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N. Korea considers missile strike on Guam after Trump's 'fire and fury' warning
SEOUL - President Donald Trump follows up his incendiary warning to North Korea against threatening the United States with a boast about the strength of the American nuclear arsenal, and an expression of hope that it would not need to be used.
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N.Korea considers missile strike on Guam after Trump's 'fire and fury' warning
SEOUL - President Donald Trump follows up his incendiary warning to North Korea against threatening the United States with a boast about the strength of the American nuclear arsenal, and an expression of hope that it would not need to be used.(NORTHKOREA-MISSILES/ (WRAPUP 10, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moving shortly, by Christine Kim, 1194 words)
Car rams into soldiers in Paris suburb, man arrested
PARIS - A car rams into a group of soldiers in a Parisian suburb, injuring six before speeding off and sparking a manhunt that a judicial source said ended with the suspect's arrest on a motorway. (EUROPE-ATTACKS/FRANCE (UPDATE 4, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Benoit Tessier and Richard Lough, 521 words)
Kenya opposition leader says election website hacked to show president in lead
NAIROBI - Kenya's opposition leader Raila Odinga says the election commission's computer system was hacked and fake results posted to show President Uhuru Kenyatta with a strong lead in a case of massive fraud. (KENYA-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 4, TV, PIX), moved, by Humphrey Malalo and Duncan Miriri, 740 words)
Quake in China's Sichuan kills 19, including tourists; injures 247
JIUZHAIGOU - A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck a remote, mountainous part of China's southwestern province of Sichuan, killing 19 people, including eight tourists, and injuring 247, the provincial government and official media say. (CHINA-QUAKE/ (UPDATE 7, PIX, TV), moved, by Christian Shepherd, 593 words)
EUROPE
Referrals to UK counter-terrorism scheme double after recent attacks -police
LONDON - Referrals by members of the public to the British government's counter-terrorism scheme have doubled since militants launched deadly attacks earlier this year in London and Manchester, a senior police official says. (BRITAIN-SECURITY/ (UPDATE 1), moved, by Mark Hosenball, 412 words)
MIDDLE EAST
Aging and ailing, who will succeed current Palestinian leaders?
JERUSALEM/RAMALLAH, West Bank - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is 83 in March and in and out of hospital. His chief peace negotiator, Saeb Erekat, is 20 years young but has pulmonary fibrosis and needs a lung transplant. What happens when the main Palestinian leaders leave the stage? (PALESTINIANS-LEADERS/HEALTH, PIX, moved, by Miriam Berger and Luke Baker, 767 words)
Time is Netanyahu's ally in weathering Israeli legal storm, for now
JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has described the din of criminal investigations around him as "background noise" and dismissed speculation he will be forced to resign by saying simply on Facebook: "Won't happen." He might just be right (ISRAEL-NETANYAHU, FILE PIX, moving shortly, by Dan Williams, 900 words)
AFRICA
Informal economy not enough to handle Africa's workforce explosion
LONDON - Unemployment in Nigeria, sub-Saharan Africa's largest economy, is running at more than 14 percent and climbing; in South Africa, the second largest economy, it is over 27 percent. For youth in both places, it is far more. (AFRICA-ECONOMY/ (PIX), moved, by Jeremy Gaunt, 589 words)
AMERICAS
Venezuela called "dictatorship" by Peru, condemned by new bloc
LIMA - Peru calls the government of Venezuela a "dictatorship" after hosting the first meeting of a new, 17-member regional bloc that aims to seek a peaceful end to the country's deepening political crisis. (VENEZUELA-POLITICS/REGION (UPDATE 1), moved, 374 words)
+ See also: Venezuela orders opposition mayor jailed, UN decries excess force
CARACAS/GENEVA - VENEZUELA-POLITICS/ (WRAPUP 1, TV), moved, by Brian Ellsworth and Stephanie Nebehay, 600 words
Cuban graffiti artists bring social critique to Havana's walls
HAVANA - The graffiti of alien-like beings and balaclava-clad men appearing on Havana's dilapidated walls strikes a contrast with the upbeat political slogans and effigies of Cuban revolutionaries. (CUBA-GRAFFITI/ (FEATURE, PIX), moved, by Sarah Marsh, 750 words)
ASIA
Ousted Pakistani prime minister starts defiant 'caravan' to hometown
ISLAMABAD - Ousted Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif begins a rally in a defiant show of political power after a Supreme Court decision disqualified him from office over undeclared assets. (PAKISTAN-POLITICS/ (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), moved, by Asif Shahzad, 420 words)
Hong Kong cleans up 93 tonnes of palm oil; beaches smothered by spill
HONG KONG - Hong Kong cleans up a huge palm oil spill, with authorities scooping up more than 90 tonnes of foul-smelling, styrofoam-like clumps in one of the worst environmental disasters to blight the territory's waters. (HONGKONG-POLLUTION/ (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), moved, by Anne Marie Roantree and Donny Kwok, 530 words)
Indian opposition party's top strategist clings on in election
NEW DELHI - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party fails in bid to oust the opposition Congress party's top strategist from the upper house of parliament, in a rare setback for its effort to secure national political supremacy. (INDIA-POLITICS/ (PIX), moved, by Rupam Jain, 361 words)
HEALTH
Marijuana use holds three-fold blood pressure death risk -study
LONDON - People who smoke marijuana have a three times greater risk of dying from hypertension, or high blood pressure, than those who have never used the drug, scientists say. (HEALTH-MARIJUANA/HYPERTENSION (PIX), moved, by Kate Kelland, 430 words)
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