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Houthis accept 5-day truce in Yemen proposed by Saudi Arabia

CAIRO/ADEN - Yemen's dominant Houthi group accepts a five-day humanitarian ceasefire proposed by its adversary Saudi Arabia but says it will respond to any violations of the pause. (YEMEN-SECURITY/ (WRAPUP 3, PICTURES, TV), moved, by Mohammed Ghobari and Mohammed Mukhashaf, 800 words)

- YEMEN-SECURITY/MOROCCO (UPDATE 1), moved, Aziz El Yaakoubi, 370 words

China cuts interest rates for 3rd time in six months as economy sputters

BEIJING - China cuts interest rates for the third time in six months in a bid to lower companies' borrowing costs and stoke a sputtering economy that is headed for its worst year in a quarter of a century. (CHINA-ECONOMY/RATES (UPDATE 4), moved, by Judy Hua and Kevin Yao, 730 words)

Saudi king sending crown prince to summit with Obama this week

DUBAI - Saudi Arabia's King Salman designates his crown prince to attend a Gulf Arab summit with U.S. President Barack Obama, the state news agency, SPA, reports, just two days after the White House said the monarch would attend the gathering. (GULF-USA/SUMMIT (UPDATE 3), moved, 700 words)

Afghan clerics uneasy as civil rights movement gains momentum

KABUL - Powerful religious leaders in Afghanistan are growing uneasy about the challenge to their authority posed by rare civil rights protests in Kabul and widespread anger over the lynching of a young woman wrongly accused of burning a Koran. (AFGHANISTAN-WOMEN/CLERICS (INSIGHT, PICTURES), moved, by Mirwais Harooni and Jessica Donati, 840 words)

ASIA

Strong typhoon lashes Northeast Philippines, two dead

MANILA - Heavy rains and strong winds flatten houses on coastal areas as typhoon Noul crashes into the northeastern tip of the Philippines, killing two people and prompting more than 3,000 residents to move to shelters. (PHILIPPINES-TYPHOON/, moved, by Rosemarie Francisco, 370 words)

South Korea voices concern over North's submarine missile test

SEOUL - South Korea's defence ministry voices its concern after the North said it successfully test-fired a ballistic missile from a submarine, a step that would beef up the nuclear-capable state's military capabilities. (NORTHKOREA-SUBMARINE/, expect by 0300/11 PM ET, by Ju-min Park, 300 words)

UNITED STATES

Man, woman charged with murdering two Mississippi policemen

JACKSON, Miss. - A man and woman in Mississippi are arrested and charged with murder after two police officers were shot dead a day earlier while conducting a routine traffic stop in Hattiesburg, officials say. (USA-POLICE/MISSISSIPPI (UPDATE 3, TV), moved, by Therese Apel, 380 words)

AMERICAS

Raul Castro meets pope, says he might return to the Church

VATICAN CITY - Cuban President Raul Castro thanks Pope Francis for brokering the thaw between Havana and Washington and says the pope has so impressed him that he might return to the Church, despite being a communist. (POPE-CUBA/CASTRO (UPDATE 3, PICTURES, TV), moved, by Philip Pullella, 460 words)

EUROPE

Merkel's party suffers another state loss as eurosceptics roll on

BERLIN - The Eurosceptic Alternative for Germany (AfD) party are set to win seats in a fifth straight regional parliament after an election in the city-state of Bremen where Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives were badly beaten. (GERMANY-ELECTION/BREMEN (UPDATE 2), moved, by Michael Nienaber and Erik Kirschbaum, 390 words)

British PM Cameron rules out another Scottish independence vote

LONDON - British Prime Minister David Cameron rules out giving Scotland another independence referendum despite spectacular gains by Scottish nationalists in a UK-wide election, saying Scots had "emphatically" rejected a breakaway only last year. (BRITAIN-ELECTION/SCOTLAND, moved, 200 words)

AFRICA

After surviving Boko Haram, returnees face hunger in Nigerian towns

MICHIKA - Since Nigeria's army began clearing large areas of its northeast from Boko Haram, some of the 1.5 million internally displaced people have started returning home but thousands could now face severe food shortages as reconstruction lags behind. (NIGERIA-VIOLENCE/ (PICTURES, TV), moved, by Julia Payne, 720 words)

Central African Republic militias agree to disarmament deal

BANGUI - Rival armed groups in Central African Republic agree to a peace accord requiring them to disarm and potentially face justice for war crimes committed during two years of conflict. (CENTRALAFRICA-POLITICS/ (UPDATE 1, TV), moved, by Sebastien Lamba, 380 words)