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Arab powers sever Qatar ties, citing support for militants
DUBAI - Arab world's biggest powers cut ties with Qatar over alleged support for Islamists and Iran, reopening festering wound two weeks after U. S. President Donald Trump's demand for Muslim states to fight terrorism.
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Arab powers sever Qatar ties, citing support for militants
DUBAI - Arab world's biggest powers cut ties with Qatar over alleged support for Islamists and Iran, reopening festering wound two weeks after U.S. President Donald Trump's demand for Muslim states to fight terrorism. (GULF-QATAR/ (WRAPUP 5, GRAPHIC, PIX, TV), moved, by Noah Browning, 1297 words)
+ See also:
- GULF-QATAR/USA, moving shortly, by Arshad Mohammed and Steve Holland, 600 words
- GULF-QATAR/EGYPT (UPDATE 3), moved, by Amina Ismail, 971 words
UK police reveal names of London attackers, say one investigated before
LONDON - British police and security services had previously investigated one of Islamist militants who carried out attack in London, but with resources scarce, he was not deemed enough of threat to warrant close monitoring, police say. (BRITAIN-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 3, PIX, TV), moved, by Costas Pitas and David Milliken, 903 words)
Trump complicates travel ban case by grumbling at Justice Department
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump accuses his own Justice Department of watering down his temporary travel ban on people from several predominantly Muslim countries, potentially hurting his case in Supreme Court on matter. (USA-IMMIGRATION/ (UPDATE 4, PIX), moved, by Mica Rosenberg and Andrew Chung, 946 words)
UNITED STATES
Trump will not block ex-FBI chief Comey's testimony -White House
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump will not invoke executive privilege to block former FBI Director James Comey's scheduled testimony before Congress this week, White House says. (USA-TRUMP/RUSSIA-COMEY (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), moved, 199 words)
U.S. services, factory data point to moderate economic growth
WASHINGTON - U.S. services sector activity slows as new orders tumble, but jump in employment to near two-year high points to sustained labor market strength. (USA-ECONOMY/ (WRAPUP 3), moved, by Lucia Mutikani, 580 words)
U.S. Supreme Court limits SEC's power to recover ill-gotten gains
WASHINGTON - U.S. Supreme Court scales back Securities and Exchange Commission's power to recover ill-gotten profits from defendants' misconduct, handing Wall Street firms victory and dealing another blow to regulator's enforcement powers. (USA-COURT/SEC (UPDATE 2, PIX), moved, by Sarah N. Lynch and Lawrence Hurley, 440 words)
U.S. Supreme Court to settle major cellphone privacy case
WASHINGTON - Police officers for first time could be required to obtain warrants to get data on past locations of criminal suspects based on cellphone use under major case on privacy rights in digital age taken up by U.S. Supreme Court. (USA-COURT/MOBILEPHONE (UPDATE 4, PIX), moved, by Lawrence Hurley, 812 words)
U.S. top court again faults North Carolina on voting rights
WASHINGTON - U.S. Supreme Court faults North Carolina again in racially tinged voting rights case, upholding lower court's ruling that Republican lawmakers mapped state legislative districts in way that diluted clout of black voters. (USA-COURT/ELECTION (UPDATE 2, PIX), moved, by Lawrence Hurley, 592 words)
Fired factory worker kills five at former Florida workplace
Man who was fired from his job at awnings factory returns to his old workplace near Orlando, Fla., and fatally shoots five people he targeted, before killing himself, county sheriff says. (FLORIDA-SHOOTING/ (UPDATE 5, PIX, TV), moved, by Bernie Woodall, 382 words)
Cosby said pill would 'relax' her, alleged sex victim testifies
NORRISTOWN, Pa. - First witness to testify in Bill Cosby's sex assault trial says comedian drugged her before sexually abusing her in 1998, same method he stands accused of using in alleged 2004 attack that he is on trial for. (PEOPLE-COSBY/ (UPDATE 5, PIX, TV), moving shortly, by Joseph Ax, 500 words)
AMERICAS
U.S. commerce chief extends deadline in Mexico sugar trade talks
WASHINGTON/MEXICO CITY - U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross extends deadline for U.S.-Mexico sugar trade negotiations by 24 hours, and two sources say U.S. industry adds new demands after provisional deal is struck by governments. (USA-TRADE/MEXICO (WRAPUP 1, PIX, TV), moved, by David Lawder, Adriana Barrera and Anthony Esposito, 357 words)
Mexico ruling party narrowly fends off leftist in major state election
TOLUCA, Mexico - Mexico's ruling party fends off leftist challenger in major state election seen as test run for presidential vote next year. (MEXICO-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 3, PIX, TV), moved, by Michael O'Boyle, 910 words)
ASIA
Top U.S. diplomat in China quits over Trump climate policy
WASHINGTON - David Rank, chargé d'affaires of U.S. Embassy in Beijing, leaves State Department over Trump administration's decision to quit Paris agreement to fight climate change, senior U.S. official says. (USA-CHINA/DIPLOMACY, moved, by David Brunnstrom and John Walcott, 355 words)
SCIENCE
With a sloppy 'kiss,' intrepid fish enjoys perilous feast
WASHINGTON - Kiss from colorful reef fish called tubelip wrasse is no one's idea of romance, being so full of slime and suction, but it is perfectly suited for eating hazardous diet using one of animal kingdom's more unique feeding strategies. (SCIENCE-FISH/ (PIX), moved, by Will Dunham, 392 words)
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