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BREAKING

Bangladesh police kill suspected militant, arrest three women

DHAKA - A suspected militant was killed and three women were wounded and arrested in a shootout on Saturday with police during a raid on a hideout used by militants in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka, a senior police official said. (BANGLADESH-MILITANTS/ (PIX), moved at 1:05 p.m., 122 words)

Trump narrowing Clinton's projected electoral lead - poll

NEW YORK - Donald Trump appears to have carved out a wider path to the White House as a number of states including Florida and Ohio are no longer considered likely wins for Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll. (USA-ELECTION/POLL (POLL, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved at 9:48 a.m., 428 words)

TOP STORIES

Clinton says half of Trump supporters belong in a 'basket of deplorables'

NEW YORK - Hillary Clinton said half the supporters of Republican rival Donald Trump belonged in a "basket of deplorables" of people who are racist, homophobic, sexist, xenophobic or Islamophobic. Speaking at a fundraiser on Friday night, Clinton said Trump had given voice to hateful rhetoric through his behavior as a candidate. "Unfortunately there are people like that. And he has lifted them up," Clinton said. (USA-ELECTION/CLINTON (UPDATE 3, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moving shortly, 850 words)

Trump says Clinton could shoot someone, not be prosecuted

PENSACOLA, Fla. - Donald Trump once famously said he could shoot someone on New York's Fifth Avenue and not lose voters. Now he says his rival Hillary Clinton could shoot someone in an arena in front of 20,000 people and not be prosecuted. "Because she's being so protected, she could walk into this arena right now and shoot somebody with 20,000 people watching right smack in the middle of the heart and she wouldn't be prosecuted, okay?" Trump said at a rally on Friday night. (USA-ELECTION/TRUMP-CLINTON (PIX, TV), moved at 10:10 p.m., 235 words)

Trump vows harsh response to Iranian vessels that harass U.S. Navy

PENSACOLA, Fla. - Donald Trump vowed on Friday night that any Iranian vessels harassing the U.S. Navy in the Gulf would be "shot out of the water" if he is elected on Nov. 8. Trump, at a rally before thousands of supporters, laid out an aggressive policy with a beefed-up U.S. military "so strong that nobody's going to mess with us." (USA-ELECTION/TRUMP (PIX), moved at 9:30 p.m., by Steve Holland, 340 words)

U.S.-Russia Syria peace deal raises rebel doubts as fighting rages

AMMAN/GENEVA - The United States and Russia hail a breakthrough deal to put Syria's peace process back on track, though the war-torn country's rebels say they doubt it will hold and violence rages on in Aleppo (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA (UPDATE 2, PIX TV), moved at 12:30 p.m., 750 words) See also: Turkey says backs Syria truce deal, preparing aid for Aleppo (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-TURKEY, moved at 6 a.m., 127 words)

Jets hit rebel-held Syrian city of Idlib, kill at least 25

AMMAN - Jets struck a busy market place in the rebel-held Syrian city of Idlib on Saturday, killing at least twenty five people including children and women and injuring dozens, rescue workers and residents said. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/AIR STRIKE, moved at 9:40 a.m., 152 words) See also: Syrian army says Israeli air force attacks post in southern Quneitra province (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-ISRAEL, moved, 114 words)

South Korea says North's nuclear capability "speeding up," calls for action

SEOUL - South Korea's foreign minister said on Saturday that North Korea's nuclear capability is expanding quickly, echoing alarm around the world over the isolated state's fifth nuclear test carried out in defiance of U.N. sanctions. Russia doubted more sanctions would resolve the crisis and China was silent on a new United Nations Security Council resolution although state media did carry commentaries criticizing the North. (NORTHKOREA-NUCLEAR/ (WRAPUP 2, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved at 11:33 a.m., 1,000 words, will be led)

Key China border city brushes off latest North Korea nuclear test

(NORTHKOREA-NUCLEAR/CHINA (TV, PIX), moved, 888 words)

