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Trump slams judge who lifts travel ban, vows to fight

WASHINGTON/DAMASCUS - U.S. President Donald Trump denounced a judge who lifted the travel ban he had imposed on citizens of seven mainly Muslim countries, taking an unusual jab at an independent branch of the U.S. government as he vowed to bring back the restrictions. (USA-TRUMP/IMMIGRATION (WRAPUP 8, PIX, TV), moving shortly, by Julia Edwards Ainsley and Kinda Makieh, 911 words

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- USA-TRUMP/JUDGE, moving shortly, by Mica Rosenberg, Nathan Layne and Tracy Rucinski, 800 words)

Iran vows 'roaring missiles' if threatened, defies new sanctions

DUBAI - A Revolutionary Guards commander says Iran would use its missiles if its security is under threat, as the elite force defies new U.S. sanctions on its missile program by holding a military exercise. (IRAN-USA/MILITARY (UPDATE 3), moved, by Bozorgmehr Sharafedin, 529 words)

- IRAN-USA/MATTIS (UPDATE 1, PICS, TV), moved, by Phil Stewart, 500 words

Father of Louvre attacker says son is not a terrorist

CAIRO - The father of the machete-wielding man who was shot by a guard as he tried to enter Paris's Louvre museum says his son is not an Islamist and the French only accuse him of terrorism to excuse the brutality used to stop him. (FRANCE-SHOOTING/SUSPECT-RELATIVES (TV), moved by Seham Eloraby, 302 words)

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- FRANCE-SHOOTING/ (PIX, GRAPHIC), moved, 125 words

U.S.-backed Syrian force in new phase of Raqqa assault

RAQQA PROVINCE, Syria/BEIRUT - An alliance of U.S.-backed militias starts a new phase of a campaign against Islamic State-held city of Raqqa, aiming to complete its encirclement and sever the road to militant strongholds in Deir al-Zor province. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-RAQQA (UPDATE 4, PIX), moved, by Rodi Said and Tom Perry, 650 words)

AMERICAS Google, unlike Microsoft, must turn over foreign emails -judge

A U.S. judge has ordered Google to comply with search warrants seeking customer emails stored outside the United States, diverging from a federal appeals court that reached the opposite conclusion in a similar case involving Microsoft Corp . (GOOGLE-USA/WARRANT (moved), by Jonathan Stempel, 416 words)

EUROPE

Le Pen kicks off campaign with promise of French "freedom"

LYON - French far-right leader Marine Le Pen kicks off her presidential campaign with a promise to shield voters from globalisation and make their country "free", hoping to profit from political turmoil to score a Donald Trump-style upset. (FRANCE-ELECTION/FN (UPDATE 3, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Ingrid Melander, 739 words)

France's Macron attacks Le Pen as frontrunners campaign

LYON - French presidential hopeful Emmanuel Macron launches an attack on far-right leader Marine Le Pen, saying she was betraying France's ideals, as the two frontrunners held rallies in the city of Lyon for a weekend of campaigning. (FRANCE-ELECTION/MACRON-LEPEN (moved), by Catherine Lagrange, 409 words)

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- FRANCE-ELECTION/FN-MANIFESTO (UPDATE 1, FACTBOX), moved, 600 words

- FRANCE-ELECTION/FILLON, moved, 227 words

Facing new challenger, Merkel rallies troublesome Bavarian ally

BERLIN/MUNICH - Chancellor Angela Merkel meets her Bavarian allies on Sunday for two days of talks aimed at rallying their troubled conservative alliance to take on the re-energised Social Democrats in a September election she expects to be "tough like no other". (GERMANY-POLITICS/MERKEL, moved, by Paul Carrel and Jörn Poltz, 445 words)

German magazine sparks furore with image of Trump beheading Statue of Liberty

BERLIN - German weekly magazine Der Spiegel sparks controversy at home and abroad with a front cover illustration of U.S. President Donald Trump beheading the Statue of Liberty. (USA-TRUMP/GERMANY-SPIEGEL (PIX), moved, 235 words)

ASIA

Australian foreign minister says U.S. refugee swap proceeding

SYDNEY - Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop says that a controversial refugee resettlement deal with the United States would go ahead, despite U.S. immigration officials postponing interviews with asylum seekers. (USA-TRUMP/AUSTRALIA-REFUGEES (TV), moved, 406 words)

Mattis reaffirms U.S. alliance with Japan "for years to come"

TOKYO - U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis wraps up a visit to Japan reaffirming Washington's commitment to its defense treaty with Tokyo amid concerns about President Donald Trump's approach to the region and the alliance. (JAPAN-USA/MATTIS (UPDATE 2, TV, PICTURES), moved, by Phil Stewart and Nobuhiro Kubo, 595 words)

After ending ceasefire, Philippine leader says peace talks over too

MANILA - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte says peace negotiations with Maoist-led rebels would be scrapped, five months after both sides resumed talks to end nearly five decades of conflict that has killed more than 40,000 people. (PHILIPPINES-REBELS/ (moved), moved, 340 words)

Philippine Catholic Church slams 'reign of terror' behind war on drugs

MANILA - The Philippines' Catholic Church says President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs is creating a "reign of terror" among the poor. (PHILIPPINES-DRUGS/CHURCH (UPDATE 2, PIX), by Clare Baldwin and Manuel Mogato, 776 words)

AFRICA

Convicted Nigerian politician returns to country from Britain

ABUJA/LONDON - James Ibori, who as governor of oil-rich Delta State became one of Nigeria's richest and most powerful men, returns to the country after serving a sentence for corruption in Britain, his lawyer says. (BRITAIN-NIGERIA/CORRUPTION-IBORI, moved, 346 words)

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