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After violent protests, Charlotte police won't release shooting video

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Police in Charlotte do not plan for now to release video showing fatal shooting of black man by officers that sparks two nights of violent protests in North Carolina's largest city, department's chief says. (USA-POLICE/ (UPDATE 6, TV, PIX), expect by 1900 GMT/3 PM ET, by Andy Sullivan and Greg Lacour, 700 words)

Trump vs Clinton: Debate will mark biggest moment of election

WASHINGTON - Democrat Hillary Clinton, suddenly vulnerable in presidential race, is under pressure to deliver strong performance against Republican Donald Trump in their first debate Monday, moment that could be the most consequential yet of 2016 election. (USA-ELECTION/DEBATE (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved, by Steve Holland and Amanda Becker, 958 words)

+ See also:

- USA-ELECTION/DEBATE-MOMENTS (TIMELINE), moved, 965 words

- USA-ELECTION/PUTIN-FRIEND, moved, by Denis Pinchuk, 400 words

Accused New York bomber's wife returns; lawyer seeks access to suspect

NEW YORK - Wife of Afghan-born U.S. citizen charged in bombings in New York City and New Jersey returns to United States, law enforcement official says, while defense lawyer presses to get access to accused man. (USA-ATTACKS/ (UPDATE 2, PIX), expect by 1930 GMT/3.30 PM ET, by David Ingram, 600 words)

Aleppo hit by worst strikes for months as Putin, Assad ignore U.S. plea

BEIRUT - Warplanes mount heaviest air strikes in months against rebel-held districts of city of Aleppo, as Russia and Syrian government spurn U.S. plea to halt flights, burying any hope for revival of doomed cease-fire. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA (WRAPUP 2, PIX), moved, by Tom Perry and Ellen Francis, 1,000 words)

+ See also:

- MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-PENTAGON (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved, by Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali, 456 words

- MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-AID (UPDATE 3, TV), moved, by Stephanie Nebehay and Tom Miles, 395 words

SPECIAL REPORT

For one Afghan boy, hopes of a new life in Europe end in suicide

SVANGSTA, Sweden - Sweden has long welcomed young asylum-seekers. Last year, as Mustafa Ansari's story shows, it was overwhelmed. (EUROPE-MIGRANTS/SWEDEN (SPECIAL REPORT, PIX, GRAPHIC), moved, by Sven Nordenstam and Benjamin Lesser, 2,810 words)

UNITED STATES

U.S. job market firming; tight inventories constraining housing

WASHINGTON - Number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits unexpectedly falls to two-month low, pointing to labor market strength that could pave way for Federal Reserve to raise interest rates by December. (USA-ECONOMY/ (WRAPUP 2, PIX), moved, by Lucia Mutikani, 744 words)

Ex-Cuomo aide, eight others charged in New York corruption case

NEW YORK - Federal prosecutors announce charges against nine men, including two former advisers to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, in corruption and fraud case involving state contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars. (NEW YORK-CORRUPTION/ (UPDATE 3, PIX), expect by 1830 GMT/2.30 PM ET, by Nate Raymond, 400 words)

AMERICAS

Brazil police arrest former finance minister in Petrobras probe

SAO PAULO - Brazilian police arrest former Finance Minister Guido Mantega as sweeping corruption investigation further strikes at heart of Workers Party that ran country for 13 years. (BRAZIL-CORRUPTION/ (UPDATE 3, PIX, TV), moved, by Brad Haynes and Brad Brooks, 606 words)

Venezuela opposition fumes as door slams on 2016 Maduro vote

CARACAS - Foes of President Nicolas Maduro vow protests and accuse Venezuela's election authority of ignoring voters by dashing hopes for referendum this year on recalling unpopular socialist leader. (VENEZUELA-POLITICS/ (UPDATE 1, TV, PIX), moved, by Andrew Cawthorne and Deisy Buitrago, 397 words)

