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Britain's Cameron won big by selling stability over fear

LONDON - Prime Minister David Cameron sealed a surprise election win by persuading Britons to choose the security of modestly rising living standards over an implausible pretender many feared could become the puppet of Scottish nationalists. (BRITAIN-ELECTION/CAMERON (UPDATE 1, PICTURES), expect by 1130, by Andrew Osborn, 800 words)

Russia stages huge military parade, Western leaders boycott

MOSCOW - Thousands of Russian troops marched across Red Square, tanks rumbled through the streets and jets screamed overhead in a huge military parade marking the 70th anniversary of victory over Nazi Germany. (WW2 ANNIVERSARY/RUSSIA (UPDATE 1), expect by 1230, by Vladimir Soldatkin, Jack Stubbs and Timothy Heritage, 500 words)

Australian police thwart imminent bomb attack, teen charged

PERTH - Australian police said they had thwarted an imminent terror attack after discovering explosives at a Melbourne home and arresting a 17-year-old boy, in the latest example of the threat posed by radicalised teenagers in the country. (AUSTRALIA PLOT/POLICE), moved, by Morag MacKinnon, 400 words)

SEOUL - North Korea said it had successfully conducted an underwater test-fire of a submarine-launched ballistic missile, which, if true, would indicate progress in the secretive state's pursuit of building missile-equipped submarines. (NORTHKOREA SUBMARINE/), moved, by Jack Kim, 300 words)

MIDDLE EAST

Weapons inspectors find undeclared sarin and VX traces in Syria - diplomats

AMSTERDAM - International inspectors find traces of sarin and VX nerve agent at military research site in Syria that was not declared to global chemical weapons watchdog, diplomatic sources say. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-CHEMICALS (EXCLUSIVE, UPDATE 1), moved, by Anthony Deutsch, 677 words)

More than 100 Saudi-led air strikes hit Yemen - Houthis

CAIRO - A Saudi-led coalition struck northern provinces of Yemen in a third consecutive night of heavy air strikes, the Houthi rebels said, following their shelling this week of Saudi border areas. (YEMEN-SECURITY/SAUDI-STRIKES, UPDATE 1), by Mohammed Ghobari, expect by 1230, 400 words)

EUROPE

Fears of instability in Macedonia as police pursue "armed group"

KUMANOVO, Macedonia - Heavily armed police entered the outskirts of a north Macedonian town in what a spokesman described as an operation against an "armed group", heightening fears of instability in the ex-Yugoslav republic after months of political crisis. (MACEDONIA-POLICE/ UPDATE 1), moved, by Kole Casule, 250 words)

Greek PM forecasts 'happy end'; Eurogroup chief cites progress in talks

ATHENS/ROME - Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras forecasts happy end soon to fraught negotiations with creditors on cash-for-reform deal, and chairman of euro zone finance ministers says talks make progress, though not enough for deal next Monday. (EUROZONE-GREECE/ (WRAPUP 3, TV, PIX), moved, by Karolina Tagaris and Gavin Jones, 858 words)

UNITED STATES

"Ana" becomes tropical storm as it moves toward Carolinas

Meteorologists said a storm moving slowly toward the Carolinas had transitioned into a tropical storm. The center of tropical storm Ana, the first named storm of the 2015 Atlantic hurricane season, was expected to be near the North and South Carolina coasts by Sunday morning. (WEATHER-STROM/ANA (UPDATE 3), moving shortly, by David Adams, 350 words)

U.S. Justice Dept. opens civil rights probe of Baltimore police

WASHINGTON - U.S. Justice Department launches investigation of Baltimore police department's use of force and whether there are patterns of discriminatory policing. (USA-POLICE/BALTIMORE (UPDATE 3, PIX), moved, by Julia Edwards, 387 words)

Obama to Democrats on Asia trade pact: 'just do it'

BEAVERTON, Ore. - President Obama, co-opting Nike's famous slogan, tells Democrats to "just do it" and support trade deal with Asian countries that shoe company says would help it create up to 10,000 U.S. jobs over 10 years. (TRADE-OBAMA/NIKE (UPDATE 3, PIX, GRAPHICS), moved, By Jeff Mason, 847 words)

+ See also:

- TRADE-OBAMA/RESHORING (PIX), moved, by Joseph White, Howard Schneider and Nick Carey, 735 words

- USA-TRADE/CANADA (PIX), moved, by David Ljunggren, 492 words

AMERICAS

Guatemala's vice president resigns amid corruption scandal

GUATEMALA CITY - Guatemala's vice president resigned to face an investigation over her alleged involvement in a customs corruption racket, amid a scandal that has hurt the ruling party ahead of elections. (GUATEMALA CORRUPTION/), moved, by Sofia Menchu, 300 words)

Venezuela's dissenting socialists deepen rift with Maduro

CARACAS - Dissenting faction of Venezuela's Socialist Party seeks to put forward its own candidates in this year's parliamentary election, deepening rift with President Nicolas Maduro's unpopular administration. (VENEZUELA-POLITICS/, moved, by Alexandra Ulmer, 407 words)

ASIA

Thousands evacuated in Philippines as powerful typhoon nears

MANILA - The Philippines evacuated thousands of people in the northeastern part of its main island of Luzon, less than 24 hours before a powerful typhoon was expected to make landfall. (PHILIPPINES-TYPHOON/) moved, by Manuel Mogato, 250 words)

China accelerates land reclamation in disputed islands - Pentagon

WASHINGTON - China embarked upon extensive land reclamation efforts at five outposts in the disputed Spratly Islands last year, adding huge amounts of terrain to bolster its civil and military presence in an area claimed by rivals, a new Pentagon report says (USA DEFENSE/CHINA (UPDATE 2), moved, by David Alexander, 500 words)

AFRICA

Liberia declared Ebola-free, outbreak continues over border

MONROVIA - Liberia is declared free from Ebola after 42 days without a new case, the medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres says, but it urges vigilance until the worst-ever recorded outbreak of the virus was extinguished in neighbouring Guinea and Sierra Leone (HEALTH EBOLA/LIBERIA), moved, 440 words)