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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the test-firing of a new weapon again on Friday morning, state media KCNA said on Saturday.

USA-IMMIGRATION/ U.S. appeals court deals partial setback to Trump rule to curtail asylum

A U.S. appeals court on Friday dealt a setback to the Trump administration attempt to bar almost all asylum applications at the U.S.-Mexico border, but stopped short of applying its decision nationwide. U.S.

PEOPLE-JEFFREY EPSTEIN/AUTOPSY Autopsy finds Epstein death was suicide by hanging -medical examiner

NEW YORK, Aug 16 (Reuters) - An autopsy has determined that financier Jeffrey Epstein, who was found dead in jail while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges, died of suicide by hanging, New York's Office of Chief Medical Examiner said on Friday. USA-CUSTOMS/OUTAGES

Thousands of travelers delayed at U.S. airports by computer outage WASHINGTON, Aug 16 (Reuters) - Thousands of travelers at U.S. airports faced delays late on Friday because of an nationwide outage of U.S. Customs and Border Protection's (CBP) processing systems, officials said.

BUSINESS AMAZON.COM-IRS/

Amazon.com defeats IRS appeal in U.S. tax dispute Amazon.com Inc on Friday defeated an appeal by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service in what the online retailer has called a $1.5 billion dispute over its tax treatment of transactions with a Luxembourg subsidiary.

USA-ECONOMY/ U.S. housing market mired in weakness; consumer sentiment ebbs

WASHINGTON, Aug 16 (Reuters) - U.S. homebuilding fell for a third straight month in July amid a steep decline in the construction of multi-family housing units, but a jump in permits to a seven-month high offered hope for the struggling housing market. ENTERTAINMENT

MUSIC-WOODSTOCK/RETROSPECTIVE 'Creating Woodstock': how festival came together, and almost fell apart

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Mick Richards was among the 450,000 people at Woodstock in 1969, but he did not think much about his “uneventful” 24 hours there until years later, when his teenage son started asking about the festival. AUCTION-EDSHEERAN/KETCHUP

Sheeran design Heinz Ketchup bottle sells for 1,500 pounds LONDON, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Three limited-edition bottles of Heinz Tomato Ketchup based on the tattoos of British songwriter Ed Sheeran, a dedicated fan of the condiment, sold at auction in London on Thursday, with one going under the hammer for 1,500 pounds ($1,816).

SPORTS TENNIS-CINCINNATI/WOMEN

Barty regroups, romps into Cincinnati semi-finals Top seed Ash Barty rallied from a set down to power into the semi-finals of the Cincinnati Masters on Friday.

USA-AIRPLANE/EARNHARDT U.S. safety agencies investigate plane crash involving racecar driver Dale Earnhardt Jr

Two U.S. safety agencies are investigating the crash of a small plane in Tennessee on Thursday that was carrying retired racecar driver Dale Earnhardt Jr., his wife and daughter, officials said. UPCOMING

POLITICS / INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS HONGKONG-PROTESTS/ (PIX) (TV)

Hong Kong protesters hold “Reclaim Hung Hom and To Kwa Wan, Restore Tranquility to Our Homeland” Demonstration Tens of thousands of Hong Kong protesters are expected to hold a ”Reclaim Hung Hom and To Kwa Wan, Restore Tranquility to Our Homeland” Demonstration.

17 Aug 03:30 ET / 07:30 GMT RUSSIA-POLITICS/PROTESTS (PIX) (TV)

Opposition activists expected to gather in Moscow in support of free elections Russian opposition activists expected to gather in Moscow in support of free elections. They plan to stage 1-person pickets which do not require authorities' permission.

17 Aug HUNGARY-GERMANY/IRON CURTAIN-PREVIEW (PIX) (TV)

Eye-witnesses of the Pan-European picnic in 1989 recall events ahead of the 30th anniversary Eye-witnesses of the Pan-European picnic in 1989 recall events that led to the first breach of the Iron Curtain in the town of Sopron which is being commemorate on August 19 by leaders of Germany and Hungary.

17 Aug CONFLICTS / WAR / PEACE

INDIA-KASHMIR/ (PIX) (TV) Monitoring situation in Kashmir as some telephone connectivity to resume from Friday night

Authorities will begin restoring some telephone lines in Indian Kashmir from Friday night, including in the main city of Srinagar where afternoon prayers went peacefully amid heavy security, the top state official said. 17 Aug

ARTS / CULTURE / ENTERTAINMENT MUSIC-WOODSTOCK/ (PIX)

50th Woodstock anniversary music and culture festival Three- day festival of music and culture celebrating the 50th anniversary of the 1969 Woodstock festival takes place on the original site, now owned by the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts

17 Aug MUSIC-WOODSTOCK/REUNION

'By the time we got back to Woodstock, we were 50 years older' Plans for an ambitious 50th anniversary festival fizzled, but those who attended the 1969 event - and those who wish they did – will have two venues for reliving the experience or imagining it. A more modest Woodstock reunion concert and camp is being staged a mile down the road from the upstate New York field where the 1969 festival took place. At the same time, a line-up of artists who performed 50 years ago will take the stage at the Bethel Center, on the site of Max Yasgur’s legendary farm.

17 Aug