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Sean Spicer resigns as Trump seeks to repair public image
WASHINGTON - White House spokesman Sean Spicer resigns, ending brief and turbulent tenure that made him household name, amid further upheaval within President Donald Trump's inner circle.
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Sean Spicer resigns as Trump seeks to repair public image
WASHINGTON - White House spokesman Sean Spicer resigns, ending brief and turbulent tenure that made him household name, amid further upheaval within President Donald Trump's inner circle. (USA-TRUMP/ (WRAPUP 3, PIX, TV), moving shortly, 400 words)
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- USA-TRUMP/RUSSIA (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved, by Susan Heavey and Karen Freifeld, 700 words
EXCLUSIVE-Moscow lawyer who met Trump Jr. had Russian spy agency as client
MOSCOW - Russian lawyer who met Donald Trump Jr. after his father won Republican nomination for 2016 U.S. presidential election counted Russia's FSB security service among her clients for years, Russian court documents seen by Reuters show. (USA-TRUMP/RUSSIA-LAWYER (UPDATE 1, EXCLUSIVE, TV, PIX), moved, by Maria Tsvetkova and Jack Stubbs, 651 words)
U.S. State Department to ban American travel to North Korea
WASHINGTON/SEOUL - U.S. government will ban Americans from traveling to North Korea due to "the serious risk of arrest" after American student was jailed while on tour and later died, State Department says. (NORTHKOREA-USA/TOURS (UPDATE 4, PIX), moved, by Yeganeh Torbati and Se Young Lee, 615 words)
Venezuela opposition congress names alternative Supreme Court judges
CARACAS - Venezuela's opposition-led congress appoints alternative judges to country's Supreme Court, whose current pro-government members are bedrock of support for leftist President Nicolas Maduro. (VENEZUELA-POLITICS/ (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), moving shortly by Alexandra Ulmer and Diego Oré, 400 words)
Tillerson urges Arab states to lift Qatar 'land blockade'
WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says United States is satisfied with Qatar's efforts to implement agreement aimed at combating terror financing, and urges Arab states to lift "land blockade" on tiny Gulf nation. (USA-QATAR/TILLERSON (UPDATE 1, TV), moved, 366 words)
EUROPE
Crimean scandal prompts Siemens to retreat from Russian energy
FRANKFURT/MOSCOW - Germany's Siemens tries to distance itself from Crimean sanctions scandal, halting deliveries of power equipment to Russian state-controlled customers and reviewing supply deals. (UKRAINE-CRISIS/CRIMEA-SIEMENS (UPDATE 4, PIX), moved, by Georgina Prodhan and Gleb Stolyarov, 810 words)
Merkel may win election, but lose her finance minister
SASBACHWALDEN, Germany - Wolfgang Schaeuble has won his parliamentary seat dozen times, survived attempt on his life and guided Angela Merkel through euro zone crisis. Now, German chancellor may have to sacrifice him to secure coalition deal. (GERMANY-ELECTION/SCHAEUBLE (PIX), moved, by Michael Nienaber and Paul Carrel, 925 words)
Polish lawmakers set to back judicial overhaul, defying protesters and EU
WARSAW - Polish lawmakers are set to defy European Union and massed opposition protesters by backing judicial overhaul denounced by critics as move toward authoritarian rule. (POLAND-POLITICS/JUDICIARY (UPDATE 2, PIX, TV), moved, by Agnieszka Barteczko and Pawel Florkiewicz, 706 words)
Berlin reviews Turkish arms requests as crisis deepens
ANKARA/BERLIN - Germany says it is reviewing applications for arms projects from Turkey, accusing its NATO ally of ramping up covert operations as attempt by Turkish minister to calm deepening bilateral crisis falls flat. (GERMANY-TURKEY/ (UPDATE 3, TV, PIX), moved, by Orhan Coskun and Michelle Martin, 710 words)
MIDDLE EAST
Hezbollah, Syria army launch offensive at Syrian-Lebanese border
BEIRUT - Lebanon's Hezbollah and Syrian army launch offensive to drive Islamist insurgents from their last foothold on Syrian-Lebanese border, pro-Damascus military commander says. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-LEBANON (UPDATE 6, PIX), moved, by Laila Bassam and Tom Perry, 687 words)
Three Palestinians killed amid tensions at Jerusalem holy site
JERUSALEM - Palestinian worshippers clash with Israeli security forces outside Jerusalem shrine in violence prompted by installation of metal detectors at its entry point, and at least three Palestinians are killed. (ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS/ (UPDATE 3, PIX, TV), expect by 2000 GMT/4 PM ET, by Luke Baker and Ori Lewis, 800 words)
ASIA
Pakistan's top court weighs dismissal of PM over corruption report
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's Supreme Court finishes hearing arguments on scathing corruption report into family wealth of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, and will begin deliberating whether to disqualify premier. (PAKISTAN-POLITICS/ (PIX), moved, by Drazen Jorgic, 452 words)
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