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Iraqi Prime Minister congratulates armed forces for Mosul 'victory'
MOSUL, Iraq - Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi arrives in Mosul and congratulates the armed forces for their "victory" over Islamic State after nearly nine months of urban warfare, bringing an end to jihadist rule in the city.
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Iraqi Prime Minister congratulates armed forces for Mosul 'victory'
MOSUL, Iraq - Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi arrives in Mosul and congratulates the armed forces for their "victory" over Islamic State after nearly nine months of urban warfare, bringing an end to jihadist rule in the city. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/IRAQ (UPDATE 7, PIX, TV), moved, by Stephen Kalin, 785 words)
U.S.-Russian ceasefire deal holding in southwest Syria
BEIRUT - A U.S.-Russian brokered ceasefire for southwest Syria holds through the day, a monitor and rebels say, in the first peacemaking effort of the war by the U.S. government under President Donald Trump. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA (UPDATE 7, PIX), moved, by Ellen Francis, 615 words)
Republicans deride Trump's idea for cyber security unit with Russia
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump says he and Russia's president have discussed forming a cyber security unit, an idea harshly criticized by Republicans who say Moscow cannot be trusted after its alleged meddling in the 2016 U.S. election. (USA-TRUMP/RUSSIA (UPDATE 2, PIX, TV), moved, by Valerie Volcovici and Yasmeen Abutaleb, 788 words)
AMERICAS
Trump's son met Russian lawyer after promise of information on Clinton -NY Times
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's son Donald Trump Jr. agreed to meet with a Kremlin-linked lawyer during the 2016 campaign after being promised damaging information about Hillary Clinton, the New York Times reports, citing three advisers to the White House. (USA-RUSSIA/TRUMP-CLINTON (UPDATE 1), moving shortly, 422 words)
Republicans voice growing doubts on U.S. healthcare bill's fate
WASHINGTON - Republicans express increasing pessimism about the prospects for the healthcare bill in the U.S. Senate aimed at rolling back Obamacare as lawmakers prepare to return from a week-long recess. (USA-HEALTHCARE/ (UPDATE 4), moved, by Yasmeen Abutaleb, 687 words)
Buoyed by Lopez release, Venezuela opposition rallies for 100th day
CARACAS - Galvanized by the release from jail of hardline leader Leopoldo Lopez, Venezuelan opposition supporters mark 100 days of protests against a socialist government they blame for political repression and economic misery. (VENEZUELA-POLITICS/ (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), moved, by Diego Oré and Girish Gupta, 565 words)
+ See also:
- VENEZUELA-POLITICS/LOPEZ (PIX, TV), moved, by Alexandra Ulmer, 897 words
EUROPE
Huge crowd rallies in Istanbul against Turkey's post-coup crackdown
ISTANBUL - Turkey's main opposition leader tells a huge protest rally that the country is living under dictatorship and pledges to keep challenging the crackdown launched by the authorities after last year's failed military coup. (TURKEY-SECURITY/MARCH (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), moved by Umit Bektas and Humeyra Pamuk, 569 words)
+ See also:
- USA-TURKEY/ (PIX, TV), moved, 378 words
- GERMANY-TURKEY/AIRFORCE, moved, by Francesco Canepa and Tulay Karadeniz, 275 words
Ukraine's gloom over Trump lifts as Tillerson visits
KIEV - U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says Russia must make the first move to bring peace to eastern Ukraine, during a first official visit to Kiev that President Petro Poroshenko calls a powerful signal of U.S. support. (UKRAINE-USA/TILLERSON (PIX, TV), moved, by Jonathan Landay and Matthias Williams, 929 words)
French conservative heavyweight Pecresse to lead political splinter group
PARIS - Valerie Pecresse, who leads France's main conservative party in the greater Paris region, is to form her own political movement, the latest sign that traditional French political parties are splitting up. (FRANCE-POLITICS/, moved, 352 words)
MIDDLE EAST
As Mosul battle ends, struggle over Iraq's future intensifies
ERBIL, Iraq - After almost nine months of fierce fighting, the campaign to recapture Mosul from Islamic State is drawing to a bitter end in the ruins of the city's historic quarter, but the struggle for Iraq's future is far from over. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/IRAQ-FUTURE (PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Samia Nakhoul, 1,186 words)
AFRICA
Congo election commission president says 2017 presidential vote probably not possible
KINSHASA - The president of Democratic Republic of Congo's electoral commission says a vote to replace President Joseph Kabila will probably not be possible this year, violating a deal that let Kabila stay on past the end of his mandate. (CONGO-POLITICS/ (UPDATE 1), moved, 223 words)
Zimbabwe's Mugabe in Singapore for medical treatment -paper
HARARE - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, 93, is in Singapore for medical treatment, in his third such visit this year, a newspaper reports. (ZIMBABWE-MUGABE/), moved, by MacDonald Dzirutwe, 300 words)
ASIA
Foreign doctors say sick Chinese dissident Liu can be taken overseas
SHENYANG, China - Ailing Chinese Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo can be moved abroad safely for treatment and he wants to go to either Germany or the United States, but it needs to happen soon, two foreign doctors who visited him say. (CHINA-RIGHTS/LIU (UPDATE 3, PIX), by Christian Shepherd, 597 words)
Vote count begins in Papua New Guinea amid electoral roll confusion
SYDNEY - Vote counting begins in Papua New Guinea signalling an end to a general election marred by poor organisation and opposition accusations of electoral roll irregularities, which experts say could ignite protests. (PAPUA-ELECTION/), moved, by Ben Cooper, 357 words)
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