CAMPAIGN

U.S. Appeals Court blocks Kansas, Alabama, Georgia on voter ID rule

WASHINGTON - A U.S. Court of Appeals late on Friday blocked an effort by Alabama, Georgia and Kansas for voters to furnish proof of citizenship when registering at the polls, measures which opponents say disenfranchise many voters especially minorities. (USA-VOTERID/ (UPDATE 2), moved at 12:22 a.m., 303 words)

Democrats settle with Arizona officials in suit over primary voting problems

PHOENIX - The Democratic National Committee on Friday settled part of a federal lawsuit over the actions of Arizona poll officials during the state's presidential primary that caused long waits and which critics said disenfranchised many voters, especially minorities. (USA-ELECTION/ARIZONA, moved at 11:36 p.m., 302 words)

Trump campaign releases tax returns -- for VP nominee Pence

WASHINGTON - Donald Trump's presidential campaign, widely criticized for refusing to release the candidate's tax returns, released 10 years of returns on Friday for vice presidential nominee Mike Pence. (USA-ELECTION/PENCE, moved at 8:53 p.m., 340 words)

SEPT 11 ANNIVERSARY

House votes to allow Sept. 11 families to sue Saudi Arabia, Obama to veto

WASHINGTON - The Republican-led House of Representatives passes legislation by voice vote that would allow the families of victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks to sue Saudi Arabia's government for damages, with the White House saying President Obama will veto the measure. (USA-SEPT11/SAUDI (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved at 7 p.m., 205 words)

Sept. 11 drama on Air Force One unfolds in Bush aide's handwritten notes

(USA-SEPT11/BUSH (PIX, TV), moved, by Steve Holland, 595 words)

Sorrow, selfies compete at New York's 9/11 memorial 15 years on

(USA-SEPT11/MOOD (UPDATE 1, FEATURE, PIX, TV), moved, by Gina Cherelus, 628 words)

Texas mattress store closes after 'disgusting' 9/11 sale video

(USA-SEPT11/TEXAS (UPDATE 1, TV), moved, 370 words)

WASHINGTON

U.S. tells consumers to stop using fire-prone Samsung phones

SEOUL/NEW YORK - A U.S. government safety agency urges all consumers to stop using Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phones, which are prone to catch fire due to malfunctioning batteries, and top airlines globally ban their use during flights. (SAMSUNG ELEC-SMARTPHONES/USA (UPDATE 5), moved at 4:40 a.m., 683 words)

OTHER U.S. NEWS

Would-be Reagan assassin Hinckley to be released from psychiatric hospital

NEW YORK - Would-be presidential assassin John Hinckley Jr. was set to be freed from a psychiatric hospital on Saturday, 35 years after he shot President Ronald Reagan in an attack prompted by a deranged obsession with the actress Jodie Foster. Hinckley, 61, will move in with his elderly mother in a gated community in Williamsburg, Virginia. (USA-POLITICS/HINCKLEY (PIX), moved at 2 p.m., 370 words, will be led)

Report details horrors, heroism during San Bernardino mass shooting

-- Three San Bernardino County workers were wounded when they rushed one of the shooters who sprayed a conference room full of their colleagues with bullets, according to an official report released on Friday detailing the response to the mass shooting late last year. (CALIFORNIA-SHOOTING/ (PIX), moved at 7 a.m., 379 words)

One Hanjin ship cleared to dock at U.S. port, others remain in limbo

LOS ANGELES/SAN FRANCISCO - A Hanjin Shipping Co container vessel idled off the coast of Mexico after the company's bankruptcy has received permission to dock and unload cargo at the Port of Long Beach. (HANJIN SHIPPING-DEBT/USA-PORTS (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved at 2:40 a.m., 820 words)

Homeowners sue California's Fresno, saying lead in water supply

-- Five homeowners filed a lawsuit against Fresno, California, on Friday, accusing the city of letting dangerous levels of lead and other toxins into the water supply and failing to alert the public of the potential danger. (CALIFORNIA-WATER/, moved at 3:30 a.m., 281 words)

