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Trump vows military build-up, hammers nationalist themes
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. /WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump says he will make massive budget request for one of the "greatest military buildups in American history" in feisty, campaign-style speech extolling robust nationalism to eager conservative activists.
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Trump vows military build-up, hammers nationalist themes
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md./WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump says he will make massive budget request for one of the "greatest military buildups in American history" in feisty, campaign-style speech extolling robust nationalism to eager conservative activists. (USA-TRUMP/ (UPDATE 3, PIX), expect by 2000 GMT/3 PM ET, by Emily Stephenson and Steve Holland, 700 words)
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- KANSAS-INDIA/VICTIM (UPDATE 1, TV, PIX), moved, by Aditya Kalra, 480 words
May's Conservatives gain UK parliament seat as rivals suffer setbacks
STOKE-ON-TRENT/WHITEHAVEN - British Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservatives secure landmark victory in parliamentary by-election, strengthening her hand ahead of Brexit negotiations as her rivals suffer damaging setbacks. (BRITAIN-ELECTIONS/ (UPDATE 5, PIX, TV), moved, by Darren Staples and Phil Noble, 635 words)
Kansas man charged in shooting of two Indians in possible hate crime
MILWAUKEE/NEW DELHI - Fifty-one-year-old Kansas man is charged with killing Indian engineer and wounding two other men when he opens fire in bar in what federal authorities probe as possible hate crime that shocks victim's home country. (KANSAS-INDIA/ (UPDATE 7, TV, PIX), expect by 2100 GMT/4 PM ET, by Brendan O'Brien and Aditya Kalra, 700 words)
U.S. diplomat warns against isolationism in implicit Trump rebuke
WASHINGTON - One of United States' longer-serving diplomats warns against protectionism, isolationism and Russian aggression in retirement speech that implicitly criticizes some of President Donald Trump policies even as it urges government employees to serve him loyally. (USA-TRUMP/DIPLOMAT, expect by 2130 GMT/4.30 PM ET, by Arshad Mohammed, 400 words)
UNITED STATES
Trump attacks FBI on leakers of Russia reports: "FIND NOW"
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump criticizes FBI for failing to stop leaks of national security information to media and directs agency to find those who pass on classified information. (USA-TRUMP/FBI (UPDATE 2), moved, 409 words)
AMERICAS
Proud Mexico spurns U.S. aid under review by Trump
MEXICO CITY - Mexico does not need financial aid from United States, Interior Minister Miguel Angel Osorio Chong says, after President Donald Trump orders report on U.S. assistance to its southern neighbor over past five years. (USA-MEXICO/ (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved, 308 words)
EUROPE
Merkel's conservatives edge ahead of Social Democrats in poll
BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives hold narrow opinion poll lead over center-left Social Democrats, whose support surges in recent weeks. (GERMANY-ELECTION/POLL (UPDATE 1), moved, by Michelle Martin and Thorsten Severin, 338 words)
Greek PM says bailout review to be concluded in March after 'honorable compromise'
ATHENS - Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras defends deal reached between Athens and its foreign creditors for further reforms in return for bailout aid, saying it is "honorable compromise." (EUROZONE-GREECE/PM (UPDATE 1, TV), moved, 323 words)
MIDDLE EAST
Islamic State car bomb kills more than 50 in northwest Syria
BEIRUT/ISTANBUL - Islamic State car bomb kills more than 50 people in Syrian village held by rebels, war monitor says, day after jihadist group is driven from its last stronghold in area. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-ISLAMIC STATE (UPDATE 4, PIX), moved, by Angus McDowall and Humeyra Pamuk, 611 words)
Iraqi forces punch into western Mosul, launch air strikes in Syria
SOUTH OF MOSUL, Iraq - U.S.-backed Iraqi forces push into western Mosul after retaking city's airport from Islamic State, as aid agencies warn most dangerous phase of offensive is about to begin for hundreds of thousands of civilians. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/IRAQ-MOSUL (UPDATE 1, TV, PIX), moved, by Stephen Kalin and Isabel Coles, 643 words)
No sign of thaw in Syrian talks as UN envoy offers working paper
GENEVA - U.N. mediator Staffan de Mistura hands working paper on procedural issues to delegations at Syrian peace talks, but there appears little prospect of them meeting directly soon. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-JAAFARI (UPDATE 3, TV, PIX), moved, by Stephanie Nebehay and John Irish, 467 words)
AFRICA
EXCLUSIVE-How money flowed to Gambia's ex president
DAKAR - Funds from dollar bank account in name of Jammeh Foundation for Peace, charity founded by Gambia's former president Yahya Jammeh, flowed to Jammeh himself, not to foundation projects, according to bank records and interviews with former charity official and former presidential staff member. (GAMBIA-JAMMEH/ (EXCLUSIVE, PIX), moved, by Edward McAllister and Emma Farge, 1,290 words)
ASIA
Chemical weapon VX nerve agent killed North Korean leader's half brother - Malaysian police
KUALA LUMPUR - VX nerve agent, chemical U.N. classifies as weapon of mass destruction, was used to kill estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Malaysia, police say. (NORTHKOREA-MALAYSIA/KIM (WRAPUP 3, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Rozanna Latiff and Emily Chow, 784 words)
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