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

NEW YORK - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo says there is still no indication that an explosion that injured 29 people in Manhattan on Saturday was linked to international terrorism, while investigators scour scene of the blast (NEW YORK-BLAST/ (UPDATE 6, PIX, TV), moved, by Daniel Trotta, 870 words)

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

Moscow says strikes on Syria army threaten U.S.-Russia ceasefire plan

MOSCOW/BEIRUT - Moscow steps up war of words with Washington, saying air strikes by U.S.-led coalition on the Syrian army threatens implementation of a U.S.-Russian ceasefire plan for Syria and bordered on connivance with Islamic State.(MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-RUSSIA (UPDATE 5, PIX), moved, by Dmitry Solovyov and Lisa Barrington, 1,000 words)

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

India blames Pakistan as Kashmir attack kills 17 soldiers

SRINAGAR, India - India accuses Pakistan of being behind Sunday's separatist attack on an army base near their disputed frontier that kills 17 soldiers, in one of the deadliest attacks in Kashmir in a quarter-century-old insurgency. (INDIA-KASHMIR/ (UPDATE 7, PIX, TV), moved, by Fayaz Bukhari, 866 words)

MOSCOW/SARANSK, Russia - Ruling United Russia party is expected to win even greater dominance over Russia's parliament in an election on Sunday, showing that support for President Vladimir Putin is holding up despite sanctions and a deep economic slowdown. (RUSSIA-ELECTION (UPDATE 4), moved, by Andrew Osborn and Gleb Stolyarov)

At least 12 dead in Thailand as tourist boat capsizes, dozens missing

BANGKOK - At least 12 people have died and dozens are missing in Thailand after a boat carrying 150 Thai Muslims capsized in the ancient tourist city of Ayutthaya, officials say. (THAILAND-BOAT/ (TV, PIX), moved, 233 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)

EUROPE

Merkel suffers setback in Berlin vote due to migrant fears

BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives suffer their second electoral blow in two weeks, slumping to their lowest level since reunification in 1990 in a Berlin city vote in which citizens roundly rejected her open-door refugee policy. (GERMAN-ELECTION, moving shortly, by Michael Nienaber and Madeline Chambers, 580 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)

Brexit? What Brexit? EU on cruise control

BRATISLAVA - The "Brexit cruise" didn't get very far. EU leaders drifted down the Danube for an hour, said little about Britain over a leisurely shipboard lunch, then circled back to Bratislava to resume Friday's summit. (BRITAIN-EU/CRUISE (ANALYSIS, TV, PIX), moved, by Alastair Macdonald, 1119 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)

AFRICA

Clashes at Libyan oil ports as counter-attack repelled - officials

BENGHAZI, Libya - Eastern Libyan forces say they have reestablished control over two oil ports where an ousted faction launched a counter-attack on Sunday, briefly seizing one of the terminals. (LIBYA-SECURITY/OIL (UPDATE 4), moved, by Ayman al-Warfalli, 583 words)

UNITED STATES

Islamic State says Minnesota mall stabbing carried out by 'soldier'

A man who wounded up to nine people in a knife attack at a mall in central Minnesota before he was shot dead by an off-duty police officer is a "soldier of the Islamic State," the militant group's news agency says. INNESOTA-MALL/STABBINGS (UPDATE 3), moved, by Alex Dobuzinskis and Dustin Volz, 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)

ENTERTAINMENT

O.J. Simpson drama set to sweep Emmys in big year for TV diversity

LOS ANGELES - The dramatization of O.J. Simpson's sensational 1995 double murder trial looks set to sweep Sunday's Emmy Awards, crowning an extraordinary year for American television and actors of multiple ethnic hues. (AWARDS-EMMYS/, TV, PIX, moved, by Jill Serjeant, 480 words)

SPORT

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)

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