California nears adoption of energy-saving rules for computers

LOS ANGELES - California regulators moved a step closer on Friday to the first mandatory U.S. energy efficiency standards for computers and monitors, gadgets that account for 3 percent of home electric bills and 7 percent of commercial power costs in the state. (CALIFORNIA-ENERGY/COMPUTERS, moved at 10 p.m., by Steve Gorman, 408 words)

MIDDLE EAST

Iranian opposition group in Iraq resettled to Albania

BAGHDAD - The remaining members of an exiled Iranian opposition group based in Iraq for decades leave for resettlement in Albania following attacks on their camps in recent years. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/IRAQ-IRAN, moved, 213 words)

Prominent journalist, academic held in Turkey coup probe

ISTANBUL - Turkish authorities detain a prominent journalist and his brother, a well-known academic, as part of investigations into a failed coup attempt in July they blame on followers of a U.S.-based Turkish cleric. (TURKEY-SECURITY/JOURNALISTS, moved, 272 words)

WORLD

Bangladesh factory fire kills 23, injures dozens more

MUMBAI - A fire at a food and cigarette packaging factory in Bangladesh kills at least 23 people and injures dozens more in the worst industrial disaster in the country since the Rana Plaza building collapse in 2013. (BANGLADESH-FIRE/ (UPDATE 2, PIX, TV), moved at 9:20 a.m., 500 words)

Thailand, Malaysia consider border wall to boost security

BANGKOK - The leaders of Thailand and Malaysia agreed on Friday to boost security cooperation and consider building a border wall to combat transnational crime and smuggling, an idea that appears to be gaining popularity elsewhere in the world. (THAILAND-MALAYSIA/ (UPDATE 1), moved, 417 words)

Arrested French women, directed by Islamic State, planned Paris attack

PARIS - Three French women arrested after a car loaded with gas cylinders was found near Notre Dame cathedral were planning to attack a Paris railway station under the direction of Islamic State, French officials say (EUROPE-ATTACKS/FRANCE (UPDATE 2, TV, PIX), moved, 464 words) See also: EUROPE-ATTACKS/FRANCE-WOMAN (TV, PIX), moved, 321 words

Opposition leader says Gabon faces 'sustained instability' if no vote recount

LIBREVILLE - Gabon opposition leader Jean Ping says failure to recount votes from the presidential election could lead to "profound and sustained instability." (GABON-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 2), moved, 402 words)

BREXIT

British businesses "lazy and fat" says pro-Brexit trade minister

LONDON - Britain as a trading nation has become "too lazy and too fat" and business leaders are more interested in playing golf on Friday afternoons than in seeking new export markets, International Trade Secretary Liam Fox is recorded saying. (BRITAIN-EU/TRADE (PIX), moved, 514 words)

Brexit will be tough for European Investment Bank

BRATISLAVA - Britain's exit from the European Union will create difficulties for the European Investment Bank, a lender owned by EU governments, the bank's president Werner Hoyer says. (BRITAIN-EU/EIB), moved, 355 words)

HEALTH AND SCIENCE

Cholera blamed on UN peacekeepers surges in Haiti as funding vanishes

PORT-AU-PRINCE - U.N.-led foreign funding has dried up for Haiti's fight against cholera, thought to have been introduced by Nepali peacekeepers, triggering a surge of deaths this year even as the global body vowed to help overcome the epidemic. The lack of support is notable because Haiti was free of cholera until 2010, when U.N. peacekeepers dumped infected sewage into a river, according to investigators. (HAITI-CHOLERA/ (PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, 1,100 words)

More U.S. adults smoke pot as fewer people see risks

-- More and more Americans are admitting they use marijuana, and a new study suggests this may be due at least in part to the growing number of people who don't think it's dangerous. (HEALTH-MARIJUANA/TRENDS, moved, 500 words)

Avoiding weight gain may cut costs for Type 2 diabetics

(HEALTH-DIABETES/WEIGHT, moved, 500 words)

