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Obama paints Trump as no friend of the working class
PHILADELPHIA - With Hillary Clinton sidelined by pneumonia, President Barack Obama takes up the Democrats' fight against Donald Trump, trying to quash the Republican presidential candidate's bid to appeal to working-class voters. (USA-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 5, PICTURES, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Ayesha Rascoe and James Oliphant, 710 words)
- USA-ELECTION/ICAHN (UPDATE 1), moved, by Michael Flaherty, 335 words
- USA-ELECTION/CLINTON-EMAILS (UPDATE 2, GRAPHIC), moved, by Jonathan Allen, 510 words
- USA-ELECTION/CYBER, moved, by Patricia Zengerle, 350 words
- USA-ELECTION/TRUMP-ECONOMY (UPDATE 1, PICTURES), moved, 380 words
Syria truce largely holds as aid preparations begin
BEIRUT/GENEVA - A new ceasefire in Syria brings a full day with no combat deaths in the war between President Bashar al-Assad and his opponents, a monitoring body says, as efforts to deliver aid to besieged areas get cautiously under way. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA (WRAPUP 7, PICTURES, TV), moved, by Lisa Barrington and Tom Miles, 980 words)
- MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-UN (UPDATE 1, TV), moved, by Tom Miles, 400 words
N.Korea ramps up uranium enrichment, enough for six nuclear bombs a year-experts
SEOUL - North Korea will have enough material for about 20 nuclear bombs by the end of this year, with ramped-up uranium enrichment facilities and an existing stockpile of plutonium, according to new assessments by weapons experts. (NORTHKOREA-NUCLEAR/FUEL (PIX, GRAPHIC), moved, by Jack Kim and James Pearson, 692 words)
- NORTHKOREA-NUCLEAR/CHINA (GRAPHIC), moved, by Ben Blanchard, 425 words
Record U.S. military aid deal for Israel to be signed on Wednesday
WASHINGTON - The United States and Israel have agreed on a record $38 billion package of U.S. military aid and will sign the new pact on Wednesday, enshrining defense funding for Washington's closest Middle East ally for the next decade, officials say. (USA-ISRAEL/ (UPDATE 5), moved, by Matt Spetalnick and Patricia Zengerle, 850 words)
ASIA
Wukan villagers describe fear, widespread detentions after 'unprecedented' crackdown
WUKAN - As many as 70 people are under detention in the southern Chinese village of Wukan after Tuesday's violence between riot police and protestors across streets once seen as a cradle of grassroots democracy, according to villagers. (CHINA-PROTESTS/WUKAN, moving shortly, by James Pomfret, 501 words)
Schools shut, flights canceled as Super Typhoon Meranti hits Taiwan
TAIPEI - Tens of thousands of homes lose power across Taiwan as Super Typhoon Meranti hits the island, a storm seen as the strongest in the world so far this year, forcing schools and businesses to close and flights to be canceled. (ASIA-STORM/TAIWAN (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV, GRAPHICS), moving shortly, by Faith Hung, 400 words)
Suu Kyi to meet Obama in Washington for first time as Myanmar leader
WASHINGTON - Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi meets President Barack Obama in her first visit to the United States since her party won a sweeping victory in last year's election, capping a decades-long journey from political prisoner to national leader. (USA-MYANMAR/ (PIX), moved, by Timothy Mclaughlin and Patricia Zengerle, 470 words)
India woos new Nepali PM to claw back ground from China
NEW DELHI/KATHMANDU - India is likely to offer Nepal's new prime minister help building an east-west railway line and better access to its ports on his first visit this week, as it tries to regain ground lost recently to China. (INDIA-NEPAL/CHINA (PICTURES), moved, by Sanjeev Miglani and Gopal Sharma, 820 words)
Indonesia to resume work on "Giant Sea Wall" to save sinking Jakarta
JAKARTA - Indonesia will resume land reclamation that will help prevent Jakarta from sinking below sea level, a cabinet minister says, five months after work was suspended due to regulatory and environmental concerns. (INDONESIA-RECLAMATION/ (PIX), moved, by Agustinus Beo Da Costa, 327 words)
China warns Taiwan not to allow Dalai Lama to visit
BEIJING/TAIPEI - China warns Taiwan's new government against allowing exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama to visit, after a high-profile Taiwanese legislator invited him to the self-ruled island that Beijing claims as its own. (CHINA-TAIWAN/DALAILAMA, moved, by Ben Blanchard and Faith Hung, 424 words)
MIDDLE EAST/AFRICA
Libya's NOC to 'begin work immediately to restart exports' from seized ports
TUNIS - Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC) says it will immediately start working to resume crude exports from ports seized in recent days by forces loyal to eastern commander Khalifa Haftar. (LIBYA-SECURITY/OIL (UPDATE 3), moved, by Aidan Lewis, 600 words)
- BRITAIN-LIBYA/, moved, by William James, 360 words
Ghana president outlines policy plans ahead of December election
ACCRA - Ghanaian President John Mahama outlines the ruling party's plans for the next four years in a bid to establish policy credibility ahead of what is expected to be a tight general election in December. (GHANA-POLITICS/, moved, by Matthew Mpoke Bigg, 450 words)
EUROPE
Juncker to rally divided, post-Brexit EU, push investment
STRASBOURG - The president of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, will try to rally support for the European Union, a project battered by Britain's Brexit referendum and divided over the way forward when he makes his annual State of the Union address. (EU-JUNCKER/, moved, by Alastair Macdonald, 590 words)
UNITED STATES
Protesters slam N. Dakota pipeline but company 'committed'
ATLANTA - Holding signs and banners and chanting "Oil Kills," protesters in Atlanta and other U.S. cities shout support for Native American activists trying to stop construction of a North Dakota pipeline they say will desecrate sacred land and pollute water. (USA-PIPELINE/NATIVEAMERICANS (UPDATE 3, PICTURES), moved, by Rich McKay, 650 words)
Silicon Valley online course to mint self-driving car engineers
SAN FRANCISCO - Silicon Valley is creating a crash course in self-driving car technology to address a shortage of engineers with help from a startup in a different field: online education. (UDACITY-AUTONOMOUS/ (PICTURES), moved, by Heather Somerville, 700 words)
SPORT
Anti-doping agency says athlete data stolen by Russian group
SEPT 13 (REUTERS) - The World Anti-Doping Agency says that hackers stole confidential medical information about U.S. Olympic athletes and published it on the internet, blaming a Russian group for the attack. (DOPING-WADA/CYBER (UPDATE 3), moved, by Alan Baldwin and Jim Finkle, 700 words)
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