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Trump signs order sweeping away Obama-era climate policies
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump signs order to undo Obama-era regulations to curb climate change, keeping campaign promise to support coal industry while calling into question U. S. support for international deal to fight global warming.
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Trump signs order sweeping away Obama-era climate policies
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump signs order to undo Obama-era regulations to curb climate change, keeping campaign promise to support coal industry while calling into question U.S. support for international deal to fight global warming. (USA-TRUMP/ENERGY (UPDATE 4, PIX, TV), moved, by Valerie Volcovici and Jeff Mason, 800 words)
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- USA-TRUMP/COAL (ANALYSIS, PIX), moved, by Timothy Gardner and Richard Valdmanis, 748 words
- USA-TRUMP/RUSSIA (UPDATE 4, PIX), moved, by Doina Chiacu, 444 words
- USA-TRUMP/OBAMACARE (UPDATE 1), moved, 224 words
If arrested, South Korea's Park will be in larger cell than others, but lights out at 9
SEOUL - If ousted South Korean president Park Geun-hye is arrested this week, she will be sent to solitary cell where she will be expected to awake at 6:30 a.m. and go to bed by 9 p.m. (SOUTHKOREA-POLITICS/DETENTION (PIX), moved, by Ju-min Park and Christine Kim, 800 words)
U.S. sees probable role in Mosul blast, probe under way
MOSUL, Iraq/WASHINGTON - Senior U.S. commander in Iraq acknowledges that U.S.-led coalition probably had role in explosion in Mosul believed to have killed scores of civilians but says Islamic State could also be to blame. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/IRAQ-MOSUL (UPDATE 3, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moving shortly, by Isabel Coles, Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali, 800 words)
British PM May to fire starting gun on Brexit
LONDON - Prime Minister Theresa May will file formal Brexit divorce papers Wednesday, pitching United Kingdom into the unknown and triggering years of uncertain negotiations that will test endurance of European Union. (BRITAIN-EU/ (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), moved, by Guy Faulconbridge and Elizabeth Piper, 971 words)
ASIA
China says Taiwan man investigated for harming national security
BEIJING/TAIPEI - A Taiwan man who went missing in China is being investigated on suspicion of harming national security, China's government says, in a case that has caused alarm on the self-ruled and democratic island Beijing claims as its own. (CHINA-TAIWAN/ (UPDATE 1, TV), moved, 483 words)
A year on, regal Suu Kyi struggles to move Myanmar away from conflict
YANGON/NAYPYITAW - At the beginning of this year, Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi sat down with one of her advisers to go through priorities for the coming months. She began with an apology for the slow pace of economic reform. (MYANMAR-SUUKYI/ (PIX, TV), moved, by Simon Lewis and Antoni Slodkowski, 1,000 words)
Afghans plan to double special forces from 17,000 as threats grow-sources
KABUL - Afghanistan plans to double the number of elite special forces from 17,000 troops, officials say, part of a long-term strategy to bolster units stretched and exhausted by persistent attacks from Taliban insurgents and other Islamist militants. (AFGHANISTAN-SPECIALFORCES/ (TV, PIX, EXCLUSIVE), moved, by Josh Smith and James Mackenzie, 800 words)
Army assesses damage after storm "absolutely smashes" north Australia
SYDNEY - Australia's army and emergency workers head to areas of tropical Queensland state hardest hit by Cyclone Debbie, finding roads blocked by fallen trees, sugarcane fields flattened and widespread damage in coastal towns. (AUSTRALIA-CYCLONE/ (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), moved, by Tom Westbrook and Benjamin Weir, 485 words)
SPECIAL REPORT
Monsanto meets its match as Hindu nationalists assert power in India
NEW DELHI - Little-known cotton seed company takes on Monsanto, with aid of right-wing Hindu group that helped propel Indian prime minister to power in a dispute that threatens to upend the world's largest cotton-producing market. (MONSANTO-INDIA/ (SPECIAL REPORT, PIX, GRAPHICS), moved, by Mayank Bhardwaj, Rupam Jain and Tom Lasseter, 2,376 words)
UNITED STATES
U.S. charges Turkish banker in Iran sanctions probe
NEW YORK - U.S. prosecutors charge an executive of a Turkish state-owned bank with participating in a multi-year scheme to violate U.S. sanctions against Iran, escalating a case that has added to tensions between the United States and Turkey. (USA-TURKEY/BANKER (UPDATE 4, PIX), moved, by Brendan Pierson, 660 words)
EUROPE
French presidential candidate Fillon suffers new setback as wife investigated
PARIS - The faltering campaign of French presidential candidate Francois Fillon suffers another setback when magistrates place his wife under formal investigation over allegations that he paid her for a fake parliamentary job. (FRANCE-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 2, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), by Gérard Bon and Adrian Croft, 453 words)
AMERICAS
Regional governments urge solutions to Venezuela's crisis
WASHINGTON - Regional governments on Tuesday call on the Organization of American States to come up with a plan "in the shortest possible time" to address Venezuela's political and humanitarian crisis. (VENEZUELA-OAS/ (UPDATE 3), moved, by Lesley Wroughton, 556 words)
Floods in Peru threaten rich archaeological legacy - explorer
LIMA - Extreme floods wreaking havoc in Peru are also threatening the South American country's rich archeological heritage and the tourism that thrives on it, a Peruvian archaeologist says. (PERU-FLOODS/, moved, by Marco Aquino, 331 words)
AFRICA
Bodies of two U.N. investigators found in Congo -govt
ABIDJAN - Villagers in Democratic Republic of Congo discover the remains of two U.N. investigators and their Congolese interpreter who went missing this month in an area engulfed in a violent uprising, a government spokesman says. (CONGO-UN/ (UPDATE 4), by Joe Bavier, 518 words)
South Africa's Gordhan breaks off road show, says he's still finance minister
JOHANNESBURG/PRETORIA - South African Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan abandons investor road show and flies home on orders of President Jacob Zuma, triggering speculation about his future that weakens country's currency and bonds. (SAFRICA-GORDHAN/ (UPDATE 7, TV, PIX), moved, by Nqobile Dludla and Mfuneko Toyana, 722 words)
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