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Turkey: No compromise with U.S. on cleric's extradition
ISTANBUL - Turkey will not compromise with Washington over the extradition of the Islamic cleric it accuses of orchestrating a failed coup, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim says, warning of rising anti-Americanism if the United States fails to extradite Abdullah Gulen. (TURKEY-SECURITY/ (UPDATE 2), moved, by Humeyra Pamuk, 840 words)
Thousands return to Syria's Manbij after IS militants flee
BEIRUT - Thousands of displaced residents stream back into the northern Syrian city of Manbij near the Turkish border after U.S.-backed fighters oust the last Islamic State militants from their old stronghold, residents and U.S. allies say. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-MANBIJ, moved, by Suleiman Al-Khalidi, 600 words)
Trump rails against press in response to reports of chaos
FAIRFIELD - Donald Trump repeats his attack on President Barack Obama that he helped "found" Islamic State and rails against media reports that his campaign is failing, at a campaign rally in Connecticut, a state where he has a long-shot of being victorious. (USA-ELECTION/ (PIX, TV), moved, by Ginger Gibson, 402 words)
On 90th birthday, Fidel Castro thanks well-wishers, appears at gala
HAVANA - Fidel Castro makes rare public appearance for his 90th birthday gala, after the leader of the 1959 revolution thanked fellow Cubans for their well wishes and lambasted his old foe the United States in a column carried by state-run media. (CUBA-FIDEL/ (UPDATE 2, PIX, TV), moved, by Sarah Marsh, 550 words)
UNITED STATES
Muslim cleric and "associate" fatally shot in New York
NEW YORK - A Muslim cleric and a second man are fatally shot by lone gunman while walking together following afternoon prayers at a mosque in the New York City borough of Queens, authorities say. (NEW YORK-SHOOTING/ (UPDATE 4, PIX), moved, by Frank McGurty 400 words)
Democrat Pelosi gets 'obscene and sick' calls after hack
WASHINGTON - U.S. House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi said on Saturday she has been flooded with "obscene and sick" calls and texts after a hacker linked to Russia posted personal contact information online for her and many other Democratic lawmakers and aides. (USA-CYBER/DEMOCRATS, moved, by John Whitesides, 523 words)
AMERICAS
Venezuelans cross reopened border to Colombia for food, medicine
SAN ANTONIO - Thousands of Venezuelans were welcomed to Colombia by a military band early as the two countries' borders were officially reopened after being closed by Venezuela a year ago. (VENEZUELA-COLOMBIA/BORDER (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), by Anggy Polanco, 340 words)
ASIA
MANILA - Bangladesh's central bank is withholding findings of investigations into the cyber theft of $81 million from its account at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to avoid tipping off the "foreign perpetrators" of the hack, the central bank's lawyer says. (CYBER-HEIST/BANGLADESH-PHILIPPINES, moved, by Krishna N. Das and Karen Lema, 400 words)
Thai opposition denies role in bomb blasts in tourist areas
BANGKOK - The Thai party whose government was toppled by a military coup two years ago denies having any role in bomb attacks on popular tourist centers that killed four people and wounded dozens a day earlier. (THAILAND-SECURITY/BLAST (TV, PIX, GRAPHIC), moved, by Andrew R.C. Marshall and Aukkarapon Niyomyat, 525 words)
MIDDLE EAST
Ten children reported dead in Yemen air strike
DUBAI - At least 10 children are killed and 21 others injured in northern Yemen, aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres says in what the dominant Houthi group calls a Saudi-led air strike on a school. (YEMEN-SECURITY/PARLIAMENT, (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved, 324 words)
EUROPE
Britain to plug 4.5 bln pound EU funding gap for farms, colleges
LONDON - Britain will fill a gap of as much as 4.5 billion pounds ($5.8 billion) in funding for agriculture, universities and its regions that will open up when Britain leaves the European Union, finance minister Philip Hammond says. (BRITAIN-EU/FUNDING (UPDATE 2), moved, 491 words)
Man with knife, flammable liquid injures 6 on Swiss train
ZURICH - A man armed with a knife and flammable fluid injures six people on a Swiss train in an attack that police say could possibly have been a crime of passion but unlikely to have any link with terrorism. (SWISS-ATTACK/ (UPDATE 2), moved, 300 words)
AFRICA
Zambia's Lungu ahead in early vote count, opposition cries foul
LUSAKA - President Edgar Lungu takes the lead over his main rival in early counting from Zambia's presidential election, but the main opposition says its count shows their candidate ahead and the vote may have been rigged. (ZAMBIA-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 2, TV, PIX), moved, by Chris Mfula and Stella Mapenzauswa, 559 words)
SPECIAL REPORT
How UK firms built pyramid scheme in China that lost millions
SHANGHAI, China - The London address helped draw Chinese investors to EuroFX. But the venture was not regulated in the United Kingdom. It was a scam that flourished in gaps between the national systems. (CHINA-INVESTMENT/EUROFX (SPECIAL REPORT, PIX, GRAPHIC), moved, by Engen Tham and Carolyn Cohn, 2,586 words)
+ See also:
- CHINA-INVESTMENT/EUROFX-TIMELINE, moved, by Carolyn Cohn, 308 words
More airline outages seen, carriers grapple with aging technology
Airlines will likely suffer more disruptions like one that grounded about 2,000 Delta flights this week because major carriers do not invest enough to overhaul reservations systems based on technology dating to the 1960s, airline industry and technology experts tell Reuters. (DELTA AIR-OUTAGES/IT (ANALYSIS, PIX), moved, by Jeffrey Dastin and Jim Finkle, 1,148 words)
RIO OLYMPICS
IAAF bars sole Russian athletics competitor from Rio Games
RIO DE JANEIRO - Russia's sole track and field competitor at the Rio Olympics, Darya Klishina, has been suspended from the Games, the international athletics federation (IAAF) says, confirming it had withdrawn her special eligibility status.(OLYMPICS-RIO/RUSSIA-KLISHINA (UPDATE 6), moving shortly, 750 words)
From green pool to missing pontoon, Rio organizers face problems
RIO DE JANEIRO - Olympics organizers battle an array of persistent problems as the Games enter their second week, from a sickly green diving pool to competitors taken to the wrong venue and a long-distance swimming pontoon swept away by the waves. (OLYMPICS-RIO/ (PIX, TV), moved, by Daniel Flynn, 550 words)
+ See also:
- OLYMPICS-RIO/FAVELA-DISSENT (PIX, TV), moved
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