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Burundi army officer says sacks president, crowds celebrate
BUJUMBURA - A Burundi army general says he has sacked Pierre Nkurunziza as president for seeking an unconstitutional third term in office, and is working with civil society groups to form a transitional government. (BURUNDI-POLITICS/ (UPDATE 4, TV, PICTURE), expect by 1430 GMT/10.30 AM ET, by Njuwa Maina, 420 words)
Gunmen kill 43 in Pakistan's Karachi
KARACHI, Pakistan - Gunmen on motorcycles board a bus and open fire on commuters in Pakistan's volatile southern city of Karachi, killing at least 43, police say, in the latest attack directed against religious minorities this year. (PAKISTAN-ATTACK/ (UPDATE 5, PICTURE), moved, by Syed Raza Hassan, 500 words)
Europe seeks to open door to 20,000 migrants, Britain opts out
BRUSSELS - The European Union's executive proposes taking in 20,000 migrants over two years and distributing them across Europe, a plan Britain, one of its largest members, has already opted out of. (EUROPE-MIGRANTS/PROPOSAL (UPDATE 2, PICTURE, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Robin Emmott and Francesco Guarascio, 560 words)
Hundreds search for U.S. helicopter after second Nepal quake kills scores
CHARIKOT, Nepal - Hundreds of Nepali troops search for a missing U.S. Marine helicopter with eight people on board, a day after the second powerful earthquake in less than three weeks killed scores and sent panicked residents rushing out of buildings. (QUAKE-NEPAL/ (WRAPUP 3, PICTURE, TV), expect by 1430 GMT/10.30 AM ET, by Krista Mahr and Ross Adkin, 740 words)
MIDDLE EAST
Yemen truce broadly holds, but reports of violations
CAIRO/ADEN - A five-day humanitarian truce in Yemen appears to be broadly holding, despite reports of air strikes overnight by Saudi-led forces and continued military operations by the country's dominant Iranian-allied Houthi group in the south. (YEMEN-SECURITY/ (WRAPUP 1, PICTURE, TV), moved, by Mohammed Ghobari and Mohammed Mukhashaf, 530 words)
+ See also:
-YEMEN-SECURITY/HERITAGE (PICTURE), moved, by Noah Browning and Mohammed Ghobari, 490 words
Hezbollah, Syrian army make big gains in border battle
BEIRUT - Lebanon's Hezbollah and the Syrian army make big advances against insurgents in the region north of Damascus, Hezbollah and Syrian state media says, shoring up President Bashar al-Assad's grip on a crucial border zone. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA (UPDATE 3), moving shortly, 395 words)
+ See also:
- MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-TOLL, moved, 100 words
Israel's vulnerable governing coalition passes first test
JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's emerging government scrapes by its first parliamentary test, paving the way for the new cabinet to be sworn in after two months of difficult coalition building. (ISRAEL-POLITICS/ (TV, PICTURE), moved, by Maayan Lubell, 432 words)
Turkey probes alleged links in army with U.S.-based cleric, defence minister says
ISTANBUL - A Turkish military prosecutor has opened an investigation into allegations that a U.S.-based Islamic preacher has sympathisers within the armed forces, Defence Minister Ismet Yilmaz tells the state-run Anadolu news agency. (TURKEY-MILITARY/ (UPDATE 1), moved, 350 words)
EUROPE
Macedonia's ruling party offers new concession in wire-tap scandal
SKOPJE - Macedonia's ruling party offers a parliamentary probe into a mass wiretap scandal, a fresh concession designed to save Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski from growing popular anger. (MACEDONIA-CRISIS/, moved, by Kole Casule, 400 words)
NATO to keep some troops in Afghanistan after 2016
