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Monstrous hurricane Irma kills 14 in Caribbean, heads for Florida
CAP-HAITIEN - The "extremely dangerous" Hurricane Irma rages offshore vulnerable Haiti after devastating a string of Caribbean islands and killing at least 10 people as one of the most powerful Atlantic storms in a century heads for the Turks and Caicos islands and Florida. (STORM-IRMA/ (WRAPUP 6, TV, PIX, GRAPHIC), moved, by Makini Brice, 1,086 words)
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- STORM-IRMA/POWER (moved), by Scott DiSavino, 644 words
- STORM-IRMA/NUCLEARPOWER (UPDATE 3), moved, by Timothy Gardner, 413 words)
- STORM-IRMA/LATAM (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved, by Marianna Parraga, 730 words
- STORM-HARVEY/PRESIDENTS (moved), 243 words
Trump embraces Democrats again on debt ceiling, immigration
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump embraces the idea raised by the Senate's top Democrat of ending the need for Congress to periodically raise the U.S. debt ceiling, a day after stunning fellow Republicans by striking a major debt limit and spending deal with the opposition party. (USA-CONGRESS/ (UPDATE 4, PIX, GRAPHIC), moved, by Richard Cowan and Amanda Becker, 787 words)
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- USA-TRUMP/RUSSIA (UPDATE 3, PIX, TV), moved, by Patricia Zengerle and Karen Freifeld, 471 words
- USA-CONGRESS/VOTE (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved, by Amanda Becker, 348 words
- USA-IMMIGRATION/SCENARIOS (FACTBOX), moved, 308 words
- USA-TAX/ (PIX), moved, by Doina Chiacu and Susan Heavey, 592 words
S.Koreans little worried about war, Trump says military action possible
SEOUL/WASHINGTON - Fewer South Koreans than a decade ago believe war with North Korea is possible, a survey shows, just days after Pyongyang's largest nuclear test and as President Donald Trump again highlights the possibility of military action. (NORTHKOREA-MISSILES/ (WRAPUP 1, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Christine Kim and James Oliphant, 707 words)
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- NORTHKOREA-MISSILES/DETERRENCE (UPDATE 1), moved, by Arshad Mohammed and Phil Stewart, 711 words
- NORTHKOREA-MISSILES/PUTIN-TRUMP (UPDATE 1, TV, PIX), moved, by Oksana Kobzeva and Denis Pinchuk, 480 words
- NORTHKOREA-MISSILES/EU (UPDATE 2, TV, PIX), moved, by Gabriela Baczynska and David Mardiste, 380 words
Suu Kyi says Myanmar trying to protect all citizens in strife-torn state
YANGON/COX'S BAZAR - Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi says her government is doing its best to protect everyone in the strife-torn state of Rakhine, as the estimated number of Rohingya Muslims who have fled to Bangladesh leapt by 18,000 in one day, to 164,000. (MYANMAR-ROHINGYA/ (UPDATE 2, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Shoon LeiWinNaing and Simon Lewis, 886 words)
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- MYANMAR-ROHINGYA/MALAYSIA (moved), 273 words
- MYANMAR-ROHINGYA/INSURGENTS (INSIGHT, PIX, TV), moved, by Wa Lone and Antoni Slodkowski, 1,490 words)
ASIA
Mongolian parliament ousts prime minister in latest reshuffle
ULAANBAATAR - Mongolia's parliament votes to oust Prime Minister Jargaltulga Erdenebat, after his ruling Mongolian People's Party (MPP) was defeated in a July presidential election. (MONGOLIA-POLITICS/ (UPDATE 2), moved, by Terrence Edwards, 370 words)
UNITED STATES
U.S. appeals court rejects Trump's bid to bar most refugees
NEW YORK - A U.S. appeals court rejects the Trump administration's effort to temporarily bar entry to most refugees, ruling that those who have relationships with a resettlement agency should be exempt from an executive order banning refugees. (USA-IMMIGRATION/RULING (UPDATE 2), moved, by Mica Rosenberg and Jonathan Stempel, 480 words)
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- USA-IMMIGRATION/TRUMP-DURBIN (EXCLUSIVE, UPDATE 1, PIX), moved, by Richard Cowan, 655 words
U.S. charges former Turkish minister with Iran sanctions evasion
