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Italy quake death toll hits 281, state funeral planned

PESCARA DEL TRONTO, Italy - Hopes of finding more survivors from Italy's powerful earthquake fade, with death toll rising to 281 and rescue operation in some of stricken areas called off. (ITALY-QUAKE/ (UPDATE 7, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Steve Scherer and Gabriele Pileri, 1,084 words)

U.S. and Russia fail to close deal on ending violence in Syria

GENEVA - The United States and Russia fail to reach breakthrough deal on military cooperation and nationwide cessation of hostilities in Syria, saying they still have issues to resolve before an agreement could be announced. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/KERRY-LAVROV (UPDATE 4, TV, PIX), moved, by Lesley Wroughton and Stephanie Nebehay, 534 words)

Turkey signals no quick end to Syria incursion

ISTANBUL/KARKAMIS, Turkey - Turkish forces will remain in Syria for as long as it takes to cleanse border of Islamic State and other militants, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim says, after truck bombing by Kurdish insurgents kills at least 11 police officers. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-TURKEY (WRAPUP 2, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Nick Tattersall and Humeyra Pamuk, 1,173 words)

Clinton attacks Trump's outreach to black voters in new ad

WASHINGTON - Democrat Hillary Clinton calls for voters to reject what she calls "bigotry" of Donald Trump's White House campaign, issuing television ad criticizing his efforts to appeal to black voters and saying she is reaching out to people from all parties who are troubled by his candidacy. (USA-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Emily Stephenson, 647 words)

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- USA-ELECTION/POLL (POLL, PIX), moved, by Chris Kahn, 399 words

EUROPE

French court suspends burkini ban, controversy goes on

PARIS - French court suspends ban on women wearing full-body "burkini" swimsuits on a Mediterranean town's beach, but prime minister says debate is not over, calling outfit symbol of "backwards, deadly Islamism." (RELIGION-BURQA/FRANCE (UPDATE 4, TV, PIX), moved, by Ingrid Melander and Chine Labbé, 645 words)

UNITED STATES

FDA recommends Zika testing for all blood donated in U.S.

CHICAGO - U.S. Food and Drug Administration recommends that all blood donated in United States and its territories be tested for Zika virus, as it moves to prevent transmission of virus through blood supply. (HEALTH-ZIKA/BLOOD (UPDATE 4), moving shortly, by Julie Steenhuysen and Letitia Stein, 1,100 words)

California judge keeps law allowing assisted suicide

RIVERSIDE, Calif. - California judge refuses to suspend new state law allowing physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill patients, citing need to protect them from pain, but he allows legal challenge to proceed. (CALIFORNIA-ASSISTEDSUICIDE/ (UPDATE 2, PIX, TV), moved, by Paula Lehman-Ewing, 490 words)

AMERICAS

Brazil police seek graft charges against ex-president Lula

SAO PAULO - Federal police in Brazil urged prosecutors on Friday to bring corruption charges against former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his wife, Marisa, according to police documents seen by Reuters. (BRAZIL-CORRUPTION/ (UPDATE 3), moved, by Eduardo Simões and Daniel Flynn, 460 words)

Colombia's FARC rebels face tricky return under peace deal

CORDILLERA ORIENTAL, Colombia - Peace deal between Colombia's government and guerrilla leaders will end half century of war and allow rebels to set up political party and seek power peacefully, at ballot box. But reintegrating 7,000 fighters of Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) - many of whom spend at least half their lives at war - will be crucial part of making peace deal work, and it is no easy task. (COLOMBIA-REBELS/PEACE (FEATURE, TV, PIX), moved, by Helen Murphy and Luis Jaime Acosta, 1,151 words)

EXCLUSIVE-Venezuela renews drilling tender after earlier collapse -sources

CARACAS/HOUSTON - Venezuela's state oil company, PDVSA, relaunches large tender for drilling of 600 oil wells in world's largest crude reserves, sources with knowledge of tender say, after similar project collapsed last year amid concerns about transparency and political favoritism. (VENEZUELA-PDVSA/CONTRACT (EXCLUSIVE, PIX), moved, by Girish Gupta, Alexandra Ulmer and Marianna Parraga, 583 words)

ASIA

Smoke from Indonesian fires hits "unhealthy" level in Singapore

SINGAPORE/JAKARTA - Air pollution in Singapore rises to "unhealthy" level as acrid smoke drifted over the island from fires on Indonesia's Sumatra island, the National Environment Agency (NEA) says. (INDONESIA-HAZE/ (UPDATE 2, PIX), by Marius Zaharia and Fergus Jensen, 385 words)

AFRICA

No 'Arab Spring' in Zimbabwe, Mugabe warns protesters

HARARE - President Robert Mugabe warns protesters there will be no "Arab Spring" in Zimbabwe after anti-government demonstrations descend to some of worst violence seen in southern African nation in two decades. (ZIMBABWE-PROTEST/ (UPDATE 5, PIX, TV), moved, by MacDonald Dzirutwe, 696 words)

WIDER IMAGE

Searching for history along the Thames

LONDON - Torch on his head, Jason Sandy scours nighttime London foreshores of Thames River, searching for objects that could offer glimpse of life in British capital hundreds of years ago. (BRITAIN-MUDLARKS/ (PIX, WIDER IMAGE), moved, 429 words)

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