Secret mediator helped guide Colombia to peace deal

CALI - For more than decade, Henry Acosta regularly headed into Colombia's mountains and jungles on foot and mule, fording rivers and evading military intelligence on secret mission to promote peace between government and Marxist rebels. Acosta became involved after chance meeting with top FARC commander in 1998, his first step in journey that ended with this year's pact to end half-century conflict that killed some 220,000 people. (COLOMBIA-REBELS/MEDIATOR (PIX, TV), moved, by Luis Jaime Acosta, 814 words)

Canada, China to start free trade talks, explore extradition treaty

OTTAWA - Canada and China say they will launch exploratory talks on free-trade agreement and explore possible extradition treaty for Chinese fugitives from Canada, even as they announce agreements on beef and canola exports to China. (CANADA-CHINA/ (UPDATE 2, TV, PIX), expect by 1900 GMT/3 PM ET, by David Ljunggren, 400 words)

MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA

Death toll rises to 52 after migrant boat capsizes off Egypt

CAIRO - Nine more bodies are recovered from Mediterranean day after boat carrying hundreds of migrants capsizes off Egypt, officials say, bringing death toll to 52. (EUROPE-MIGRANTS/EGYPT (UPDATE 2, PIX, TV), moved, 548 words)

Iraqi army says it recaptured key town south of Mosul

TIKRIT, Iraq - Iraqi forces backed by air strikes from U.S.-led coalition gain complete control of northern district of Shirqat, bringing military step closer to main push on Mosul later this year. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/IRAQ-SHIRQAT (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), moved, by Ghazwan Hassan, 463 words)

EUROPE

Russian election chiefs to investigate Reuters findings of irregularities

MOSCOW - Russia's national election authority says it will look into evidence found by Reuters of inflated turnout figures and people voting more than once at three polling stations in two regions during parliamentary election. (RUSSIA-ELECTIONS/FRAUD-INVESTIGATION (PIX, TV), moved, by Maria Tsvetkova and Alexander Winning, 540 words)

Seeking to protect NATO, Britain could yet thwart EU defense plans

BRUSSELS/BERLIN - Britain will resist new European Union defense proposals if it feels they undermine NATO, British officials say, in warning to France and Germany that London will defend its military interests even as it negotiates to leave EU bloc. (EU-DEFENCE/, moved, by Robin Emmott and Andrea Shalal, 658 words)

AFRICA

Gabon braces for violence on eve of election ruling

LIBREVILLE - Scars from earlier violence in Gabon's palm-lined capital warn of what may lie ahead: parliament building gutted by fire; opposition headquarters riddled with bullet holes; shops looted and their windows smashed. (GABON-ELECTION/ (PIX, TV), moved, by Edward McAllister and Gerauds Wilfried Obangome, 832 words)

SCIENCE

Moonlight sonata: fish's nocturnal 'singing' secrets revealed

WASHINGTON - Researchers uncover secrets behind one of marvels of nature: males of Pacific fish species called plainfin midshipman that court females during breeding season using nocturnal "love song" with otherworldly sound. (SCIENCE-FISH/ (PIX), expect by 2000 GMT/4 PM ET, by Will Dunham, 400 words)

Hard-headed: prehistoric Texas reptile boasted bony domed skull

WASHINGTON - In warm, lush region of West Texas crisscrossed with rivers, bizarre reptile roamed Triassic Period landscape about 228 million years ago, boasting bony domed head unlike almost any creature that ever appeared on Earth. (SCIENCE-REPTILE/ (PIX), expect by 2000 GMT/4 PM ET, by Will Dunham, 400 words)

Europe's Rosetta spacecraft to end epic trek with comet crash landing

FRANKFURT/BERLIN - After 12 years chasing comet across more 6 billion kilometers of space, European scientists will end historic Rosetta mission by crash-landing spacecraft on surface of dusty, icy body at end of month. (SPACE-ROSETTA/ (UPDATE 1, TV, PIX, GRAPHIC), moved, by Maria Sheahan and Victoria Bryan, 490 words)

WIDER IMAGE

Italian officials support each other in lonely stand against mafia

POLISTENA, Italy - Benedetto Zoccola wears wiretap to put mob boss in jail. To pay him back, mafia plants small bomb on window sill of his office. (ITALY-MAFIA/THREATS (WIDER IMAGE, PIX), moved, by Steve Scherer and Tony Gentile, 496 words)

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