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Yemen urges ground intervention to save country

UNITED NATIONS - Yemen urges the international community "to quickly intervene by land forces to save" the country, specifically in the cities of Aden and Taiz, according to a letter sent to the U.N. Security Council.(YEMEN-SECURITY/UN (UPDATE 1), moved, by Michelle Nichols, 290 words)

- YEMEN-SECURITY/KERRY (UPDATE 2), moved, by Lesley Wroughton, 562 words

- YEMEN-SECURITY/UN (UPDATE 1), moved, by Michelle Nichols, 277 words

United Kingdom to vote in most unpredictable election in decades

LONDON - British voters get to decide who they want to run the world's fifth-largest economy in a tight election that could yield weak government, propel the United Kingdom toward a vote on EU membership and stoke Scottish desire for secession. (BRITAIN-ELECTION/ (PICTURES, TV), moved, by Guy Faulconbridge and Andrew Osborn, 730 words)

- BRITAIN-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 4), moved, by Andrew Osborn and Mark Trevelyan, 700 words

European lenders dash Greek hopes for quick aid deal

ATHENS/FRANKFURT - European lenders dash Greece's hopes for quick cash-for-reforms deal in coming days, leaving Athens in increasingly desperate financial position ahead of major debt payment next week. (EUROZONE-GREECE/ (WRAPUP 3, PICTURES, TV), moved, by George Georgiopoulos and John O'Donnell, 864 words)

ASIA

Over 50 Thai police punished over links to human trafficking

BANGKOK - More than 50 Thai police are punished over suspected links to human trafficking networks, the police chief says, after the prime minister ordered a probe into the discovery of trafficking camps near the Malaysian border. (THAILAND-ROHINGYA/TRAFFICKING (UPDATE 1), moving shortly, by Aukkarapon Niyomyat and Surapan Boonthanom, 400 words)

Thailand's new weapon to beat deep-south insurgency: DNA swabs

YALA - Thailand's military government introduces new strategy to curb an insurgency that has rumbled on in the country's jungle-blanketed deep south for more than a decade: DNA swabbing. (THAILAND-SOUTH/DNA (PICTURES), moved, by Amy Sawitta Lefevre, 599 words)

MIDDLE EAST

Netanyahu clinches deal to form new Israeli government

JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu clinches deal to form new government just before deadline expires, but his coalition will rule by slimmest of majorities in turbulent parliament. (ISRAEL-POLITICS/ (PICTURES, TV, UPDATE 2), moved, by Jeffrey Heller, 675 words)

EUROPE

Ukraine leader warns of worsening conflict, peace envoys more hopeful

MINSK/KIEV - Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko warns of a growing threat of large-scale military action in the east of the country, but peace envoys report some progress towards full implementation of a fragile ceasefire agreement.(UKRAINE-CRISIS/CASUALTIES (UPDATE 3), moved,by Andrei Makhovsky and Natalia Zinets, 400 words)

AFRICA

Nigerians fleeing Lake Chad in Niger say some have died from lack of food, water

GEIDAM, Nigeria/NIAMEY, Niger - Some of thousands of Nigerians told to leave neighbouring Niger in the past week because of threats from Boko Haram militants have died en route from lack of food and water, evacuees say. (NIGERIA-REFUGEES/, moved, by Joe Hemba and Abdoulaye Massalaki, 560 words)

UNITED STATES

Texas attack represents evolution of 'lone wolf' militants -U.S. officials

WASHINGTON/AUSTIN - U.S. investigators believe two men killed after opening fire on Texas event that offered prize for cartoons of Prophet Mohammad represent evolving model of "lone wolf" militants. (USA-SHOOTING/TEXAS (UPDATE 1, PICTURES, TV), moved, by Mark Hosenball and Jon Herskovitz, 480 words)