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Barcelona attack suspect still sought as investigation expands to other countries
BARCELONA, Spain - Spanish police search for the man behind the wheel in the Barcelona van attack that killed 13 people, amid growing signs members of the militant group had connections elsewhere in Europe.
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Barcelona attack suspect still sought as investigation expands to other countries
BARCELONA, Spain - Spanish police search for the man behind the wheel in the Barcelona van attack that killed 13 people, amid growing signs members of the militant group had connections elsewhere in Europe. (SPAIN-SECURITY/ (UPDATE 2, PICTURES, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Angus Berwick, 710 words)
- SPAIN-SECURITY/MOROCCO-FAMILY (PICTURES), moved, by Samia Errazzouki, 675 words
Ten sailors missing after U.S. warship collides with tanker near Singapore
SINGAPORE/WASHINGTON - Ten sailors are missing after a U.S. warship collides with an oil tanker east of Singapore, the U.S. Navy says, the second accident involving U.S. Navy destroyers in Asian waters in little more than two months. (USA-NAVY/CRASH (UPDATE 4, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Sam Holmes and Lesley Wroughton, 731 words)
Trump to lay out U.S. strategy for Afghanistan on Monday night
WASHINGTON - It will be President Donald Trump's turn to address a problem that vexed his two predecessors when he details his strategy for the war in Afghanistan, America's longest military conflict. (USA-TRUMP/AFGHANISTAN, moved, by Steve Holland and John Walcott, 670 words)
- USA-AFGHANISTAN/MINERALS (PIX), by James Mackenzie, 977 words
U.S., S.Korea begin computer-simulated drills amid N.Korea tensions
SEOUL - South Korean and U.S. forces begin computer-simulated military exercises amid tensions over North Korea's missile and nuclear programmes and reports that it has generated at least $270 million since February despite U.N. sanctions. (NORTHKOREA MISSILES/ (WRAPUP 1, PIX, TV), moved, by Christine Kim, 599 words)
- NORTHKOREA-MISSILES/SOUTHKOREA-DRILLS, moved, by Christine Kim and Heekyong Yang, 730 words
ASIA
Tens of thousands protest in Hong Kong over jailing of democracy activists
HONG KONG - Tens of thousands of people take to the streets of Hong Kong to protest against the jailing of three young democracy activists, with many questioning the independence of the Chinese-ruled city's judiciary. (HONGKONG-POLITICS/ (UPDATE 2, PICTURES, TV), moved, by Venus Wu, 670 words)
Money-laundering probe exposes Australian banks' compliance frailties
HONG KONG/SYDNEY - A money laundering probe at Commonwealth Bank of Australia is the latest in a slew of scandals denting the reputation of Australian banks as simple, reliable lenders at the forefront in the battle against financial crime. (AUSTRALIA-CBA/COMPLIANCE (ANALYSIS, PICTURES), moved, by Sumeet Chatterjee and Swati Pandey, 840 words)
UNITED STATES
Millions of Americans await awe-inspiring total solar eclipse
SALMON - Millions of Americans armed with protective glasses are taking positions along a slender ribbon of land cutting diagonally across the United States to marvel at the first total solar eclipse to unfold from coast to coast in nearly a century. (SOLAR-ECLIPSE/USA (moved), by Steve Gorman and Irene Klotz, 833 words)
- SOLAR-ECLIPSE/USA-CARBONDALE (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), moved, by Elly Park, 400 words
In Montana's Indian country, tribes take opposite sides on coal
LAME DEER - U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and Vice President Mike Pence took a horseback tour in May of a Montana coal mine belonging to the Crow Nation. They posed for photos with tribal leaders and declared an end to the U.S. government's "war on coal." (USA-TRUMP/ENERGY-TRIBES (INSIGHT, PIX, TV, GRAPHICS), by Valerie Volcovici, 1163 words)
Prominent U.S. religious conservatives defend Trump after Charlottesville
WASHINGTON - Two prominent religious conservatives defend U.S. President Donald Trump after he was widely criticized for blaming both white nationalists and counter-protesters for last weekend's violence at a Virginia rally organised by neo-Nazis and white supremacists. (USA-TRUMP/ (PICTURES, TV), moved, by Doina Chiacu and Sarah N. Lynch, 690 words)
AFRICA
Nigeria's Buhari says separatists cross red line, unity not negotiable
ABUJA - Separatists calling for the breakup of Nigeria have crossed a red line and the country's unity is not negotiable, President Muhammadu Buhari says in his first speech since returning home after three months of medical leave in Britain. (NIGERIA-BUHARI/ (moved), moved, 455 words)
AMERICAS
Initial NAFTA talks conclude amid signs schedule could slip
WASHINGTON - The United States, Canada and Mexico wrap up their first round of talks to revamp the NAFTA trade pact, vowing to keep up a blistering pace of negotiations that some involved in the process say may be too fast to bridge deep differences. (TRADE-NAFTA/ (UPDATE 3, PICTURES), moved, by David Lawder and Anthony Esposito, 600 words)
MIDDLE EAST
"Catching" a U-2 fresh back from America's air wars
AL DHAFRA AIR BASE - It may not sound possible to "catch" an American spy plane while driving a Dodge Charger. But that's precisely what we did on a sweltering August afternoon at Al Dhafra Air Base in the United Arab Emirates. (USA-EMIRATES/U-2 (WITNESS, PIX, TV), moved, by Phil Stewart, 536 words)
EUROPE
Merkel attacks Turkey's "misuse" of Interpol warrants
BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel criticises Turkey's use of an Interpol arrest warrant to detain a German writer in Spain, telling an election town hall event that this amounts to abuse of the international police agency. (EU-TURKEY/ELECTION (UPDATE 2, PICTURES), moved, 390 words)
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Jerry Lewis, king of low-brow comedy and charity fundraiser, dies at 91
LOS ANGELES - Jerry Lewis, the high prince of low-brow comedy on stage and in movies as well as a fund-raising powerhouse with his annual Labor Day telethon, dies at the age of 91, his family says. (PEOPLE-JERRY LEWIS/ (UPDATE 5, PICTURES), moving shortly, by Steve Gorman, 1,060 words)
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- PEOPLE-JERRY LEWIS/REACTION (FACTBOX), moved, 400 words
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