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    Explosions rock Yemeni cities on fifth day of air strikes 
    ADEN - Air strikes and explosions rock Yemen's two main 
cities, residents say, as Saudi-led forces keep up a fifth day 
of air strikes against Houthi fighters battling President 
Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi's forces. (YEMEN-SECURITY/ (WRAPUP 1), 
expect by 1200 GMT/8 AM ET, by Mohammad Mukhashaf and Sami 
Aboudi, 700 words) 
     
    Setbacks and progress as Iran, six powers meet to end 
nuclear impasse 
    LAUSANNE, Switzerland - The foreign ministers of Iran and 
six world powers meet in a final push for a preliminary nuclear 
accord less than two days before their deadline as Tehran shows 
signs of backing away from previous compromise offers. 
(IRAN-NUCLEAR/ (UPDATE 2, PICTURE, TV), expect by 1200 GMT/8 AM 
ET, by Parisa Hafezi, John Irish and Louis Charbonneau, 875 
words) 
     
    Nigeria election results due to start trickling in 
    ABUJA - Results from Nigeria's elections, potentially the 
closest contest since the end of military rule in 1999, were due 
to start trickling in after a weekend vote marred by confusion, 
arguments and sporadic violence. (NIGERIA-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 2, 
PICTURE, TV), expect by 1100 GMT/7 AM ET, by Tim Cocks, 490 
words) 
     
                       SPECIAL REPORT 
    Inside Hungary's 10 billion euro nuclear deal with Russia 
    BUDAPEST - How Hungary chose Russia as a partner to help 
expand the Paks atomic power station, and why some see it as 
Moscow trying to buy influence in Europe. (RUSSIA-EUROPE/HUNGARY 
(SPECIAL REPORT, PICTURE, GRAPHIC), moved, by Krisztina Than, 
1,750 words) 
     
                         EUROPE 
    Greece says not backing down on debt relief goal 
    ATHENS - Greece has not given up on its aim to renegotiate 
its debt to render it manageable, the country's deputy finance 
minister says as talks between Athens and its lenders on reforms 
to unlock aid continue. (EUROZONE-GREECE/DEBT (UPDATE 1), moved, 
370 words) 
     
    UK's Cameron to meet queen, formally start knife-edge 
election campaign 
    LONDON - Campaigning in Britain's closest national election 
in decades will start on Monday after Prime Minister David 
Cameron meets Queen Elizabeth following parliament's 
dissolution, teeing up an unusually fraught battle to govern the 
$2.8 trillion economy. (BRITAIN-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 1), moved, by 
Andrew Osborn, 975 words) 
    + See also: 
    - BRITAIN-ELECTION/LABOUR (UPDATE 1), moved, 390 words 
           
    Slovenian PM tells defence minister to quit in Telekom 
Slovenia row 
    LJUBLJANA - Slovenian Prime Minister Miro Cerar tells the 
defence minister to quit in a row over the sale of state-owned 
telecoms operator Telekom Slovenia  TLSG.LJ , a resignation that 
might delay the privatisation. (SLOVENIA-MINISTER/ (UPDATE 1), 
moving shortly, by Marja Novak, 270 words)  
 
     
                        MIDDLE EAST 
    Ex-Israeli PM Olmert convicted in another corruption case 
    JERUSALEM - Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, 
already facing a six-year prison term after a corruption 
conviction, is found guilty in a separate case of accepting 
illegal payments from a U.S. businessman. (ISRAEL-OLMERT/ (TV, 
PICTURE), moved, 200 words) 
     
                           ASIA 
    Second blogger hacked to death this year in Bangladesh 
    DHAKA - A blogger is hacked to death by machete-wielding 
assailants in the Bangladesh capital Dhaka, the second attack in 
five weeks on a critic of religious extremism in the 
Muslim-majority South Asian nation. (BANGLADESH-BLOGGER/, moved, 
by Ruma Paul, 385 words) 
     
    Heavy rains trigger flood fears in Kashmir; 10 people buried 
alive 
    SRINAGAR - A landslide in the Himalayan region of Kashmir 
buries at least 10 people while they are sleeping, police say, 
as unseasonal rains sweep India, damaging crops and raising 
fears of flash floods in the mountainous north. (KASHMIR-FLOODS/ 
(PICTURE), moved, by Fayaz Bukhari, 400 words) 
  
 
             
     
     
 
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