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Russia stages WW2 victory parade as Ukraine bristles

MOSCOW - Tanks and troops parade across Moscow's Red Square to mark the 70th anniversahry of victory over Nazi Germany, an event boycotted by Western leaders over Russia's role in the Ukraine crisis. (WW2-ANNIVERSARY/RUSSIA (UPDATE 3, TV, PIX), moved, by Vladimir Soldatkin, Jack Stubbs and Timothy Heritage, 751 words)

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- RUSSIA-CZECH/, expect by 1930 GMT/5.30 PM ET, by Vladimir Soldatkin and Jan Lopatka, 750 words

North Korea says it has fired ballistic missile from sub

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/ (UPDATE 3), moved, by Jack Kim, 680 words)

Egyptian court sentences Mubarak and sons to 3 years in jail

CAIRO - An Egyptian court sentences former president Hosni Mubarak and his two sons to three years in jail without parole in the retrial of a corruption case, but they may not have to serve any jail time because they spent that amount of time in prison in other cases. (EGYPT-MUBARAK/ (UPDATE 3), moved, by Michael Georgy, 400 words)

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), moved, by Andrew Osborn, 1,000 words)

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- BRITAIN-ELECTION/SCOTLAND (PIX), moved, By Alistair Smout and Paul Sandle, 658 words

EUROPE

Gunfire and explosions in Macedonia as police battle "armed group

KUMANOVO - Explosions and heavy gunfire rock a town in northern Macedonia as police move against what authorities described as an "armed group", heightening fears of instability in the ex-Yugoslav republic after months of political crisis. (MACEDONIA-POLICE/ (UPDATE 4, PIX, TV), moved, by Ognen Teofilovski, 502 words)

New Airbus military transporter crashes during test flight in Spain, killing four

SEVILLE - An Airbus A400M military transport plane crashes in a field in Seville, killing four of the six on board, in the first accident involving Europe's newest troop and heavy cargo carrier. (SPAIN-CRASH/ (UPDATE 3, PIX, TV), moved, by Marcelo del Pozo, 543 words)

UNITED STATES

Severe storms, possible tornadoes to batter Great Plains

Residents in parts of Colorado, Oklahoma and Texas brace Saturday for severe thunderstorms that could spawn tornadoes, just days after a series of twisters tore through several Great Plains states, leaving one person dead. (USA-WEATHER/OKLAHOMA, by Victoria Cavaliere, moving shortly, 380 words)

MIDDLE EAST

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, moved, 400 words)

Dozens escape Iraqi prison, 62 killed

BAGHDAD - Fifty inmates and 12 policemen were killed when a riot erupted and dozens escaped from an Iraqi prison holding hundreds of people jailed for acts of terrorism, security and police officials said. (IRAQ-SECURITY/ (UPDATE 2), moved, 350 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)

ASIA

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)

Thousands evacuated in Philippines as powerful typhoon nears

MANILA - The Philippines evacuates thousands of people in the northeastern part of its main island of Luzon, less than 24 hours before a powerful typhoon is due 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 3), 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 (UPDATE 1), moved, 500 words)

Burundian opposition leader to run for presidency as protests pause

BUJUMBURA - Burundi's leading opposition figure registers to run in a presidential election against Pierre Nkurunziza, whose quest for a third term has sparked two weeks of protests. (BURUNDI-POLITICS/ (UPDATE 1), moved, By Patrick Nduwimana, 359 words)