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LONDON - Four people are killed and at least 20 injured in London after car plows into pedestrians and attacker stabs policeman close to British parliament in what police call "marauding terrorist attack. "
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Four dead, at least 20 injured in UK parliament 'terrorist' attack
LONDON - Four people are killed and at least 20 injured in London after car plows into pedestrians and attacker stabs policeman close to British parliament in what police call "marauding terrorist attack." (BRITAIN-SECURITY/ (UPDATE 10, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Toby Melville and William James, 976 words)
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- BRITAIN-SECURITY/USA (UPDATE 2), moved, by Laila Kearney, 274 words
Trump fights for support ahead of U.S. healthcare vote
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump and Republican congressional leaders appear to be losing battle to get enough support in House of Representatives to pass their Obamacare rollback bill, watched by wary investors in financial markets. (USA-OBAMACARE/ (UPDATE 5, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), expect by 2230 GMT/6.30 PM ET, by David Morgan and Susan Cornwell, 900 words)
Democrats grill U.S. high court nominee over Trump concerns
WASHINGTON - Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch says presidents must obey court orders and expresses uncertainty about language in Constitution barring U.S. government officials from taking payments from foreign country as Democrats grill him on issues involving President Donald Trump. (USA-COURT/GORSUCH (UPDATE 3, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Lawrence Hurley and Andrew Chung, 825 words)
Tillerson pledges safe areas for refugees, more pressure on Islamic State
WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says United States will set up "interim zones of stability" to help refugees return home in next phase of the fight against Islamic State and al Qaeda in Syria and Iraq. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/USA (UPDATE 4, PIX, TV), moved, by Lesley Wroughton and Yara Bayoumy, 538 words)
U.S. may accuse North Korea in Bangladesh cyber heist -WSJ
NEW YORK - U.S. prosecutors are building potential cases that would accuse North Korea of directing theft of $81 million from Bangladesh Bank's account at Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Wall Street Journal reports, citing people familiar with matter. (CYBER-HEIST/BANGLADESH-NORTHKOREA (UPDATE 1), moved, 257 words)
SPECIAL REPORT
In South Africa, immigration feeds corrupt officials and race hate
JOHANNESBURG - Many migrants to South Africa say they are prey to corruption and violence. One Nigerian is suing authorities over his alleged maltreatment. (SAFRICA-MIGRANTS/CORRUPTION (SPECIAL REPORT, PIX, GRAPHIC), moved, by Joe Brock, 2,076 words)
UNITED STATES
Lawmaker suggests U.S. surveillance of foreigners picked up Trump calls
WASHINGTON - Republican chairman of U.S. House of Representatives intelligence committee says some of President Donald Trump's personal communications may have been caught up in "incidental" surveillance involving foreign power in months after the election. (USA-TRUMP/SURVEILLANCE (UPDATE 3, PIX), moving shortly, by Patricia Zengerle, 600 words)
EXCLUSIVE-Lead poisoning afflicts neighborhoods across California
NEW YORK - Dozens of California communities experience recent rates of childhood lead poisoning that surpass those of Flint, Mich., with one Fresno locale showing rates nearly three times higher, blood testing data obtained by Reuters show. (USA-LEAD/CALIFORNIA (EXCLUSIVE, PIX), moved, by Joshua Schneyer and M.B. Pell, 1,171 words)
Tight supply, higher prices weigh on U.S. home sales
WASHINGTON - U.S. home resales fall more than expected amid persistent shortage of houses on market that is pushing up prices and sidelining prospective buyers. (USA-ECONOMY/ (WRAPUP 2, PIX), moved, by Lucia Mutikani, 721 words)
AMERICAS
U.S. farm heartland lobbies to steer Trump away from Mexico trade war
GARNER, Iowa/MEXICO CITY - Farmers in U.S. agricultural heartland that help elect Donald Trump are now pushing his administration to avoid trade dispute with Mexico, fearing retaliatory tariffs that could hit more than $3 billion in U.S. exports. (USA-MEXICO/TRADE (PIX, TV), moved, by Jason Lange and Alexandra Alper, 851 words)
Macri public school gaffe helps fuel Argentine teachers' protest
BUENOS AIRES - Wage strike and massive street protest by Argentine school teachers are energized by anger over disparaging comment that President Mauricio Macri makes about country's public education system. (ARGENTINA-STRIKE/TEACHERS (TV, PIX), moved, by Hugh Bronstein, 386 words)
ASIA
North Korea missile test fails, U.S. and South say, as tensions simmer
SEOUL - North Korean missile appears to explode just after it is launched, U.S. and South Korean militaries say after detecting latest in series of weapons tests by nuclear-armed state that alarms region. (NORTHKOREA-MISSILES/ (UPDATE 5, TV, PIX), moved, by Ju-min Park, 611 words)
EUROPE
France's Fillon says government is behind media leaks against him
PARIS - Right-wing presidential candidate Francois Fillon, hit by new damaging disclosures, accuses Socialist government of organizing campaign of media leaks about his financial affairs to neutralize him as force in election. (FRANCE-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 2, TV, PIX), moved, by Richard Balmforth, 712 words)
EU puts citizens' rights first as it sets Brexit talk conditions
BRUSSELS - European Union's chief Brexit negotiator spells out bloc's conditions for talks, saying securing rights of some 4.5 million EU and British citizens living abroad is paramount. (BRITAIN-EU/BARNIER (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), moved, by Jan Strupczewski, 733 words)
Erdogan warns Europeans 'will not walk safely' if attitude persists, as row carries on
ANKARA - President Tayyip Erdogan says Europeans will not be able to walk safely on streets if they keep up their current attitude toward Turkey, his latest salvo in row over campaigning by Turkish politicians in Europe. (TURKEY-REFERENDUM/EUROPE (UPDATE 3, PIX, TV), moved, by Ece Toksabay and Tuvan Gumrukcu, 588 words)
MIDDLE EAST
U.S.-led coalition airdrops forces in Raqqa province
BEIRUT - U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State for first time airdrops local ground forces behind enemy lines near ISIS-held town of Tabqa in northern Syria, Pentagon says, opening new front in campaign to recapture nearby Raqqa city. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-TABQA (UPDATE 3), moved, by Ellen Francis and Tom Perry, 688 words)
EXCLUSIVE-Iran steps up support for Houthis in Yemen's war - sources
LONDON/ANKARA/DUBAI - Iran is sending advanced weapons and military advisers to Yemen's rebel Houthi movement, stepping up support for its Shi'ite ally in civil war whose outcome could sway balance of power in Middle East, regional and Western sources say. (YEMEN-IRAN/HOUTHIS (UPDATE 2, EXCLUSIVE, PIX), moved, by Jonathan Saul, Parisa Hafezi and Michael Georgy, 1,310 words)
SCIENCE
Revolutionary overhaul of dinosaur family tree proposed
WASHINGTON - Scientists propose radical overhaul of dinosaur family tree first laid out in 1888. (SCIENCE-DINOSAURS/ (PIX), moved, by Will Dunham, 401 words)
Arctic ice sets new record low for winter -scientists
OSLO - Extent of sea ice in Arctic Ocean sets new record low for wintertime in region strongly affected by long-term trends of global warming, U.S. and European scientists say. (CLIMATECHANGE-ARCTIC/ (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved, by Alister Doyle, 423 words)
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