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Trump catches up to Clinton, latest Reuters/Ipsos poll finds

WASHINGTON - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump pulls into effective tie with Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, erasing substantial deficit as he consolidates support among his party's likely voters in recent weeks, according to latest Reuters/Ipsos national tracking poll. (USA-ELECTION/POLL, moved, by Maurice Tamman and Chris Kahn, 764 words)

+ See also:

- USA-ELECTION/TRUMP-STAFF (PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Michelle Conlin and Grant Smith, 704 words

- USA-ELECTION/CLINTON-DRUGS (UPDATE 4, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Amanda Becker and Ransdell Pierson, 864 words

Uzbekistan buries President Islam Karimov

ALMATY - Islam Karimov, president of Uzbekistan for the past quarter of a century, is buried in his home city of Samarkand, leaving behind a power vacuum in a nation that serves as a bulwark against militant Islam in Central Asia. (UZBEKISTAN-PRESIDENT/FUNERAL (UPDATE 3, PIX, TV), moved, by Olzhas Auyezov, 921 words)

President Duterte declares 'state of lawlessness' after blast kills 14 Filipinos

MANILA - Philippines' President Rodrigo Duterte declares what he calls a "state of lawlessness" in the country after an explosion in a market killed 14 people in his home town while he was on a regular weekend visit there. (PHILIPPINES-BLAST/ (UPDATE 2, PIX, TV), moved, by Karen Lema and Enrico Dela Cruz, 554 words)

EUROPE

EU, Turkey test waters for rapprochement after failed coup

BRATISLAVA - The European Union and Turkey test the waters for a political rapprochement with a first meeting between the bloc's 28 foreign ministers and a senior Ankara official after a failed coup in Turkey in July strained their uneasy ties. (EUROPE-MIGRANTS/EU-TURKEY (UPDATE 2, TV), moved, by Gabriela Baczynska and Sabine Siebold, 692 words)

Unhappy with Corbyn, Labour's 'money men' channel funds in new directions

STOKE-ON-TRENT, England - Billionaire Peter Coates has stopped giving money to Britain's opposition Labour Party, seeing little prospect of election victory under left-wing leader Jeremy Corbyn. One of a handful of 'money men' credited with using their cash to help propel Labour under Tony Blair to power in 1997 and keep it there, he has instead made direct personal donations to fund a local Labour parliamentarian, whose centrist views are more aligned to his own. (BRITAIN-LABOUR/ (INSIGHT, PIX), moved, by Elizabeth Piper, 954 words)

France's Le Pen vows to hold referendum on EU if elected

BRACHAY, France - France's far-right National Front party leader, Marine Le Pen, vows to hold a referendum on whether France stays in or leaves the European Union if she wins the 2017 presidential election. (FRANCE-LEPEN/REFERENDUM (PIX,TV), moved, 343 words)

AFRICA

Zimbabwe's Mugabe dismisses ill-health talk but public anger rising

HARARE- Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe returns home from abroad in a jovial mood, poking fun at the latest online media speculation that he is gravely ill and had sought medical help in Dubai (ZIMBABWE-MUGABE/ (UPDATE 2, PIX), moved, by MacDonald Dzirutwe, 400 words)

MIDDLE EAST

Turkish tanks cross into Syria in second incursion -Dogan agency

ELBEYLI, Turkey/BEIRUT - Turkey and its rebel allies opened up a new line of attack in northern Syria on Saturday, as Turkish tanks crossed the frontier from Kilis province, marking a second leg in an operation to sweep militants from its border. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-TURKEY (UPDATE 2, TV), by Umit Ozdal and John Davison, 750 words, expect by 1530 GMT/ 1130 AM ET)

UNITED STATES

Hermine pounds Florida, raising new Zika fears, heads north

TAMPA, Florida - Hurricane Hermine wreaks havoc across Florida, causing widespread power outages and flooding before diminishing into a tropical storm and plowing up the Atlantic Coast into the Carolinas with a still-potent mix of high winds and heavy rains. (STORM-HERMINE/ (PIX, TV), moved, 700 words)

+ See also:

- STORM-HERMINE/DOCK (FEATURE, PIX), moved, by Letitia Stein, 304 words

ASIA

EXCLUSIVE-Chinese state enterprise workers in Hong Kong given voting guidance ahead of poll

HONG KONG - At least two large Chinese state-owned enterprises in Hong Kong are instructing staff how to vote in Sunday's legislative election, as Beijing seeks to thwart chances of local democratic candidates, according to documents seen by Reuters. (HONGKONG-ELECTION/COMPANIES (EXCLUSIVE), moved, by Clare Jim and Venus Wu, 644 words)

EXCLUSIVE-Ahead of Suu Kyi visit, Obama weighs Myanmar sanctions relief - sources

WASHINGTON/YANGON - The United States is considering further easing or lifting sanctions against Myanmar around the time of a White House visit this month by the country's new leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, U.S. officials tell Reuters. (MYANMAR-USA/ (EXCLUSIVE, URGENT), moved, by Patricia Zengerle, Matt Spetalnick, David Brunnstrom and Antoni Slodkowski, 650 words)

India PM offers Vietnam $500 mln credit line for defense cooperation

HANOI - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi offers Vietnam a credit line of half a billion dollars for defense cooperation, giving a lift to a country seeking a military deterrent amid festering discord in the South China Sea. (VIETNAM-INDIA/ (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), moved, by Ho Binh Minh, 500 words)

SPORT

Motor racing-Hamilton runs away with Monza pole position

MONZA - Lewis Hamilton sweeps to a dominant pole position at the Italian Grand Prix for the third year in succession with Mercedes team mate and title rival Nico Rosberg joining the Briton on the front row of the grid. (MOTOR-F1-ITALY/ (UPDATE 1, PIX), by Alan Baldwin, 400 words)

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