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Spain says cell behind attacks dismantled, police seek van driver
RIPOLL/BARCELONA - Police search for driver of van who ploughed into a crowd in Barcelona, killing 13 people; they try to pin down whether up to two other suspected Islamist militants connected to the attack had died or were at large.
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Spain says cell behind attacks dismantled, police seek van driver
RIPOLL/BARCELONA - Police search for driver of van who ploughed into a crowd in Barcelona, killing 13 people; they try to pin down whether up to two other suspected Islamist militants connected to the attack had died or were at large. SPAIN-SECURITY/ (UPDATE 2, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Angus Berwick and Andrés González, 723 words)
Finnish suspect "targeted women", incident deemed terror attack
HELSINKI/TURKU, Finland - Eighteen-year-old Moroccan man arrested after knife attacks that killed two people in the city of Turku appears to have specifically targeted women, say police; incident being treated as terrorism-related. (FINLAND-STABBING/ (UPDATE 4, TV, PIX), moved, by Jussi Rosendahl and Tuomas Forsell, 709 words)
Trump dumps chief strategist Bannon in latest upheaval
WASHINGTON/HAGERSTOWN - President Donald Trump fires his chief strategist Steve Bannon in the latest White House shake-up, removing a far-right architect of his 2016 election victory and a driving force behind his nationalist and anti-globalization agenda. (USA-TRUMP/ (UPDATE 8, PIX, TV), moved, by Jeff Mason and Steve Holland, 1111 words)
Nigeria's Buhari returns home after three-month sick leave in Britain
ABUJA - Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari returns home from three months of medical leave in Britain where he received treatment for an unspecified ailment.(NIGERIA-BUHARI/ (UPDATE 3, PIX, TV), moved, by Felix Onuah, 460 words)
MIDDLE EAST
Lebanese army, Hezbollah announce offensives on Islamic State at Syrian border
BEIRUT - Lebanese army launches offensive against an Islamic State enclave on northeast border with Syria as Lebanese Shi'ite group Hezbollah announces assault on the militants from Syrian side of the frontier. MIDEAST-CRISIS/LEBANON-SYRIA (UPDATE 5), moved, by Tom Perry and Angus McDowall, 709 words)
UNITED STATES
Thousands take to streets in Boston protest against hate speech
BOSTON - Thousands of people in Boston protested a "Free Speech" rally featuring right-wing speakers on Saturday, with hundreds of police mobilized to prevent a recurrence of violence that left a woman dead at a Virginia white-supremacist protest last week.(USA-PROTESTS/ (UPDATE 2, PIX, TV), moved, by Scott Malone and Nate Raymond, 687 words)
Mayor says Lee statue must go as debate over U.S. slave past rages
RICHMOND, Va. - Mayor of Charlottesville calls for special session of Virginia's legislature to let localities decide fate of Confederate monuments like statue at center of far-right rally that turns deadly. (USA-PROTESTS/ (WRAPUP 4, PIX, TV), moved, by Brandon Shulleeta, 681 words)
Millions of Americans to gaze upon once-in-lifetime eclipse
Twilight will fall at midday on Monday, stars will glimmer and birds will roost in an eerie stillness as millions of Americans and visitors witness the first total solar eclipse to traverse the United States from coast to coast in 99 years. (SOLAR-ECLIPSE/USA (PIX, TV), moved, by Steve Gorman, 500 words)
Veteran NAFTA negotiators likely to deflect political pressures
WASHINGTON - Trade officials leading North American Free Trade Agreement negotiations are veterans in their field who will be able to resist political pressure for major rapid changes as pace of talks intensifies, trade and legal experts say. (TRADE-NAFTA/NEGOTIATORS (PIX), moved, by David Ljunggren, 682 words)
AMERICAS
Venezuelan "congress in resistance" rejects new super-assembly
CARACAS -Venezuela's opposition-controlled Congress rejects self-proclaimed law-making authority of new legislative superbody elected at behest of President Nicolas Maduro, further dividing oil-rich but crisis-ridden country (VENEZUELA-POLITICS, (UPDATE 1, TV, PIX), by Hugh Bronstein and Diego Ore, 420 words)
EUROPE
Several wounded in Russian knife attack, attacker shot dead
MOSCOW - From seven to eight people are injured in knife attack in Siberian city of Surgut and the attacker has been killed, Russian law enforcement officials say. (RUSSIA-STABBING/ (UPDATE 2), moved, 215 words)
AFRICA
Zimbabwe's Grace Mugabe absent from regional summit after assault allegation
JOHANNESBURG - Zimbabwe's first lady Grace Mugabe fails to make expected appearance at a summit of regional leaders in South Africa following allegations of assault against her by a 20-year-old model (SAFRICA-MUGABE/ (UPDATE 1), moved, 327 words).
ASIA
Train derails in India, at least 14 killed, says official
NEW DELHI - Train comes off tracks in India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh, killing at least 14 people and wounding dozens more as carriages slam into each other, a local official says (INDIA-RAILDERAILMENT (UPDATE 2, TV), moved, 357 words)
Former workers at U.S.-owned miner Freeport Indonesia clash with police
Hundreds of former workers of Freeport Indonesia clash with security forces near company's mines in the eastern province of Papua on Saturday and three workers are injured, company and union officials say (INDONESIA-FREEPORT/ (UPDATE 2), moved, 239 words)
Seventh Australian senator referred to High Court as citizenship crisis deepens
MELBOURNE - A crisis engulfing Australia's parliament has widened after an independent senator became the seventh parliamentarian referred to the High Court to determine if his dual citizenship makes him ineligible to sit in parliament. (AUSTRALIA-POLITICS/ (PIX), moved, by Joseph Hinchliffe, 409 words)
Keyboard warriors: S.Korea, U.S. gear up for war games to counter N.Korea threat
SEOUL - In air conditioned bunkers and at military bases across South Korea, it is with keyboards - not tanks - that South Korean and the U.S. forces will launch military exercises on Monday, denounced by North Korea as a rehearsal for war. (NORTHKOREA-MISSILES/SOUTHKOREA-DRILLS (moved), by Christine Kim and Heekyong Yang, 728 words)
No gambling, sex please: China widens crackdown on overseas deals
SHANGHAI - A recent crackdown by China on overseas investments has been assumed to be mainly focused on high-profile acquisitions of things like hotels and football teams around the world. However, Chinese regulators also appear to have their eyes on two other lower-profile industries: gambling and sex. (CHINA-ECONOMY/ODI (moved), moved, 527 words)
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