ENTERTAINMENT AND LIFESTYLE

Denzel Washington says "The Magnificent Seven" like being a kid again

VENICE - As a pastor's son, Denzel Washington never got to watch Westerns as a child. But playing around with guns and horses in Antoine Fuqua's remake of "The Magnificent Seven" was like being a kid again, he said at the Venice film festival on Saturday. (FILMFESTIVAL-VENICE/THEMAGNIFICENTSEVEN (TV, PIX), moved at 12:23 p.m., 430 words)

Parker attends 'Birth of a Nation' Toronto premiere amid controversy

TORONTO - Video cameras were barred from the red carpet premiere of "The Birth of a Nation" at the Toronto Film Festival, where the movie's star and filmmaker Nate Parker smiled and greeted fans, despite recent headlines on his involvement in an old rape case. (FILMFESTIVAL-TIFF/BIRTHOFANATION (PIX), moved at 1:26 a.m., 388 words)

'A United Kingdom' tells historic tale of love defying prejudice

TORONTO - A new film about the true story of an African king and white British woman whose marriage triggered a political crisis is first and foremost a love story, its star and director said. "A United Kingdom," which had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on Friday, stars British actor David Oyelowo as Seretse Khama, a tribal king who would go on to become the first president of Botswana. (FILMFESTIVAL-TIFF/AUNITEDKINGDOM (PIX, TV), moved at noon, 360 words)

Gordon-Levitt examines whistleblower's motivations in 'Snowden'

TORONTO - When veteran filmmaker Oliver Stone was casting an actor to play former NSA contractor-turned-whistleblower Edward Snowden in a film, he said he went to only one person - Joseph Gordon-Levitt. (FILMFESTIVAL-TIFF/SNOWDEN (TV, PIX), moved at 11 p.m., by Piya Sinha-Roy, 380 words)

Fan Bingbing brings tale of revenge to Toronto Film Festival

TORONTO - Chinese actress Fan Bingbing dazzled fans on the red carpet at the Toronto International Film Festival when she debuted her new film "I Am Not Madame Bovary," a comedy about a woman seeking revenge against her ex-husband. The film, by famed Chinese director Feng Xiaogang, follows a couple who decide to fake a divorce as a ploy to obtain property. (FILMFESTIVAL-TIFF/FANBINGBING (TV, PIX), moved, 220 words)

Thousands protest bullfighting in Spain as calls for ban strengthen

MADRID - Several thousand people rallied in Madrid on Saturday to demand a ban on bullfighting, lending their voices to a growing animal rights movement that has prompted some local authorities to clamp down on the centuries-old tradition. (SPAIN-PROTESTS/BULLS (PIX, TV), expect by 4 p.m., 380 words)

BUSINESS AND MARKETS

Wall Street Week Ahead - Bank rally on shaky legs as traders assess rate hike odds

NEW YORK - A rare run of out-performance by U.S. bank shares appears to have hit a wall as a spate of soft readings on the economy have tempered bets that the Federal Reserve might raise rates soon. Friday offered a taste of how the run up to the meeting could play out, with the S&P falling 2.45 percent after Boston Fed President Eric Rosengren said the Fed faced increasing risks if it waited too long to raise rates again. Bank stocks performed better than the overall market, but still slid 1.2 percent. (USA-STOCKS/WEEKAHEAD (SCHEDULED COLUMN), moved, 527 words)

Algeria energy minister sees consensus on need to steady oil

ALGIERS - Algeria's energy minister says there is a consensus among OPEC and non-OPEC members about the need to stabilize the oil market to support prices, state news agency APS reports. (OIL-OPEC/ALGERIA-MINISTER (UPDATE 1), moved, 304 words)

Minneapolis Fed seeks new research chief after Schulhofer-Wohl leaves

(USA-FED/MINNEAPOLISFED (UPDATE 2), moved at 10:40 p.m., 307 words)

"Times are changing, pay your taxes," euro zone chief tells firms

(EU-TAXAVOIDANCE/ (UPDATE 1), moved, 448 words)

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