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Greece says it will default in June without aid from lenders

ATHENS - Greece cannot make upcoming payment to International Monetary Fund June 5 unless foreign lenders disburse more aid, senior ruling party lawmaker says, latest warning from Athens it is on verge of default. (EUROZONE-GREECE/ (WRAPUP 2), moving shortly, by Renee Maltezou and Angeliki Koutantou, 700 words)

Iraqi forces say they repulse Islamist attack near Ramadi

BAGHDAD - Iraqi forces say they fight off attack by Islamic State militants near city of Ramadi, which insurgents overrun in most significant setback for government in year. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/IRAQ (WRAPUP 4, PIX, GRAPHIC), moved, 773 words)

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- MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-NORTHEAST (UPDATE 4), moving shortly, by Sylvia Westall and Tom Perry, 600 words)

Malaysia, Indonesia to let 'boat people' come ashore temporarily

KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia and Indonesia say they will offer shelter to 7,000 "boat people" adrift at sea in rickety boats but make clear their assistance is temporary and they wil take no more. (ASIA-MIGRANTS/ (WRAPUP 4, PIX, TV), moved, by Praveen Menon, 712 words)

Major banks admit guilt in forex probe, fined $6 bln

NEW YORK/LONDON/ZURICH - Four major banks agree to plead guilty to trying to manipulate foreign exchange rates and six are fined nearly $6 billion in yet another settlement in global probe of $5-trillion-a-day market. (BANKS-FOREX/SETTLEMENT (WRAPUP 6, PIX), moving shortly, By Karen Freifeld, Steve Slater and Katharina Bart, 700 words)

Takata to boost production of replacement air bag inflators

DETROIT - Takata says it plans to boost production of parts needed to replace potentially deadly air bag inflators that could spray vehicle occupants with metal shards. (AUTOS-TAKATA/RECALL (UPDATE 2, PIX), moving shortly, by Ben Klayman, 600 words)

SPECIAL REPORT

Defense auditor approved flawed Marine Corps books

WASHINGTON - Review of service's accounts was historic success, until it wasn't. Story behind that reversal casts doubt on Pentagon's ability to produce clean ledgers by a 2017 deadline - and about independence of its federal watchdog. (USA-MARINES/AUDITOR (SPECIAL REPORT, PIX), moved, By Scot J. Paltrow, 2,026 words)

UNITED STATES

Bin Laden fixated on attacking U.S. interests -documents

WASHINGTON - Osama bin Laden was fixated on attacking U.S. targets and pressured al Qaeda groups to heal local rivalries and focus on that cause, according to documents United States says were seized in bin Laden's hideout in Pakistan. (USA-SECURITY/BINLADEN (UPDATE 3), moving shortly, by Mark Hosenball, 800 words)

Techies lift aged Midtown South to NYC real estate heights

NEW YORK - Dutch, it is said, bought Manhattan Island in 1626 from its native American inhabitants for about $24 in trade goods. Half millennium later, that sum wouldn't buy one square foot of office space in New York City's trendiest real estate market, area below 34th Street known as Midtown South. (USA-PROPERTY/NEW YORK (ANALYSIS, GRAPHIC, PIX), moved, by Herbert Lash, 781 words)

Apple, Android app makers cool to Microsoft overtures

SEATTLE - Microsoft's plan to make its new version of Windows a mobile hit by letting it accept tweaked Apple and Android apps meets obstacle: some of software developers company needs to woo just aren't interested. (MICROSOFT-DEVELOPERS/ (INSIGHT, GRAPHIC), moved, by Bill Rigby, 1,126 words)

AMERICAS

U.S. would accept restrictions on embassy in Cuba

WASHINGTON - First U.S. embassy in Havana is likely to operate with controls on staff travel and other restrictions similar to those imposed on U.S. diplomats in handful of other countries. (CUBA-USA/ (PIX), moving shortly, by Lesley Wroughton and Patricia Zengerle, 600 words)

U.S.-sanctioned Venezuelan officials to sue opposition leader

CARACAS - Venezuelan officials sanctioned by Washington plan to sue opposition leader Henrique Capriles for labeling them corrupt in latest knock-on effect of U.S. moves against OPEC nation's socialist government. (VENEZUELA-USA/CAPRILES, moving shortly, by Andrew Cawthorne, 390 words)

EUROPE

Russian court arrests suspected Lithuanian spy

MOSCOW - Court arrests suspected Lithuanian spy, spokeswoman says, highlighting growing tension between Moscow and former Soviet state now member of European Union and NATO.

(RUSSIA-LITHUANIA/SPY (UPDATE 1), moved, by Gabriela Baczynska, 405 words)

MIDDLE EAST

Iran's Khamenei rules out interviews with nuclear scientists

ANKARA - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says Tehran will not accept "unreasonable demands" by world powers during negotiations over its disputed nuclear program and rules out letting inspectors interview its atomic scientists. (IRAN-NUCLEAR/KHAMENEI (UPDATE 3), moved, by Parisa Hafezi, 435 words)

U.N. announces Yemen talks, Iran to allow ship inspection

UNITED NATIONS/DUBAI - U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon announces talks between warring Yemeni parties to end more than seven weeks of war, as Iran agrees international inspections of aid ship sailing to Yemen. (YEMEN-SECURITY/ (UPDATE 2, PIX, TV), moved, by Louis Charbonneau and Sam Wilkin, 802 words)

AFRICA

Burundi president appeals for ethnic harmony, soldier killed

BUJUMBURA - Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza appeals for ethnic harmony, addressing fears that weeks of political unrest could trigger another bout of bloodletting between Hutus and Tutsis in heart of Africa's Great Lakes. (BURUNDI-POLITICS/ (UPDATE 4, PIX, TV), moved, by Goran Tomasevic and Edmund Blair, 648 words)

SCIENCE

Human ancestors made stone tools earlier than previously known

WASHINGTON - Our ancient ancestors made stone tools, milestone achievement along path of human progress, much earlier than previously thought and far before appearance of first known member of our genus Homo. (SCIENCE-TOOLS/ (PIX), moved, by Will Dunham, 400 words)

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Talk show host David Letterman bids farewell on 'Late Show'

NEW YORK - Comedian David Letterman will sign off for last time on CBS's "Late Show," concluding 33-year career on late-night television with show that promises to be full of surprises, run across stage and his final Top Ten List. (TELEVISION-DAVIDLETTERMAN/ (TV, PIX), moved, by Patricia Reaney, 400 words)

A Minute With: George Clooney on 'Tomorrowland' and yelling at kids

LOS ANGELES - When actor George Clooney was handed script to play angry, 55-year-old man in Walt Disney film "Tomorrowland," his first thought was, "why did you write that for me?" (FILM-GEORGECLOONEY/ (PIX, TV), moved, by Piya Sinha-Roy, 394 words)

'Candy-wrapper music' hits sweet spot in Cannes 'Youth' movie

CANNES, France - It probably won't win him another Pulitzer Prize, but American composer David Lang wrote what he calls "candy-wrapper music" for Cannes competition film "Youth" in which Michael Caine plays retired musician wrestling with old age. (FILMFESTIVAL-CANNES/YOUTH-LANG (TV, PIX), moved, by Michael Roddy, 338 words)