary elections according to an exit poll on state television that forecast the party would win 58 seats in the 151-seat parliament; the conservative Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) came second with 57 seats, while the center-right Most ("Bridge") party, widely seen as a potential kingmaker, came third with 11 seats. (CROATIA-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 3, TV, PIX), moving shortly, by Igor Ilic, 500 words)

With eye on West, Belarus votes in slightly freer election

MINSK - Lawmakers loyal to hardline Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko set to retain power in Sunday's election, but the easing of restrictions on opposition candidates could help the ex-Soviet nation further improve ties with the West. (BELARUS-ELECTION/PARLIAMENT (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), moved by Andrei Makhovsky, 592 words)

Catalans rally in support of independence from Spain

BARCELONA - Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets across Catalonia on Sunday to support a break from Spain which local leaders want to deliver for next year in spite of legal blocks by the central government. (SPAIN-CATALONIA/ (PIX, TV), moved, by Sam Edwards, 400 words)

Britain eyeing work permits to control EU immigration - interior minister

LONDON - Britain's interior minister Amber Rudd says she is looking at a work permits system to control migration from the European Union, responding to Brexit voters' demand for tighter border controls. (BRITAIN-EU/IMMIGRATION (moved), by William James, 321 words)

MIDDLE EAST

Turkey removes two dozen elected mayors in Kurdish militant crackdown

DIYARBAKIR - Turkey appoints new administrators in two dozen Kurdish-run municipalities after removing their elected mayors over suspected links to militants, triggering pockets of protest in its volatile southeastern region bordering Syria and Iraq. (TURKEY-SECURITY/KURDS (UPDATE 3, TV, PIX), moved, 668 words)

Forces loyal to eastern Libyan commander claim control over key oil ports

BENGHAZI, Libya - Forces loyal to eastern Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar take control of key oil ports in Ras Lanuf, Es Sider and Brega, says Ahmed al-Masmari, a spokesman for the forces; but an official from the force that previously controlled the ports, the Petrol Facilities Guard, said there was still fighting at Ras Lanuf. (LIBYA-SECURITY/ (UPDATE 4) Moved, by Ayman al-Warfalli, 450 words)

Drones keep watch as pilgrims ascend Mount Arafat for haj climax

ARAFAT - Saudi authorities deploy drones to watch over nearly 2 million pilgrims as they ascend Mount Arafat at the climax of the haj pilgrimage, part of stepped up efforts to avoid a repeat of last year's crush. (SAUDI-HAJ/ (UPDATE 2, PIX, TV), moving shortly, by Dahlia Nehme, 468 words)

ASIA

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 3, TV), moved, by Ruma Paul, 370 words)

Cracks in building hamper search after Bangladesh factory fire

DHAKA - The death toll from a fire at a food and cigarette packaging factory in Bangladesh rose to 29 as fire crews began digging through debris, and the number of fatalities could rise with over half a dozen people still missing.(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)

LATIN AMERICA

Venezuela's troubles overshadow Non-Aligned summit

CARACAS - Worries over political protests, poor attendance and food have dominated buildup to Non-Aligned Summit in Venezuela instead of geopolitical issues Cold War-era bloc is supposed to address. (VENEZUELA-NONALIGNED/ moving shortly, by Girish Gupta and Andrew Cawthorne, 400 words)

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)

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