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TOP STORIES

Clinton calls Trump comment on security briefing "undisciplined"

WHITE PLAINS - U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton chastised Republican rival Donald Trump on Thursday for talking about things he learned in classified intelligence briefings, calling it "totally inappropriate and undisciplined." (USA-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 2, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved at 12:45 p.m., by Jeff Mason, 719 words)

Obama says Trump unfit for presidency, has "outright wacky" ideas

VIENTIANE - President Barack Obama hit back at Donald Trump on Thursday for criticizing his foreign policy record, saying the Republican nominee was unfit to follow him into the Oval Office and the public should press him on his "outright wacky ideas." (LAOS-OBAMA/TRUMP (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), moved at 8:06 a.m., 286 words)

"What is Aleppo?" asks U.S. Libertarian Party candidate

WASHINGTON - Libertarian Party presidential candidate Gary Johnson framed an embarrassing lapse on foreign affairs as simple human error on Thursday after he responded to a question about a flashpoint in the Syrian civil war by asking, "What is Aleppo?" (USA-ELECTION/JOHNSON (UPDATE 2, PIX), moved at 12:39 p.m., by Doina Chiacu, 425 words)

Kurdish role a sticking point as U.S., Turkey discuss Raqqa operation

LONDON - Turkey supports a planned operation to drive Islamic State out of its Syrian stronghold of Raqqa but U.S.-backed Kurdish militia fighters should not be at the core of it, Turkish Defence Minister Fikri Isik said on Thursday. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-TURKEY-USA (UPDATE 2, INTERVIEW, TV, PIX), moved at 1:35 p.m., by Phil Stewart, 623 words) See also: Syrian army and allies regain southern Aleppo district - monitor (MIDEAST-CRISIS/ALEPPO (UPDATE 1), moved at 11:07 a.m., 628 words) and Syrians on haj pray for peace; Damascus says Riyadh plays politics. (SAUDI-HAJ/SYRIANS (PIX), moved at 12:02 p.m., by Dahlia Nehme, 496 words)

Iraq gears up for late-year push to retake Mosul from Islamic State

QAYYARA AIRBASE - The U.S.-led war on Islamic State has depleted the group's funds, leadership and foreign fighters, but the biggest battle yet is expected later this year in Iraq's northern city of Mosul, where Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared his "caliphate" two years ago. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/IRAQ-MOSUL (INSIGHT, PIX, GRAPHIC), moved at 12:30 p.m., by Stephen Kalin, 1189 words)

Airbnb revamps anti-discrimination policy

Online rental marketplace Airbnb will address reports of widespread racial discrimination against non-white guests by displaying user photos less prominently, promoting instant bookings and changing some of its technology, according to a report commissioned by the company. (AIRBNB-DISCRIMINATION/ (UPDATE 1), moved at 1:09 p.m., by Deborah M. Todd, 380 words)

WASHINGTON

U.S. coal miners hit Congress to rally for pension protection

WASHINGTON - About 10,000 retired coal miners and their families descended upon the U.S. Congress on Thursday to pressure lawmakers to pass stalled legislation that would prevent 22,000 of them from losing their pension and health benefits as soon as early 2017. (USA-COAL/PENSIONS (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), moving shortly, by Valerie Volcovici, 520 words)

U.S., Ukraine agree to enhance Ukrainian forces, boost cooperation

LONDON - The United States and Ukraine on Thursday agreed to cooperate on defense technology and improve Ukraine's forces, the Pentagon said, naming former Centcom Commander and retired U.S. General John Abizaid as a senior defense advisor to Ukraine. (USA-UKRAINE/DEFENSE, moved at 8:42 a.m., 95 words)

EPA sued over clean water rules to curb ocean acidification

WASHINGTON - Environmentalists sued the Obama administration on Thursday seeking new federal water-quality standards designed to protect marine life against the corrosive effects of carbon emissions absorbed into the ocean from the burning of fossil fuels. (ENVIRONMENT-OCEANS/, moved at 9:14 a.m., by Valerie Volcovici, 434 words)

