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U. S. Senate panel compels former Trump aide to attend Russia hearing
WASHINGTON - U. S. Senate panel says it will compel Paul Manafort, a former campaign manager to President Donald Trump, to appear at hearing as part of its probe of alleged Russian meddling in 2016 presidential election.
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U.S. Senate panel compels former Trump aide to attend Russia hearing
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate panel says it will compel Paul Manafort, a former campaign manager to President Donald Trump, to appear at hearing as part of its probe of alleged Russian meddling in 2016 presidential election. (USA-TRUMP/RUSSIA (WRAPUP 2, PIX, TV), expect by 1900 GMT/3 PM ET, by Patricia Zengerle and Amanda Becker, 600 words)
U.S. Senate sets crucial healthcare vote as McCain makes dramatic return
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate plans critical vote on seven-year Republican effort to repeal Obamacare, with Sen. John McCain making dramatic return to U.S. Capitol to cast potential deciding vote while battling brain cancer. (USA-HEALTHCARE/ (UPDATE 3, PIX, TV), moving shortly, by Susan Cornwell, 500 words)
Israel removes Jerusalem metal detectors, Palestinians reject new measures
JERUSALEM - Israel removes metal detectors from entrances to Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City in favor of CCTV cameras, hoping to calm days of bloodshed, but Palestinians say modified security measures are still unacceptable. (ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS/ (UPDATE 5, PIX, TV), moved, by Ori Lewis, 770 words)
EXCLUSIVE-Australia to accept first Central American refugees under U.S. deal -sources
SYDNEY - Australia will accept several dozen Central American refugees within next few months, two sources familiar with process tell Reuters, first transfers under controversial refugee swap arrangement agreed with United States. (USA-TRUMP/AUSTRALIA-REFUGEES (UPDATE 1, EXCLUSIVE, PIX, GRAPHIC), moved, by Colin Packham, 627 words)
Venezuela opposition says two more magistrates arrested
CARACAS - Venezuelan intelligence agents arrest two more people named to alternative Supreme Court in defiance of President Nicolas Maduro's government during fast-escalating political showdown, opposition says. (VENEZUELA-POLITICS/ (UPDATE 2, PIX, TV), moving shortly, by Anggy Polanco and Andrew Cawthorne, 400 words)
SPECIAL REPORT
Student loan borrowers, herded into default, face a relentless collector: the U.S.
PHILADELPHIA - Education Department and its loan servicers, many of them accused of steering debtors away from affordable repayment plans, are clawing back billions of dollars by going after wages, tax refunds and even Social Security benefits. (USA-STUDENTLOANS/ (SPECIAL REPORT, PIX, GRAPHICS), moved, by Michelle Conlin, 3,236 words)
UNITED STATES
Prospect of Trump tariff casts pall over U.S. solar industry
LOS ANGELES - U.S. solar companies are snapping up cheap imported solar panels ahead of trade decision by Trump administration that could drive up costs and cloud fortunes of one of the economy's brighter stars. (USA-TRADE/SOLAR (INSIGHT, PIX, GRAPHICS), moved, by Nichola Groom, 1,237 words)
EUROPE
Polish president's vetoes unsettle ruling coalition
WARSAW - Polish President Andrzej Duda ratifies one of three judicial reform bills, but his veto of two others deals blow to conservative Law and Justice party and threatens to sow divisions in coalition it heads. (POLAND-JUDICIARY/BILL (UPDATE 3, PIX), moved, by Marcin Goclowski and Agnieszka Barteczko, 769 words)
Parents, UK hospital clash over taking baby Charlie Gard home to die
LONDON - Parents of terminally ill baby Charlie Gard accuse London hospital of preventing their son from coming home to die, latest harrowing confrontation in legal battle that raises emotions far and wide. (BRITAIN-BABY/HOSPITAL (UPDATE 4, PIX, TV), moving shortly, by Michael Holden, 700 words)
MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA
Libya's PM, eastern commander commit to ceasefire, election
CELLE-SAINT-CLOUD, France - Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Serraj and divided country's eastern commander Khalifa Haftar commit to conditional cease-fire and to work toward conducting elections next spring in talks chaired by French President Emmanuel Macron. (LIBYA-SECURITY/FRANCE (UPDATE 3, PIX, TV), by Marine Pennetier, 553 words)
Air strikes, shelling strain Moscow-backed Damascus truce
BEIRUT - Air strikes kill at least nine people in Eastern Ghouta area near Damascus and insurgent shelling from rebel-held area lands near Russian embassy, war monitor reports. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-GHOUTA (UPDATE 3, PIX, TV), moved, 394 words)
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