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New York City shaken by 'intentional' explosion, 29 injured

NEW YORK - An explosion rocks the bustling Chelsea district of Manhattan, injuring at least 29 people in what authorities describe as a deliberate, criminal act, while saying investigators have turned up no evidence of a "terror connection." (NEW YORK-BLAST/ (UPDATE 3, PIX, TV), moved, by Simon Webb and David Ingram, 867 words)

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- NEW JERSEY-BLAST/ (UPDATE 5, TV), moved, by David Ingram, 600 words

U.S.-led forces strike Syrian troops, Russia calls emergency U.N. meeting

BEIRUT/MOSCOW - U.S.-led coalition air strikes reportedly kill dozens of Syrian soldiers, endangering a U.S.-Russian brokered ceasefire and prompting an emergency U.N. Security Council meeting as tension between Moscow and Washington escalates. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA (WRAPUP 6, PIX, TV), moved, by Angus McDowall and Andrew Osborn, 1,000 words)

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- MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-UN (UPDATE 2), moved, by Michelle Nichols, 350 words

Indian PM Modi condemns Kashmir attack, 17 soldiers dead

SRINAGAR, India - Militants attack an Indian army brigade headquarters near the de factor border with Pakistan, killing 17 soldiers in one of the deadliest attacks in the northern region of Kashmir in a quarter-century-old insurgency. (INDIA-KASHMIR/ (UPDATE 4, PIX, TV), moved, by Fayaz Bukhari, 668 words)

Mission accomplished? Britain's anti-EU party fights to retain influence

BOURNEMOUTH, England - "We won!" was the anti-European Union UK Independence Party's rallying cry at its annual conference as members celebrated Britain's vote to leave the EU, but underneath the euphoria lurked a fresh anxiety: what now? (BRITAIN-EU/UKIP, moved, by William James, 892 words)

Paralympics-Iranian cyclist death casts pall over Games

RIO DE JANEIRO - Iranian cyclist Sarafraz Bahman Golbarnezhad dies after crashing in the C4-5 event at the Rio de Janeiro Paralympics, the first such death at the Games since they began in 1960, the International Paralympic Committee says. (PARALYMPICS-DEATH/ (UPDATE 2), moved, 350 words)

EUROPE

Pro-Putin party seen winning even greater sway in Russia's parliament

MOSCOW - The ruling United Russia party is expected to win even greater dominance over Russia's lower house in a parliamentary election, showing that support for President Vladimir Putin is holding up despite sanctions and a deep economic slowdown. (RUSSIA-ELECTON/ (UPDATE 2, PIX), moving shortly, by Andrew Osborn, 500 words)

In Hungary's migrant vote, only the turnout is in doubt

ASOTTHALOM, Hungary - On a recent evening on Hungary's border with Serbia, a fleet of police trucks raced along the dusty boundary. A heat sensor trained on the razor wire fence had picked up migrants approaching, officers explained. The migrants, about two dozen in number, quickly split up and went back deep into Serbian territory, police said. It was a scene that has played out many times in the months since Europe's migrant crisis erupted. (EUROPE-MIGRANTS/HUNGARY-REFERENDUM (ANALYSIS, TV, PIX), moved, by Marton Dunai and Krisztina Than, 746 words)

Merkel faces setback in Berlin vote due to migrant fears

BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives look set to suffer a second electoral blow in two weeks in a Berlin city vote as a growing number of voters are expected to express their unease with her refugee-friendly policy. (GERMANY-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 2, PIX, TV), moving shortly, by Michael Nienaber, 400 words)

'Token' Belarussian MP hopes to give opposition a voice

MINSK - The election in Belarus of lawmakers critical of authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko has split pro-democracy activists in the ex-Soviet republic once dubbed Europe's last dictatorship. (BELARUS-OPPOSITION/ (PIX), moved, by Andrei Makhovsky, 744 words)

UNITED STATES

Man who wounded eight in knife attack at Minnesota mall made references to Allah - police

A man wearing a private security uniform wounded eight people in a knife attack on Saturday at a mall in central Minnesota before he was shot dead by an off-duty police officer, authorities say. (MINNESOTA-MALL/STABBINGS (UPDATE 1), by Alex Dobuzinskis, 335 words)

Hate drove gunman to shoot Philadelphia police -officials

A gunman who wounded two Philadelphia police officers and three civilians and killed a fourth civilian appears to have been driven by hatred for the police but had no known ties to any militant groups, officials say. (PENNSYLVANIA-CRIME/ (UPDATE 2), moved, 461 words)

AMERICAS

Venezuela summit draws few leaders in blow to Maduro

MARGARITA ISLAND, Venezuela - Only a handful of leaders have traveled to a meeting of a large Cold War-era bloc in Venezuela this week, in an embarrassment for the crisis-hit socialist government. (VENEZUELA-NONALIGNED/ (UPDATE 2, PIX), moved, by Girish Gupta and Deisy Buitrago, 400 words)

HEALTH

Global fund raises $12.9 bln to fight AIDS, TB and malaria

MONTREAL - A global fund has raised over $12.9 billion from international donors as part of a campaign aimed at effectively eradicating AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis by 2030, conference organizers say. (HEALTH-AIDS/FUNDRAISING (UPDATE 2), by Allison Lampert, 240 words)

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