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Clinton's bout of pneumonia raises worries for Democrats

WASHINGTON - Democrat Hillary Clinton's bout of pneumonia, kept secret until she nearly collapsed on Sunday, has raised an element of uncertainty about her health going into the final weeks of presidential campaigning and risks feeding a narrative from rival Donald Trump about her stamina. (USA-ELECTION/ (PICTURE, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Steve Holland and Alana Wise, 890 words)

North Korea ready for another nuclear test any time-S.Korea

SEOUL - North Korea is ready to conduct an additional nuclear test at any time, South Korea's Defence Ministry says, three days after the reclusive North's fifth test drew widespread condemnation. (NORTHKOREA-NUCLEAR/TUNNEL (UPDATE 5, PICTURE, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Ju-min Park and Jack Kim, 690 words)

Syria's Assad prays in ex-rebel stronghold ahead of ceasefire

BEIRUT - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad performs Eid prayers in a Damascus suburb captured from rebels last month, in a sign of confidence as a nationwide ceasefire brokered by the United States and Russia was due to come into effect later on Monday. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA (PICTURE, TV), expect by 1100 GMT/7 AM ET, by Tom Perry, 800 words)

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- MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-TURKEY-AID (TV, PICTURE), moved, 285 words

Car bomb targets government buildings in eastern Turkey

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey - Suspected Kurdish militants detonated a car bomb near local government offices in Turkey's southeastern city of Van, wounding scores of people, a day after two dozen mayors from Kurdish-run municipalities were stripped of office. (TURKEY-SECURITY/KURDS (UPDATE 2, TV), moving shortly, 460 words)

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- TURKEY-SECURITY/KURDS-ERDOGAN (UPDATE 1, PICTURE, TV), moved, 280 words

EUROPE

Austria delays presidential election re-run after postal ballot snag

VIENNA - A re-run of Austria's presidential election scheduled for next month has been delayed, Interior Minister Wolfgang Sobotka says, after some postal voters complain of faulty seals on ballot papers. (AUSTRIA-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 2), moving shortly, 400 words)

Germany's anti-immigrant AfD party suffers election setback in west

BERLIN - The anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) party finished a distant fourth with just 7.8 percent of the vote in local elections on Sunday in Lower Saxony state - a week after beating Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives in an eastern region. (GERMANY-ELECTION/, moved, 290 words)

Occupation: Migrant. One African's 12-year quest for Europe

AGADEZ, Niger - On Mayango Jallah's second attempt to reach Europe, he recalls, the dinghy he was in came within sight of southern Spain. (EUROPE-MIGRANTS/AFRICAN (INSIGHT, PICTURE, TV), moved, by Edward McAllister, 1,700 words)

MIDDLE EAST

Year after deadly crush, haj pilgrims begin symbolic stoning rite

JAMARAT - Nearly two million Muslim pilgrims perform a symbolic stoning of the devil, the first day of Eid al-Adha feast, in the riskiest part of the annual haj pilgrimage a year after the ritual's most deadly disaster in decades. (SAUDI-HAJ/ (PICTURE, TV), expect by 110 GMT/7 AM ET, by Dahlia Nehme, 480 words)

Gulf states condemn law letting 9/11 families sue Saudi Arabia

DUBAI - The Saudi-dominated Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) condemn a law passed by the United States Congress last week that will allow the families of victims of the Sept. 11 attacks to sue the kingdom's government for damages. (USA-SEPT11/GCC, moved, 155 words)

ASIA

North Korea flooding kills 133, displaces 107,000 - U.N.

SEOUL - Flooding from heavy rain in North Korea has killed 133 people in its northeast while 395 are missing, with many homes and critical infrastructure destroyed, a U.N. agency says. (NORTHKOREA-FLOODS/, moved, 235 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/ (UPDATE 1, PICTURE), moved, by Andrew R.C. Marshall and Antoni Slodkowski, 1,000 words)

Ethnic tensions, Taliban attacks pose traps for Afghan leader

KABUL - Taliban advances and a shootout between gunmen from rival ethnic groups in Kabul that carried echoes of Afghanistan's 1990s civil war have underlined the threats facing President Ashraf Ghani two years after he came to power. (AFGHANISTAN-POLITICS/ (PICTURE), moved, by James Mackenzie, 900 words)

HEALTH

For one Zika patient, lingering symptoms and few answers

SAN JUAN - It began with what felt like a punch in the throat. I assumed it was irritation from the cigar I'd smoked on my deck that afternoon in mid-June. But the sensation hung on. Within three days, I had a 102-degree Fahrenheit fever, chills and bed-drenching night sweats. (HEALTH-ZIKA/PATIENT (INSIGHT, PICTURE, GRAPHICS, TV), moved, by Nick Brown, 1,800 words)

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