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Intense fighting as Syrian rebels break through Aleppo siege

BEIRUT - Rebel fighters broke through to besieged opposition-held areas in eastern Aleppo on Saturday during an intense offensive against a major military complex as they try to end a month-long siege, insurgents and a monitoring group said. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-ALEPPO (UPDATE 2, PIX), moved, 737 words)

Man yelling in Arabic wounds two Belgian police with machete, then shot dead

BRUSSELS - A machete-wielding man yelling "Allahu Akbar!" (God is greatest) injures two female police officers before being shot outside the main police station in the southern Belgian city of Charleroi, police in the city say. Prime minister says incident appears to be terrorist attack (EUROPE-ATTACKS/BELGIUM (UPDATE 2, TV), expect by 1900 GMT/3 PM ET, 400 words)

Queues and security scare get Rio Olympics off to shaky start

RIO DE JANEIRO - The 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 main venues while, outside, there were killings and robberies. (OLYMPICS-RIO/ (WRAPUP 1, PIX, TV), expect by 1900 GMT/3 PM ET, by Brad Brooks and Karolos Grohmann, 600 words)

South African ANC suffers worst election result since apartheid

JOHANNESBURG - The African National Congress loses its grip on local government in Tshwane, home of South Africa's capital Pretoria, as election results give the opposition Democratic Alliance a second big win in the ANC's worst election since the end of white-minority rule.(SAFRICA-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 3, PIX, TV), moved, by James Macharia, 680 words)

ASIA

Japan remembers Hiroshima, urges world to follow Obama and visit

TOKYO - Japan marks the 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

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

BUENOS AIRES - The committee set up to investigate lack of transparency in Panama's financial system itself lacks transparency, Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz told Reuters on Friday after resigning from the "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 - A fire swept through a bar in the northern French city of Rouen, killing 13 people 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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