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Intense fighting as Syrian rebels break through Aleppo siege

BEIRUT - Syrian rebels break through to besieged opposition-held areas in eastern Aleppo in an assault on a major government military complex meant to end a month-long siege, insurgents and a monitoring group say (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-ALEPPO (UPDATE 3, PIX), moved, by Lisa Barrington, 876 words)

Man yelling "Allahu Akbar!" wounds two Belgian police in machete attack

BRUSSELS - Machete-wielding man yelling "Allahu Akbar!" (God is greatest) injures two female police officers before being fatally shot in the Belgian city of Charleroi in what the prime minister says appears to be a terrorist act (EUROPE-ATTACKS/BELGIUM (UPDATE 2, TV), moved, 329 words)

Shambolic start to Rio Games amid lines, security scares

RIO DE JANEIRO - Rio Olympic Games get off to a shambolic and nervous start, with organizers apologizing to angry fans kept waiting hours at security checkpoints to enter venues while, outside, shootings and bomb scares keep visitors on edge. (OLYMPICS-RIO/ (WRAPUP 2, PIX, TV), moving shortly, by Karolos Grohmann and Brad Brooks, 800 words)

South Africa's ANC suffers worst election since taking power

JOHANNESBURG - The African National Congress loses its grip on local government in Tshwane, home of South Africa's capital Pretoria, as results give the opposition Democratic Alliance a second big win in the ANC's worst election since the end of apartheid (SAFRICA-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 4, PIX, TV), moved, by James Macharia, 600 words)

ASIA

Japan remembers Hiroshima, urges world to follow Obama and visit

TOKYO - Japan marks 71st anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima as its mayor urges world leaders to follow in U.S. President Barack Obama's footsteps and visit, and ultimately rid the world of nuclear arms. (JAPAN-HIROSHIMA/ (TV, PIX), moved, by Kiyoshi Takenaka, 400 words)

AMERICAS

Chicago police may have violated policy in fatal shooting -official

Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson says videos of the police shooting of a black man in the city last month indicate three officers may have violated the department's policies (USA-POLICE/CHICAGO, TV, PIX), moved, 415 words)

Six dead as remnants of Earl weaken over mountains in Mexico

MEXICO CITY - As remnants of Tropical Storm Earl dissipate over the mountains of Mexico's Gulf coast, six people die, buried in landslides caused by intense rainfall, emergency services official says (STORM-EARL/NHC UPDATE 2), moving shortly, 200 words)

EXCLUSIVE-Stiglitz quits Panama Papers probe, cites lack of transparency

BUENOS AIRES - Committee set up to investigate lack of transparency in Panama's financial system itself lacks transparency, Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz tells Reuters after resigning from "Panama Papers" commission. (PANAMA-TAX/ (UPDATE 4, EXCLUSIVE), moved, by Hugh Bronstein and Gram Slattery, 533 words)

EUROPE

Fire kills 13 at birthday party in French bar

ROUEN, France - Fire sweeps through bar in northern French city of Rouen, killing 13 and injuring six, after a birthday cake with candles and sparklers fell to the floor and set the carpet ablaze, police say. (FRANCE-FIRE/ (UPDATE 2, TV, PIX), moved, 239 words)

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