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TOP STORIES

Fighting around Aleppo further buries hopes for truce

BEIRUT - Syrian rebels and pro-government forces battled each other on major Aleppo frontlines overnight and air strikes on an insurgent-held town south of the city reportedly killed a dozen people including four medical workers. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA (WRAPUP 1), expect by 1100 GMT/7 AM ET, by Tom Perry and John Davison, 800 words)

Protest erupts after police kill black man in North Carolina

CHARLOTTE, N.C., - Protesters block a highway and clash with police in Charlotte, North Carolina, after officers fatally shoot a black man they say had a gun when they approached him in a parking lot. (NORTH CAROLINA-SHOOTING/ (UPDATE 1, PICTURE), moved, by Greg Lacour, 560 words)

US bombers fly over South Korea for second time since North's nuclear test

OSAN, South Korea - Two U.S. supersonic bombers fly over South Korea, with one of them landing at an air base 40 km (25 miles) south of the capital, the second such flight since North Korea's Sept. 9 nuclear test. (NORTHKOREA-NUCLEAR/FLIGHT (UPDATE 3, TV, PICTURE), moved, by Yoo Han-bin, 585 words)

Brazil's ex-president Lula to stand trial for corruption

SAO PAULO - Brazil's former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will stand trial on corruption charges, a crusading federal judge rules, adding more turbulence to the political landscape. (BRAZIL-CORRUPTION/ (UPDATE 3, PICTURE), moved, by Brad Brooks, 950 words)

EUROPE

OECD sees growth flounder as "globalization stalls"

PARIS - Global economic growth will flounder this year and next at rates not seen since the financial crisis as the march of globalization grinds to a halt, the OECD warn. (OECD-ECONOMY/, moved, by Leigh Thomas, 645 words)

Rome's new mayor set to pull plug on 2024 Olympics bid

ROME - Rome's new mayor, Virginia Raggi, has decided to withdraw the city's backing for a bid to host the 2024 Olympic Games in the Italian capital, a city hall official says. (ITALY-OLYMPICS/ROME (UPDATE 1), moved, by Gavin Jones, 295 words)

EU's Africa fund to target Sahel region from mid-2017

BRUSSELS - The European Union's new 44 billion euro Africa fund to entice investors into some of world's poorest nations and slow mass migration to Europe, the EU's development chief tells Reuters. (EUROPE-MIGRANTS/FUNDING (INTERVIEW, TV, GRAPHIC), expect by 1200 GMT/8 ET, by Robin Emmott and Marilyn Haigh, 580 words)

+ See also:

- EUROPE-MIGRANTS/HUNGARY-TREATY, moved, 405 words

Brexit prompts some Jewish Britons to reconcile with German roots

LONDON - For London rabbi Julia Neuberger, Britain's vote to leave the European Union has had a very personal impact: she has decided to seek German citizenship, laying to rest her family's painful legacy of the Nazi era. (BRITAIN-EU/JEWS-GERMANY (PICTURE), moved, by Tina Bellon, 870 words)

ASIA

BOJ reboots policy to target interest rates, steps up inflation drive

TOKYO - The Bank of Japan overhauled its monetary policy framework on Wednesday, switching to targetting interest rates and sidelining more than three years of massive money printing that did little to jolt the economy out of a decades-long funk. (JAPAN-ECONOMY/BOJ (UPDATE 4, PICTURE, TV, GRAPHIC), moving shortly, by Leika Kihara and Stanley White, 600 words)

UNITED STATES

Trump scores with small money, lags with big donors

NEW YORK - U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has been a hit with small donors, raking in two-thirds of his individual campaign contributions in sums of $200 or less, according to financial disclosures filed on Tuesday. (USA-ELECTION/TRUMP-MONEY (PICTURE, GRAPHIC), moved, by Michelle Conlin and Grant Smith, 640 words)

'Chicken shacks' are lifeline for New Jersey's Afghan immigrants

ELIZABETH, N.J., - They dot the landscape in this working-class New Jersey city, popping up every few blocks with names like U.S. Fried Chicken, Royal Fried Chicken and New York Fried Chicken and Burger and giving immigrants a foothold in a new country. (USA-ATTACKS/CHICKEN (PICTURE, TV), moved, by Joseph Ax and Mica Rosenberg, 730 words)

Fed expected to keep rates unchanged, may signal year-end hike

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Federal Reserve is expected to keep interest rates unchanged amid tepid inflation and recent weak economic data, but could signal an increased likelihood of a hike by the end of the year. (USA-FED/ (WRAPUP 1, PICTURE), moved, by Lindsay Dunsmuir, 700 words)

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

Pitt expresses sadness over Jolie divorce filing as Hollywood power couple splits

LOS ANGELES - Actress Angelina Jolie files for divorce from actor Brad Pitt, her husband of two years and romantic partner since 2005, her attorney says, signaling the end of one of Hollywood's more glamorous and powerful couples. (PEOPLE-JOLIE/PITT (UPDATE 7, PICTURES, TV), moved, by Alex Dobuzinskis and Piya Sinha-Roy, 700 words)

+ See also:

- PEOPLE-JOLIE/PITT (TIMELINE, TV, PICTURE), moved, 420 words

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