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Elderly priest killed in French church, attack claimed by Islamic State
SAINT-ETIENNE-DU-ROUVRAY, France - A priest in his mid-80s is killed with a knife and another hostage seriously wounded in an attack on a church in northern France carried out by assailants linked to Islamic State. (EUROPE-ATTACKS/FRANCE (UPDATE 7, TV, PICTURE), expect by 1500 GMT/11 AM ET, by Noemie Olive, 600 words)
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- EUROPE-ATTACKS/GERMANY (UPDATE 4, TV, PICTURE), moved, 250 words
- EUROPE-ATTACKS/NICE (UPDATE 1), moved, 170 words
- EUROPE-ATTACKS/TIMELINE (FACTBOX), moved, 580 words
U.S. Democrats seek to work past discord; set to nominate Clinton
PHILADELPHIA - Hillary Clinton is set to become the first woman presidential nominee of a major U.S. party, a historic moment that Democrats hope will help eclipse rancor between supporters of Clinton and her rival in the primary contests, Bernie Sanders. (USA-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 2, PICTURE, TV, GRAPHIC), expect by 1600 GMT/NOON ET, by John Whitesides and Alana Wise, 850 words)
Knife attacker in Japan kills 19 in their sleep at disabled center
SAGAMIHARA, Japan - A knife-wielding man breaks into a facility for the disabled in a small town near Tokyo early on Tuesday and kills 19 patients as they sleep, authorities say, Japan's worst mass killing since World War Two. (JAPAN-ATTACK/ (UPDATE 9, PICTURE, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Elaine Lies and Kwiyeon Ha, 815 words)
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- JAPAN-ATTACK/SUSPECT (PICTURE), moved, by Minami Funakoshi and Linda Sieg, 735 words
- JAPAN-ATTACK/SCENE (PICTURE, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Elaine Lies and Kwiyeon Ha, 430 words
Turkish troops hunt remaining coup plotters as crackdown widens
ISTANBUL/ANKARA - Turkish special forces backed by helicopters, drones and the navy hunt a remaining group of commandos thought to have tried to capture or kill President Tayyip Erdogan during a failed coup, as a crackdown on suspected plotters widen. (TURKEY-SECURITY/ (WRAPUP 1, PICTURE, TV, GRAPHICS), moved, by Daren Butler and Orhan Coskun, 870 words)
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- TURKEY-SECURITY/MILITARY (INSIGHT, PICTURE), moved, by Humeyra Pamuk and Gareth Jones, 1,395 words
SPECIAL REPORT
In Turkish sweatshops, Syrian children sew to survive
ISTANBUL - Muna Awwal wants to go to school. But she needs to go to work. Muna says she is 10 years old. Nine, corrects her father, Mahmud, as they sit in the family's second-floor flat in Istanbul's textile district. (EUROPE-MIGRANTS/TURKEY-CHILDREN (SPECIAL REPORT, PICTURE, GRAPHIC), moved, by Dasha Afanasieva, 2,220 words)
AFRICA
Suicide bombers hit peacekeeping base in Somali capital, 13 dead - police
MOGADISHU - Suicide bombers kill at least 13 people at the gates of the African Union's main peacekeeping base in the Somali capital Mogadishu, police say, in an attack claimed by the Islamist militants of al Shabaab. (SOMALIA-BLAST/ (UPDATE 3, PICTURE, TV), moved, 290 words)
ANC woes pile up in South Africa mine massacre town ahead of poll
MARIKANA - In the shantytowns around Lonmin's Marikana platinum mine, where 34 striking miners were shot dead by police in 2012, residents say the ruling party has failed to keep a promise for basic services and could lose in next week's local polls. (SAFRICA-ELECTION/MARIKANA (PICTURE), moved, by Ed Stoddard, 830 words)
MIDDLE EAST
Kerry says hopes to reveal cooperation plan with Russia on Syria in August
VIENTIANE - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says he hopes to announce in early August details of a U.S. plan for closer military cooperation and intelligence sharing with Russia on Syria. (SYRIA-CRISIS/KERRY-LAVROV (UPDATE 1, PICTURE, TV), moved, by Lesley Wroughton, 455 words)
Solar plane circles globe in first for clean energy
ABU DHABI - A solar-powered aircraft successfully completed the first fuel-free flight around the world, returning to Abu Dhabi after an epic 16-month voyage that demonstrated the potential of renewable energy. (SOLAR-PLANE/ (UPDATE 1, PICTURE, TV), moved, by Stanley Carvalho, 375 words)
ASIA
U.S. says backs resumption of China-Philippines talks on South China Sea
VIENTIANE - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says he support the resumption of talks between China and the Philippines over the South China Sea, following an international court ruling against Beijing over the dispute earlier this month. (SOUTHCHINASEA-RULING/CHINA (UPDATE 3, PICTURE, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Simon Webb and Manuel Mogato, 710 words)
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- SOUTHCHINASEA-RULING/ASEAN-NORTHKOREA (UPDATE 1), moved, 365 words
Australian PM orders inquiry after teenage prisoners teargassed, stripped naked
SYDNEY - Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull orders inquiry into the treatment of children in detention after the airing of video showing prison guards teargassing teenage inmates and strapping a half-naked, hooded boy to a chair. (AUSTRALIA-PRISON/INQUIRY (UPDATE 4, TV), moved, by Matt Siegel and Tom Westbrook, 675 words)
Indonesia to hold next round of executions on Friday - diplomat
JAKARTA - Indonesia will execute several people including a Pakistani on Friday, a Pakistani embassy official says, its first executions since it put to death 14 people last year, most of them foreign drug convicts, sparking an international outcry. (INDONESIA-EXECUTIONS/ (UPDATE 1, PICTURE, TV), moved, by Kanupriya Kapoor and Agustinus Beo da Costa, 320 words)
HEALTH
100-year global study finds world's tallest are Dutch, Latvians
LONDON - Dutch men and Latvian women are the planet's tallest people but Iranian men and South Korean women have grown the fastest in the last century, according to the largest ever study of height around the world. (HEALTH-HEIGHT/, moved, by Kate Kelland, 685 words)
SCIENCE
Healthy clones: Dolly the sheep's heirs reach ripe old age
LONDON - The heirs of Dolly the sheep are enjoying a healthy old age, proving cloned animals can live normal lives and offering reassurance to scientists hoping to use cloned cells in medicine. (SCIENCE-CLONING/DOLLY (TV, PICTURE), expect by 1500 GMT/11 AM ET, by Ben Hirschler, 594 words)
SPECIAL REPORT
In Venezuela's murky oil industry, the deal that went too far
CARACAS/BOGOTA - Even for Venezuela's notoriously opaque economy, it was a sweetheart deal that went too far. A multi-billion-dollar public tender let out by PDVSA provides a window onto the deep dysfunction plaguing the oil-rich socialist nation. (VENEZUELA-PDVSA/CONTRACT (SPECIAL REPORT, PIX), moved, by Alexandra Ulmer and Girish Gupta, 1,730 words)
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