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Associated Press Tuesday, 1 September 2015, 08:02 Last update: about 10 years ago

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Submerged countries, abandoned cities and floods of refugees await the world barring urgent action on climate change, President Barack Obama warns, painting a doomsday scenario as he opened a visit to Alaska. 

OBAMA-IRAN NUCLEAR

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says people who attack Jews who support the Iran nuclear deal are like African-Americans who differ with him on policy and then conclude he's "not black enough." 

CLINTON EMAILS-LEGAL

WASHINGTON — Experts in U.S. government secrecy law see almost no possibility of criminal action against Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton or her top aides in connection with now-classified information sent over unsecure email while she was secretary of state, based on the public evidence thus far. 

COLOMBIA-VENEZUELA

BOGOTA, Colombia — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro accuses Colombia's government of giving its consent to a plan to assassinate him as both countries try to rally regional support in a border dispute exacerbating tensions between the two neighbors. 

ARGENTINA-PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Argentina's leading presidential candidate dismisses claims that he won't remain independent from outgoing President Cristina Fernandez and says he would seek to bridge divisions in this politically polarized South American country. 

DEPUTY SHOT-HOUSTON

HOUSTON — The man accused of shooting and killing a suburban Houston officer has a history of mental illness and once lived in a homeless shelter, authorities say.By Juan A. Lozano. AP Photos. AP Video.

JEWISH SITE SHOOTINGS

OLATHE, Kansas The man who admitted killing three people at two suburban Kansas City Jewish sites gives jurors a Nazi salute after they convict him of murder and other charges for the shootings, which he said would allow him to "die a martyr." By Heather Hollingsworth. AP Photos.

SUICIDE BOMB PLOT-KANSAS

WICHITA, Kansas — A Kansas man who plotted a suicide bomb attack aimed at causing "maximum carnage" at a Wichita airport is sentenced to 20 years in prison. 

GUATEMALA-POLITICAL CRISIS

GUATEMALA CITY — The embattled president of Guatemala says a corruption scandal shaking his administration is not reason enough to postpone national elections set for this weekend.

GAY MARRIAGE-KENTUCKY

MOREHEAD, Kentucky — The U.S. Supreme Court rules against the Kentucky county clerk who has refused to issue same-sex marriage licenses, and the clerk will arrive at work Tuesday morning to face her moment of truth. 

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