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Clinton visits North Carolina in campaign trail return; Trump up in polls

GREENSBORO, N.C. - Hillary Clinton gets back on campaign trail after taking three days off for pneumonia, and Democratic presidential candidate faces more challenging political landscape, with Republican rival Donald Trump rising in opinion polls. (USA-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 5, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), expect by 0200 GMT/10 PM ET, by Amanda Becker, 800 words)

- USA-ELECTION/TRUMP-ECONOMY (UPDATE 2, PIX, TV), moved, by Emily Stephenson and Alana Wise, 538 words

- USA-ELECTION/TRUMP-OIL (PIX), moved, by Chris Prentice, 477 words

- USA-ELECTION/TRUMP-OBAMA (UPDATE 1), moved, by Jeff Mason, 297 words

- USA-ELECTION/KHAN (PIX), moved, by Dave McKinney, 316 words

Syria cease-fire deal in balance as Aleppo aid plan stalls

BEIRUT/GENEVA - Russia says Syrian army begins to withdraw from road into Aleppo, prerequisite for pressing ahead with international peace-making efforts as government and rebels accuse each other of violating truce. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA (WRAPUP 4, PIX, TV), moved, by Tom Perry and Tom Miles, 1119 words)

Japan to boost S.China Sea role with training patrols with U.S. - minister

WASHINGTON - Japan will step up its activity in the contested South China Sea through joint training patrols with the United States and bilateral and multilateral exercises with regional navies, Japanese Defense Minister Tomomi Inada says. (SOUTHCHINASEA-JAPAN/PATROLS (UPDATE 2), moved, by David Brunnstrom, 324 words)

Obama joins other world leaders to create new ocean sanctuaries

WASHINGTON - The United States joins more than 20 countries in creating 40 new marine sanctuaries around the world to protect oceans from the threat of climate change and pollution. (ENVIRONMENT-OCEANS/ (UPDATE 2, PIX, TV), moved, by Ayesha Rascoe and Lesley Wroughton, 450 words)

ASIA

Japan confronts disability stigma after silence over murder victims' names

TOKYO - The stabbing deaths of 19 disabled people in their sleep last July and the silence surrounding their identities are forcing Japan to grapple with its attitudes toward physically and cognitively impaired persons, less than four years before Tokyo hosts the Paralympics. (JAPAN-DISABLED/ (PIX, TV), moved, by Kwiyeon, Ha and Linda Sieg, 811 words)

Water protests in tech hub expose urban India's growing pains

BENGALURU - Oracle employees were at work on Monday when protesters entered their nine-story building in India's technology hub, Bengaluru, and asked them to leave in support of demonstrations that had erupted across the city over a water dispute. (INDIA-PROTESTS/BENGALURU (PIX), moved, by Supriya Kurane and Robin Paxton, 915 words)

Myanmar's Suu Kyi calls for investment after Obama pledges sanctions relief

WASHINGTON - Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi urges businesses to invest in the Southeast Asian country as a way to advance its democratic transition, a day after U.S. President Barack Obama pledged to lift long-standing sanctions on the country. (USA-MYANMAR/ (PIX, TV), moved, by Timothy Mclaughlin, 400 words)

Fans cheer, but Asia gives iPhone 7 subdued welcome

SHANGHAI/SYDNEY - Apple Inc fans from Sydney to Shanghai, the first customers worldwide to snap the new iPhone 7 off the shelves, cheer as they leave stores brandishing their purchases, flanked by applauding sales staff. (APPLE-IPHONE/ASIA (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), moved, by Adam Jourdan and Tom Westbrook, 524 words)

- SAMSUNG ELEC-SMARTPHONES/ (UPDATE 3, PIX), moved, by Ankur Banerjee, 351 words

EUROPE

EU leaders search for way out of "existential crisis"

BRATISLAVA - Shaken by Britain's decision to leave the European Union, the leaders of its other 27 countries meet on Friday to try to inject new momentum into their ailing communal project amid deep-seated divisions over migration and economic policy. (EU-SUMMIT/ (PIX, TV), moved, by Noah Barkin and Alastair Macdonald, 558 words)

UNITED STATES

FBI trying to build legal cases against Russian hackers -sources

WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO - The Federal Bureau of Investigation is intensifying efforts to find enough evidence to enable the Justice Department to indict some of the Russians that U.S. intelligence agencies have concluded are hacking into American political parties and figures, U.S. law enforcement and intelligence officials say. (USA-CYBER/RUSSIA, moved, by Mark Hosenball and Joseph Menn, 724 words)

White Ohio policeman kills black teen armed with BB gun

A white Ohio policeman responding to reports of an armed robbery fatally shot a black 13-year-old boy after he pulled out what appeared to be a weapon that was later determined to be a BB gun, police say. (OHIO-CRIME/ (UPDATE 5, PIX, TV), moved, by Laila Kearney, 787 words)

AMERICAS

Brazil's Lula says charges aimed at wrecking his political career

SAO PAULO - Brazilian former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva dismisses corruption charges against him as a fabrication and said he was being framed to stop him from running for the presidency in two years time. (BRAZIL-CORRUPTION/ (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), by Natalia Scalzaretto, 540 words)

In triumph for Trudeau, China frees Canadian detained for years

OTTAWA - Kevin Garratt, a Canadian held in China for two years and charged with spying, returns to Canada in what was a diplomatic triumph for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. (CANADA-CHINA/GARRATT (UPDATE 3, PIX), moved, by David Ljunggren, 425 words)

Millennials lead private media opening in Communist-run Cuba

HAVANA - A handful of independent, web-based news outlets in Cuba are chipping away at the Communist-run island's half-century state media monopoly, challenging the official version of reality. (CUBA-MEDIA/ (PIX, TV), moved, by Sarah Marsh, 1178 words)

HEALTH

Study confirms Zika causes brain birth defects, questions remain

LONDON - Early results from a crucial case-control study in Brazil confirm a direct causal link between Zika virus infection in pregnant women and the brain damaging birth defect microcephaly in their babies, scientists say. HEALTH-ZIKA/MICROCEPHALY (PIX), moved, by Kate Kelland, 500 words)

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