ISTANBUL - U.S. prosecutors have charged a former Turkish economy minister and the ex-head of a state-owned bank with conspiring to violate Iran sanctions by illegally moving hundreds of millions of dollars through the U.S. financial system on Tehran's behalf. (USA-TURKEY/IRAN (UPDATE 3, PIX, TV), moved, by Daren Butler and David Dolan, 810 words)
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- USA-TURKEY/CARGO (UPDATE 1), moved, by David Shepardson, 239 words
Trump anger at Cohn raises doubts about his White House tenure -sources
BOSTON/WASHINGTON - A newly fraying relationship between U.S. President Donald Trump and top White House economic adviser Gary Cohn raises questions about how long Cohn will stay in his job, say two people with close ties to the White House. (USA-TRUMP/COHN (UPDATE 1), moved, by Svea Herbst-Bayliss and Jeff Mason, 460 words)
MIDDLE EAST
Israel hits Syrian site said to be linked to chemical weapons
BEIRUT/JERUSALEM - Israel attacks a military site in Syria's Hama province, the Syrian army says, and a war monitoring group says the target could be linked to chemical weapons production. MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-ISRAEL (UPDATE 6, TV), moved, by Sarah Dadouch and Jeffrey Heller, 740 words)
AMERICAS
Strongest quake "since 1985" strikes off Mexican coast
MEXICO CITY - An earthquake of magnitude 8 strikes off the southern coast of Mexico, the U.S. Geological Survey says, shaking buildings across the country's centre and south and sending people running into the streets in the capital. (QUAKE-MEXICO/ (UPDATE 2, PIX), moved, 331 words)
Pope Francis to bless Colombia's war victims
VILLAVICENCIO/BOGOTA - Thousands of victims of Colombia's five-decade war will seek blessings, guidance and a path to forgiveness from Pope Francis, during his visit to a region known for years as an epicenter of violence. (POPE-COLOMBIA/ (PIX, TV), by Nelson Bocanegra and Helen Murphy, 575 words)
New Venezuela prosecutor expects more arrests in oil graft cases
CARACAS - Venezuela's new chief prosecutor Tarek Saab says he expects further arrests in widening oil-sector bribery scandals, after most of state energy company PDVSA's top brass in the western region was detained in a major sweep this week. (VENEZUELA-OIL/ (INTERVIEW, PIX, TV, by Alexandra Ulmer, 800 words, moving at 1100 GMT/7 AM ET)
EUROPE
Spain blocks Catalan independence vote, threatens charges
MADRID - Spain's central authorities move to crush plans by the northeastern region of Catalonia to hold an independence referendum and takes steps to prosecute regional lawmakers backing the ballot. (SPAIN-POLITICS/CATALONIA (UPDATE 3), moved, by Inmaculada Sanz and Tomás Cobos, 477 words)
Macron hurls challenge to Europe: reform or decline
ATHENS - Europe risks subjugation to China and the United States unless it becomes more sovereign and democratic, French President Emmanuel Macron says in a speech underlining the scale of his ambition to reform the European Union. (GREECE-FRANCE/MACRON (PIX, TV), moved, by Michel Rose, 345 words)
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- EU-TURKEY/ (UPDATE 2, TV, PIX), moved, by Gabriela Baczynska and John Irish, 690 words
- GERMANY-TURKEY/TRIAL, moved, 267 words
Germany disputes size of Russian war games, predicts 100,000 troops
TALLINN - Germany says Russia is planning to send more than 100,000 troops to war games on NATO's eastern flank this month, disputing Moscow's version that only 13,000 Russian and Belarussian servicemen will participate. (RUSSIA-NATO/WARGAMES (UPDATE 1, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Robin Emmott, 480 words)
AFRICA
Protesters mass for second day to demand exit of Togo's leader
LOME - Thousands of Togolese march for a second day against President Faure Gnassingbe's 50-year family dynasty despite a near blackout in communications. (TOGO-PROTESTS/ (UPDATE 2, PIX), moved, by John Zodzi, 636 words)
Gbagbo allies behind attacks in Ivory Coast - interior minister
ABIDJAN - A group of allies of Ivory Coast's former president Laurent Gbagbo, including at least one living in exile in neighbouring Ghana, are behind a wave of attacks on security installations this year, the interior minister says. (IVORYCOAST-SECURITY/ (UPDATE 2), moved, by Loucoumane Coulibaly, 394 words)