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Trump seeks a campaign reset with Detroit economic speech
DETROIT/WASHINGTON - Republican Donald Trump seeks to regain momentum for his White House campaign by proposing sweeping tax breaks, cuts to federal regulations and a revival of the stalled Keystone XL oil pipeline project. (USA-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 8, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Steve Holland and Emily Stephenson, 1012 words)
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- USA-ELECTION/TRUMP-SECURITY (UPDATE 1), moved, by Jonathan Landay, 700 words
Ataturk's revival a symbol of Turkey's fragile post-coup unity
ISTANBUL - After years of being gradually eclipsed as President Tayyip Erdogan forges "new Turkey" with Islam firmly at its heart, secular republic's founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, for now at least, makes comeback in wake of failed coup. (TURKEY-SECURITY/ATATURK (ANALYSIS, PIX), moved, by Asli Kandemir and Daren Butler, 1,120 words)
New images suggest China has built reinforced hangars on disputed islands - think-tank
WASHINGTON - Recent satellite photographs show China appears to have built reinforced aircraft hangars on its holdings in the disputed South China Sea, according to a Washington-based think tank. (SOUTHCHINASEA-CHINA/IMAGES (UPDATE 2, PIX), moved, by Eric Beech, Idrees Ali and Michael Martina, 406 words)
- JAPAN-CHINA/ (UPDATE 1, TV), moved, by Kiyoshi Takenaka, 383 words
- SOUTHCHINASEA-RULING/PHILIPPINES (TV, PIX), moving shortly, by Venus Wu, 400 words
Pakistani lawyers stage strike to protest bombing of colleagues
ISLAMABAD - Pakistani lawyers stage strike to protest against the killing of at least 70 people, many of them lawyers, in a Monday bomb attack as doubts grow about an Islamic State claim of responsibility. (PAKISTAN-BLAST/, expect by 0900 GMT/5 AM ET, 400 words)
ASIA
Thai junta chief Prayuth reiterates election in 2017
BANGKOK - Thailand will hold a general election in 2017, Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha says, seeking to allay concerns his military government might delay plans for a return to democracy, days after the country endorsed a military-backed constitution. (THAILAND-POLITICS/ (PICTURES), moved, by Pracha Hariraksapitak, 308 words)
Holy cows and Hindu crusaders cloud Modi's Indian reform drive
AGRA - Two miles down the road from the white marble walls of the fabled Taj Mahal, a heavyset man crouches in the dirt of a cow shed and explains how the future of India belongs to him. (INDIA-MODI/COWS (INSIGHT, PIX), moved, by Rupam Jain and Tom Lasseter, 1,293 words)
SPECIAL REPORT
Banned from working, asylum seekers build Japan's roads
WARABI, Japan - Even as authorities insist they leave, Kurdish migrants work without permits on government projects. Japan's strict immigration rules combined with shrinking work population spawn black market in labor. (JAPAN-KURDS/ (SPECIAL REPORT, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Thomas Wilson, Mari Saito, Minami Funakoshi and Ami Miyazaki, 2,199 words)
UNITED STATES
Power outage at Delta causes flight cancellations, delays
Delta Air Lines cancels hundreds of flights and delays many others after outage hits its computer systems, grounding planes and stranding passengers of one of world's larger carriers at airports around globe. (DELTA AIR-OUTAGES/ (UPDATE 9, PIX, TV), moved, by Jeffrey Dastin, 650 words)
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- DELTA AIR-OUTAGES/PASSENGERS (UPDATE 2, PIX, TV), moved, by Joseph Ax, 590 words
Pokemon Go eludes cloning attempts by big game studios -execs
SAN FRANCISCO - Top video game companies, caught off-guard by the runaway success of Pokemon Go, are wrestling with how to play catch-up to the augmented reality app that has become a worldwide phenomenon. (NINTENDO-POKEMON/RIVALS (PIX), moved, by Jeffrey Dastin, 700 words)
California wildfire forces closure of scenic Highway 1
LOS ANGELES - An epic wildfire that has killed one person and blackened about 60,000 acres along the California coast, forced authorities on Monday to shut down a portion of scenic Highway 1 near Carmel-by-the-Sea. (CALIFORNIA-FIRE/ (PIX, TV), moved, by Dan Whitcomb, 346 words)
AMERICAS
Chevron wins U.S. ruling blocking $8.6 billion Ecuador rainforest award
NEW YORK - Chevron persuades federal appeals court to block enforcement in United States of $8.65-billion Ecuadorean pollution judgment it says, and court agrees, is obtained through bribery and fraud. (CHEVRON-ECUADOR/ (UPDATE 1), moved, by Jonathan Stempel, 414 words)
MIDDLE EAST
Yemen's central bank denies irresponsible use of external reserves
WASHINGTON - Yemen's central bank said on Monday it was using state reserves in overseas banks responsibly after the Saudi-backed government, fighting a civil war, asked international financial institutions to deny the central bank access to the funds. (YEMEN-SECURITY/CENTRALBANK (EXCLUSIVE), moved, by Yara Bayoumy, 714 words)
RIO OLYMPICS
Olympics-Brazilian fans boo foreign athletes in culture clash
RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazilians bring a soccer fan's raucous attitude to the Rio Games, wildly cheering their own athletes, booing and mocking opponents -- and creating uncomfortable moments for Olympic athletes unaccustomed to no-holds-barred partisanship. (OLYMPICS-RIO/ (WRAPUP 2, PIX, TV), by Andrew Downie and Drazen Jorgic, 625 words)
Cool temperatures, few mosquitoes make Games Zika-free, so far
RIO DE JANEIRO - So far, at Olympics many feared would be Zika Games, so good. (OLYMPICS-RIO/ZIKA (PIX), moved, by Paulo Prada, 719 words)
Sport is now taking over at Rio Games, says IOC's Bach
RIO DE JANEIRO - After frantic seven-year preparation in which Rio Olympics organizers rushed to get ready for South America's first Games, sport is now moving center stage, with competitors delivering world-class performances, says IOC's Thomas Bach. (OLYMPICS-RIO/BACH (INTERVIEW, PIX, TV), moved, by Karolos Grohmann, 389 words)
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- OLYMPICS-RIO-SWIMMING-W-100MBREAST/TENSION (PIX), moved, 400 words
- OLYMPICS-RIO/TICKETS-ARRESTS (UPDATE 1), moved, by Daniel Flynn and Karolos Grohmann, 305 words
- OLYMPICS-RIO/HIGHLIGHTS (HIGHLIGHTS), moved, 2306 words
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