OTHER U.S. NEWS

One student dead, one hurt in Texas school shooting - local media

AUSTIN - A female student shot and wounded a fellow student in the Alpine High School in West Texas on Thursday and then died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, news outlets in the town reported, quoting the county sheriff. (TEXAS-SHOOTING/ (UPDATE 5, TV), moved at 1:13 p.m., 380 words)

Lochte banned for 10 months by USOC

NEW YORK - American swimmer Ryan Lochte has been suspended for 10 months and will miss next year's world championships for his part in a scandal involving the U.S. athlete and three other swimmers at the Rio Olympics, the United States Olympic Committee said on Thursday. (PEOPLE-RYANLOCHTE/ (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), moved at 12:45 p.m., 542 words)

U.S. charges former American Realty executives with inflating results

NEW YORK - U.S. authorities on Thursday unveiled criminal charges against two former American Realty Capital Properties Inc finance officers in connection with a 2014 accounting scandal that wiped out roughly $4 billion of market value. (SEC-AMERICANREALTY/ (UPDATE 2), moved at 1:25 p.m., by Jonathan Stempel, 431 words)

Ex-Deutsche Bank trader pleads not guilty in U.S. in Libor case

NEW YORK - A former Deutsche Bank AG trader pleaded not guilty on Thursday to U.S. charges that he conspired to manipulate Libor, the benchmark interest rate at the center of global investigations into misconduct at various banks. (DEUTSCHE BANK-LIBOR/CRIME (UPDATE 1), moved at 11:29 a.m., 305 words)

WORLD

Duterte defends Philippines' human rights record

VIENTIANE - Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday defended his country's human rights record at a regional summit in Laos, urging East Asian leaders and the United States to help Manila eradicate the scourge of illicit drugs. (LAOS-OBAMA/DUTERTE (PIX, TV), moved at 9 a.m., 286 words)

Bavarian conservatives increase pressure on Merkel with migrant demands

BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative allies in Bavaria have drawn up a list of demands, including an upper limit on migration and a burqa ban, deepening the rift between the two parties before next year's federal election. (EUROPE-MIGRANTS/GERMANY-CSU (UPDATE 1), moved at 11:44 a.m., 508 words)

More women needed as UN peacekeepers, urge defense chiefs and campaigner Angelina Jolie

LONDON - More women must be included in United Nations peacekeeping missions to help restore credibility to troops marred by accusations of sexual violence and to protect women in conflict, speakers at a U.N. defense summit said on Thursday. (UK-PEACEKEEPERS/WOMEN, moved at 1:03 p.m., by Jo Griffin, 426 words)

ENVIRONMENT

Paradise lost: Study documents big decline in Earth's wilderness

WASHINGTON - Unspoiled lands are disappearing from the face of the Earth at an alarming pace, with about 10 percent of wilderness regions - an area double the size of Alaska - lost in the past two decades amid unrelenting human development, researchers said on Thursday. (ENVIRONMENT-WILDERNESS/ (PIX), moved at 1:19 p.m., by Will Dunham, 365 words)

HEALTH AND SCIENCE

'Botox Police': FDA crime unit draws fire over import crackdown

WASHINGTON - FDA leaders are pursuing an agenda that has opened a divide over the office's handling of criminal investigations, interviews and records show. (USA-FDA/CASES (UPDATE 1, SPECIAL REPORT), moved at 11:47 a.m., by Sarah N. Lynch, 3329 words)

Regular exercise tied to lower health costs with heart disease

Need another reason to exercise? A new study suggests that routine workouts are associated with significantly lower health costs for heart disease patients. (HEALTH-FITNESS/HEART-COSTS, moved at 1:01 p.m., by Lisa Rapaport, 672 words)

Doctors say Haiti ripe for large Zika outbreak, virus under-reported

PORT-AU-PRINCE - Posters warning of the dangers of Zika only reached Haiti's health ministry in August, six months after the country reported an outbreak, in one example of delayed prevention efforts that have health experts worried a "large epidemic" is looming. (HEALTH-ZIKA/HAITI (GRAPHICS, PIX), moved at 11:42 a.m., by Makini Brice, 616 words)

