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Trump softens immigration stance, takes measured tone in speech
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump told Congress he was open to immigration reform, shifting from his harsh rhetoric on illegal immigration in a speech that offered a more restrained tone than his election campaign and first month in the White House.
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Trump softens immigration stance, takes measured tone in speech
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump told Congress he was open to immigration reform, shifting from his harsh rhetoric on illegal immigration in a speech that offered a more restrained tone than his election campaign and first month in the White House. (USA-TRUMP/ (UPDATE 9, PIX, TV), moved, by Steve Holland and Jeff Mason, 813 words)
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- USA-TRUMP/SUPPORTERS (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved, by Letitia Stein, 683 words
Women charged with N.Korean's murder wear bullet-proof vests to court
KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia charges two women - an Indonesian and a Vietnamese - with murdering the estranged half brother of North Korea's leader in an assassination using a super-toxic nerve agent that killed in minutes. (NORTHKOREA-MALAYSIA/KIM-COURT (UPDATE 2, PIX, TV), moved, by Rozanna Latiff, 723 words)
U.S.-backed Iraqi forces close in on IS-held Mosul government buildings
MOSUL/BAGHDAD - U.S.-backed Iraqi forces on Tuesday battled their way to within firing range of Mosul's main government buildings, a major target in the offensive to dislodge Islamic State militants from their remaining stronghold in the western side of the city. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/IRAQ-MOSUL (WRAPUP 1, TV, PIX), moved, by Isabel Coles and Maher Chmaytelli, 749 words)
ASIA
U.S., China discuss 'mutually beneficial' economic relationship
WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi discuss improving and maintaining a "mutually beneficial economic relationship" between the United States and China, the State Department says. (USA-CHINA/ (UPDATE 2, PICTURES), moved, 400 words)
Saudi king arrives in Indonesia for longest leg of Asian tour
JAKARTA - Saudi Arabia's King Salman flew into a military airbase in the Indonesian capital, kicking off the longest leg of his month-long "mega trip" across Asia in the world's largest Muslim-majority country. (SAUDI-ASIA/INDONESIA (PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), by Beawiharta, moving shortly, 450 words)
UNITED STATES
New Trump travel order will aim to short circuit legal challenges
In formulating a new executive order limiting travel to the United States, President Donald Trump has promised to make the directive harder to fight successfully in court than the one he issued in January. (USA-IMMIGRATION/LEGAL (PICTURES), moved, by Dan Levine and Mica Rosenberg, 610 words) - USA-IMMIGRATION/CANADA-EMERSON (PICTURES, TV), moved, by Rod Nickel, 1,110 words)
Trump administration would ignore WTO rulings it sees as anti-U.S. -FT
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is preparing to ignore any rulings by the World Trade Organization that it sees as an affront to U.S. sovereignty, the Financial Times reports, citing a report prepared by officials. (USA-TRUMP/WTO, moved, 372 words)
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MIDDLE EAST
Russia says UN move on Syria sanctions negative for Geneva talks
GENEVA - Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov says the U.N. Security Council resolution put forward by Western powers to punish Syria's government over its alleged use of chemical weapons would harm peace talks in Geneva. (MIDEAST-CRISIS-SYRIA-UN/ (UPDATE 2, PICTURES, TV), moved, by John Irish and Tom Miles, 530 words)
EUROPE
Scottish leader says Britain's hard Brexit stance raises chance of new independence vote
LONDON - The "sheer intransigence" of the British government over Brexit could lead to a second Scottish independence referendum, the head of the devolved Scottish government said on Tuesday. (BRITAIN-EU/SCOTLAND (UPDATE 3, PIX), moved, by Kate Holton, 572 words)
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