ANTALYA, Turkey - NATO will keep some troops in Afghanistan even after its current training mission ends around the end of next year, the alliance says, in a signal of support for Afghan security forces struggling to repel a Taliban offensive. (NATO-MINISTERS/AFGHANISTAN (UPDATE 1), moved, by Adrian Croft, 345 words)
+ See also:
- NATO-MINISTERS/ (UPDATE 1, TV), moved, by Adrian Croft and Tulay Karadeniz, 360 words
- AFGHANISTAN-ATTACK/ (UPDATE 1), moved, 240 words
Trouble for UK plan to stop human rights "mission creep"
LONDON - Britain's new government wants to rewrite national human rights law to reduce the influence of a European court under an election promise which has divided the ruling party and prompted warnings that basic rights are under threat. (BRITAIN-POLITICS/RIGHTS, moved, by Estelle Shirbon, 1,000 words)
+ See also:
- BRITAIN-POLITICS/UKIP, moved, 230 words
- BRITAIN-MILITANTS/, moved, 245 words
- SCOTLAND/TAXATION, expect by 1400 GMT/10 AM ET, by Tom Bergin, 800 words
UNITED STATES
At least six die in Philadelphia train derailment, scores hurt
PHILADELPHIA - Rescue workers search through twisted metal and debris after an Amtrak train derailed in Philadelphia, while investigators seek the cause of the accident that killed at least six people and injured scores of others. (USA-TRAIN/DERAILMENT (UPDATE 1, PICTURE, TV), moved, by Daniel Kelley, 787 words)
Obama bets that U.S.-Gulf alliance can survive tensions over Iran
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Barack Obama may fail to pacify Gulf Arab fears over his Iran nuclear diplomacy at a summit this week, following a pointed Saudi snub of the event. But a bigger question looms for Washington: how much does it matter? (USA-GULF/ (ANALYSIS), moved, by Matt Spetalnick and Warren Strobel, 970 words)
+ See also:
- USA-GULF/OVAL (UPDATE 1), moved, 315 words
GLOBAL ECONOMY
Euro zone economy picks up pace but Germany lags
BRUSSELS - A slowdown in Germany weighed on the euro zone in the first quarter, but the bloc's economy still grew at its fastest in almost two years as cheap food and fuel boosted spending and a central bank stimulus programme kicked in. (EUROZONE-ECONOMY/ (WRAPUP 3), moved, by Jan Strupczewski, 585 words)
+ See also:
- CHINA-ECONOMY/ (WRAPUP 2, PICTURE), moved, by Kevin Yao, 800 words
ASIA
North Korea executes defence chief with an anti-aircraft gun- S.Korea agency
SEOUL - North Korea executes its defence chief by putting him in front of an anti-aircraft gun at a firing range, Seoul's National Intelligence Service says, the latest in a series of high-level purges in Pyongyang. (NORTHKOREA-PURGE/ (UPDATE 4, PICTURE), moved, by Ju-min Park and James Pearson, 840 words)
Regional governments silent after UN calls for Asia boatpeople rescue
BANGKOK/JAKARTA - Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia give no response to a United Nations appeal for them to rescue thousands of migrants, many of them hungry and sick, adrift in boats in Southeast Asian seas. (ASIA-MIGRANTS/ (WRAPUP 3, PICTURE, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Amy Sawitta Lefevre and Fransiska Nangoy, 775 words)
Slipper factory fire kills 31, dozens missing in Philippine capital
MANILA - A fire at a Philippine rubber slipper factory kills 31 workers and dozens are missing and feared dead, government and fire officials say. (PHILIPPINES-FIRE/ (UPDATE 1, PICTURE, TV), moved, 290 words)
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Unconventional opener as Cannes has France's mood in mind
CANNES, France - An unusual choice for an opening Cannes festival film, Emmanuelle Bercot's "La Tete Haute" (Standing Tall), a raw tale of France's youth judicial system, echoes the mood of a country still reeling from last January's attacks. (FILMFESTIVAL-CANNES/OPENER (PICTURE, TV), expect by 1430 GMT/10.30 AM ET, by Julien Pretot, 500 words)
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