ENTERTAINMENT AND LIFESTYLE

Western remake 'The Magnificent Seven' opens Toronto Film Festival

TORONTO - A merry band of outlaws and hired hands will kick off the Toronto International Film Festival on Thursday in "The Magnificent Seven," leading a slew of big action films and intimate true stories vying for early buzz leading into Hollywood's annual awards season. (FILMFESTIVAL-TIFF/MAGNIFICENTSEVEN (PIX, TV), moved at 1:38 p.m., by Piya Sinha-Roy, 363 words)

Relationships between women a mystery to men, says 'spiritualist' Portman

VENICE - Relationships between women remain a mystery to men, U.S.-Israeli actress Natalie Portman said at the Venice film festival on Thursday, adding her voice to calls for the movie industry to employ more female directors. (FILMFESTIVAL-VENICE/PLANETARIUM (PIX, TV), moved at 11:47 a.m., by Agnieszka Flak , 376 words)

French actor Belmondo says has done all he wanted in life

VENICE - Veteran French actor Jean-Paul Belmondo said on Thursday he had done everything he wanted in life as he accepted the Venice film festival's Golden Lion for lifetime achievement. (FILMFESTIVAL-VENICE/BELMONDO (TV, PIX), moved at 1 p.m., 243 words)

New York Mets sign ex-NFL player Tim Tebow

Former National Football League quarterback Tim Tebow has been signed by the New York Mets to a minor league baseball contract, the team said on Thursday. (BASEBALL-TEBOW/ (UPDATE 2), moved at 1:58 p.m., 187 words)

Meg Ryan uses "fierce" maternal instincts in her directorial debut

NEW YORK - Hollywood actress Meg Ryan goes behind the camera for her directorial debut "Ithaca," a World War II drama for which she said she used her maternal instincts in telling the story. (FILM-ITHACA/MEG RYAN (TV, PIX), moved at 8:40 a.m., 237 words)

"Go directly to a homeless shelter" - game gives taste of life on the street

BRUSSELS - If being sent to jail without passing 'Go' or winning second prize in a beauty contest make "Monopoly" feel oddly detached from real life, a new board game - about homelessness - gives a more realistic taste of the cruel twists of fate. (LIFE-HOMELESSNESS/GAME (PIX), moved at 10:55 a.m., by Maria Haase Coelho, 310 words)

ODD

Some like it hot: Scientists drill off Japan for sizzling life

OSLO - Scientists will start drilling off Japan this month to seek the hottest place where life can survive in a hellish uncharted realm deep below the seabed. (ENVIRONMENT-TEMPERATURES/, moved at 8:30 a.m., 395 words)

BUSINESS AND MARKETS

Wall Street weighed down by Apple

Apple weighed on U.S. stocks on Thursday, a day after the tech giant unveiled the new iPhone 7 that failed to impress Wall Street. (USA-STOCKS/ (UPDATE 4), will update throughout the day, 340 words)

U.S. jobless claims fall as labor market remains strong

WASHINGTON - The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits unexpectedly fell last week, pointing to sustained labor market strength even as the pace of job growth is slowing. (USA-ECONOMY/ (WRAPUP 2, GRAPHICS), moved at 10:55 a.m., by Lucia Mutikani, 556 words)

Apple will not give first-weekend sales of iPhone 7

SAN FRANCISCO - Apple Inc will not release first-weekend sales of its new iPhone 7, the company said on Thursday, making it harder for analysts to get a read on the product's prospects amid questions over whether its popularity has peaked. (APPLE-IPHONE/ (UPDATE 4, PIX), moved at 1:02 p.m., by Julia Love, 427 words)

Wells Fargo will pay $190 mln to settle customer fraud case

WASHINGTON - Wells Fargo will pay $185 million in penalties and $5 million to customers that regulators say were pushed into fee-generating accounts that they never requested, officials said on Thursday. (WELLS FARGO-SETTLEMENT/ (UPDATE 1), moved at 1:16 p.m., by Patrick Rucker and Dan Freed, 344 words)

Ford lowers 2016 pre-tax profit forecast on expanded recall

Ford Motor Co lowered its 2016 adjusted pre-tax profit forecast to $10.2 billion from the at least $10.8 billion it forecast in July because of a $640 million charge for an expanded vehicle recall, the company said on Thursday. (FORD MOTOR-RECALL/ (UPDATE 2), moved at 11:07 a.m., 366 words)

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