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Man shot dead after seizing soldier's gun at Paris Orly airport
PARIS - Security forces shoot dead a man who seized a soldier's gun at Paris Orly airport in France soon after the same man shot and wounded a police officer during a routine police check, the interior minister says.
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Man shot dead after seizing soldier's gun at Paris Orly airport
PARIS - Security forces shoot dead a man who seized a soldier's gun at Paris Orly airport in France soon after the same man shot and wounded a police officer during a routine police check, the interior minister says. (FRANCE-SHOOTING/ (UPDATE 2, TV, PIX), moved, by Gus Trompiz and Emmanuel Jarry, 395 words)
U.S., China soften tone, say to work together on N.Korea
BEIJING - The United States and China will work together to get nuclear-armed North Korea to take "a different course", U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says, softening previous criticism of Beijing after talks with his Chinese counterpart. (TILLERSON-ASIA/CHINA (UPDATE 2, TV, PIX), moved, by Yeganeh Torbati and Ben Blanchard, 802 words)
Syrian rebels, families begin leaving Homs district in deal with govt
HOMS, Syria/BEIRUT - Rebels and their families begin leaving their last bastion in the Syrian city of Homs, state media and a Reuters witness say, under a Russian-backed deal with the government expected to be among the largest evacuations of its kind. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-WAER (UPDATE 2, PIX, TV), moved, by Ellen Francis, 671 words)
Russian elite invested nearly $100 million in Trump buildings, records show
MIAMI/MOSCOW - A Reuters review finds that at least 63 individuals with Russian passports or addresses have bought at least $98.4 million worth of property in seven Trump-branded luxury towers in southern Florida. (USA-TRUMP/PROPERTY (SPECIAL REPORT, PICTURES), moved, by Nathan Layne, Ned Parker, Svetlana Reiter, Stephen Grey and Ryan McNeill, 2,840 words)
EUROPE
Ignoring Scottish referendum mandate would "shatter" UK structure - Sturgeon
ABERDEEN, Scotland - Nicola Sturgeon will press on with plans to hold a new Scottish independence referendum and says a continued refusal by Britain's prime minister to discuss the matter would "shatter beyond repair" the United Kingdom's constitutional structure. (BRITAIN-EU/SCOTLAND (PIX), moved, by Elisabeth O'Leary, 478 words)
With weaker mandate, Rutte must choose his compromises to form a government
AMSTERDAM - After fending off nationalist Geert Wilders in an election, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte must patch together a stable coalition that reflects the rise of fringe parties that made huge gains on the left and right. (NETHERLANDS-ELECTION/COALITION (PICTURES), moved, by Anthony Deutsch and Thomas Escritt, 700 words)
EXCLUSIVE-Europe is our common future, 27 leaders to say after Brexit - draft
BRUSSELS - "Europe is our common future," the European Union's 27 leaders plan to declare in Rome next week, in defiance of its worst blowback ever - Brexit. (EU-SUMMIT/FUTURE (EXCLUSIVE, PICTURES), moved, by Gabriela Baczynska, 550 words)
MIDDLE EAST
Need to avoid civilian deaths weighs on minds of U.S. forces in Mosul battle
QAYYARA WEST AIRFIELD, Iraq - As the battle for Mosul moves to the narrow streets and densely packed houses of the Old City, U.S. artillery gunners and helicopter pilots supporting Iraqi forces face an age-old problem – how to avoid killing civilians. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/IRAQ-MOSUL-FIREPOWER, moved, by Angus MacSwan, 935 words)
ASIA
China to build on disputed shoal in South China Sea
BEIJING - China will begin preparatory work this year for an environmental monitoring station on Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea, an official says, as two U.S. senators introduce a bill to impose sanctions on its activities in the disputed waterway. (SOUTHCHINASEA-CHINA/ (UPDATE 1, TV), moved, 550 words)
- PHILIPPINES-SOUTHCHINASEA/ (UPDATE 1), moved, 370 words
UNITED STATES
In first Trump-Merkel meeting, awkward body language and a quip
WASHINGTON - The first face-to-face meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel starts awkwardly and ends even more oddly, with a quip by Trump about wiretapping that left the German leader visibly bewildered. (USA-TRUMP/GERMANY (UPDATE 4, PICTURES, TV), moved, by Jeff Mason and Andreas Rinke, 720 words)
Trump stands by Obama wiretap charge, shrugs off row with Britain
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump stands by unproven claims that the Obama administration tapped his phones during the 2016 White House race and shrugs off a dispute with Britain over the notion their spy agency had a hand in it. (USA-TRUMP/WIRETAPPING (UPDATE 3, PICTURES, TV), moved, by Jeff Mason and Mark Hosenball, 600 words)
- USA-TRUMP/WIRETAP (UPDATE 3, PICTURES), moved, 270 words
- USA-TRUMP/WIRETAPPING-CHRONOLOGY (TIMELINE, CHRONOLOGY), moved, by Jonathan Landay and Warren Strobel, 594 words
Top NSA official ridicules allegation Britain spied on Trump
LONDON - Allegations from the United States that British spy agency GCHQ snooped on Donald Trump during his election campaign are "arrant nonsense", the deputy head of the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) says. (USA-TRUMP/WIRETAPPING-NSA, moved, 296 words)
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