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Syria deal hangs in balance as aid to Aleppo stalls

BEIRUT - Syrian government forces and rebels have yet to withdraw from the road through which aid is expected to be delivered to Aleppo, threatening a U.S.-Russian ceasefire agreement aimed at bringing an end to the five-year-long civil war. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA (PICTURE, TV), expect by 1130 GMT/7.30 AM ET, by Tom Perry, 600 words)

Foreign ministers visit eastern Ukraine as fresh ceasefire begins

SLOVIANSK, Ukraine - Foreign ministers from Germany, France and Ukraine visit eastern Ukraine, hours after Russian-backed separatists and Ukrainian forces agreed to a fresh ceasefire in a conflict that has killed over 9,600 since spring 2014. (UKRAINE-CRISIS/OSCE (PICTURE, TV), moved, 660 words)

Britain approves nuclear plant, easing Chinese, French ties

LONDON - Britain gives the go ahead for a $24 billion nuclear power plant, ending weeks of uncertainty that strained ties with China and France and put a question mark over Prime Minister Theresa May's investment policy. (BRITAIN-NUCLEAR/HINKLEY (UPDATE 3), moving shortly, by William James, 600 words)

Clinton, Trump move to show medical fitness for White House

WHITE PLAINS - U.S. presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump move to show their medical fitness for the White House as Clinton releases a letter from her doctor declaring her fit and Trump tapes a TV-segment about his well-being. (USA-ELECTION/HEALTH (UPDATE 2, PICTURE, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Amanda Becker, 735 words)

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- USA-ELECTION/POWELL, moved, by John Walcott, 695 words

- USA-ELECTION/POLL (POLL, PICTURE, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Chris Kahn, 550 words

- USA-POLITICS/ECONOMY-SURVEY, moved, by Scott Malone, 420 words

EUROPE

Merkel wants Germany to get refugees into workforce faster

FRANKFURT/BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel says that Germany need "viable solutions" to integrate refugees into the workforce faster after she met with blue-chip companies, which have hired just over 100 refugees since around a million arrived in the country last year. (EUROPE-MIGRANTS/GERMANY-COMPANIES (UPDATE 2), moved, by Georgina Prodhan and Paul Carrel, 960 words)

Italy government to decide date of referendum on Sept. 26

ROME - Italy's government will meet on Sept. 26 to decide the date of a national referendum over whether to accept or reject a constitutional reform passed by parliament, Prime Minister Matteo Renzi says. (ITALY-REFERENDUM/DATE, moved, 130 words)

Britain's May prepares for Brexit talks, keeps Europe guessing

LONDON - As Europe clamors to know how Britain plans to implement its decision to leave the European Union, new Prime Minister Theresa May is giving little away, but her strategy is becoming clear. (BRITAIN-EU/MAY (PICTURE), moved, by Elizabeth Piper, 860 words)

Russia's sole liberal opposition MP fights for political survival

MOSCOW - Days before an election expected to extend Kremlin dominance over Russia's parliament, the sole liberal opposition member, Dmitry Gudkov, is waging what he fears is a losing battle for political survival. (RUSSIA-ELECTION/ (PICTURE), moved, by Andrew Osborn, 1,260 words)

Polish, Hungarian "horse thief" alliance alarms Brussels

KRYNICA-ZDROJ, Poland - Viktor Orban, Hungary's fiery nationalist prime minister, is known for the contempt he showers on most European leaders. But when he appeared alongside Poland's Jaroslaw Kaczynski last week, he paid his fellow Eastern European right-wing ruling party leader the ultimate complement: together they would make perfect partners in crime. (EU-SUMMIT/POLAND-HUNGARY (PICTURE), moved, by Justyna Pawlak and Wojciech Strupczewski, 970 words)

Drained by a dictator, Romanian wetlands return to the wild

MAHMUDIA, Romania - Birds and fish are slowly but surely returning to a part of Romania's picturesque Danube Delta that was drained by dictator Nicolae Ceausescu in the 1980s but has been returned by local communities to its natural wetland state. (ROMANIA-ENVIRONMENT/DANUBE DELTA (TV), moved, by Sinisa Dragin and Radu-Sorin Marinas, 260 words)

MIDDLE EAST

Saudi prince warns Iran against using force to pursue rivalry

DUBAI - A senior Saudi official, responding to Iranian criticism of Riyadh's management of the haj pilgrimage, urges Iran to end what he calls wrong attitudes towards Arabs and warns it against any use of force in its rivalry with the kingdom. (SAUDI-HAJ/IRAN-PRINCE, moved, 370 words)

ASIA

Ex-Afghan leader attacks new US combat rules, urges Taliban to talk peace

KABUL - Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai sharply criticizes new authorities giving the U.S. military greater freedom to fight Taliban insurgents, saying they were a further erosion of sovereignty. (AFGHANISTAN-KARZAI/ (INTERVIEW, PICTURE, TV), moved, by James Mackenzie and Rupam Jain, 813 words)

Japan opposition party picks first female leader after citizenship hiccup

TOKYO - Japan's main opposition Democratic Party elects a former cabinet minister as its first female leader on Thursday, following a last-minute hiccup when she was found to hold dual citizenship in violation of Japanese law. (JAPAN-POLITICS/OPPOSITION (PICTURE, TV), moved, by Kiyoshi Takenaka and Linda Sieg, 390 words)

Thai PM defends rights record since coup ahead of UN visit

BANGKOK - Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha defends his country's rights record since he seized power in a 2014 coup, saying he acted to end months of political instability. (THAILAND-POLITICS/ (PICTURE, TV), moved, by Amy Sawitta Lefevre and Cod Satrusayang, 335 words)

AMERICAS

Brazil's Lula charged as 'top boss' of Petrobras graft scheme

CURITIBA - Brazilian prosecutors charge ex-President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva with being the "boss" of a vast corruption scheme at state oil company Petrobras, in a major blow to the leftist hero's hopes of a political comeback. (BRAZIL-CORRUPTION/ (UPDATE 5, PICTURE, TV), moved, by Sergio Spagnuolo, 775 words)

ENVIRONMENT

U.S. among nations set to unveil sanctuaries to protect oceans

WASHINGTON - The United States will join more than 20 countries to announce the creation of 40 new marine sanctuaries around the world to protect the world's oceans from the threat of climate change and pollution. (ENVIRONMENT-OCEANS/, moved, by Ayesha Rascoe and Lesley Wroughton, 410 words)

SPORT

WADA says hackers released another batch of athlete data

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) says that another batch of athlete data has been leaked by the same Russian cyber espionage group that published confidential medical data earlier this week. (DOPING-WADA/CYBER (UPDATE 2), moved, by Frank Pingue, 440 words)

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