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Cameron savors shock triumph in British election
LONDON - British Prime Minister David Cameron sweeps to a stunning election victory, confounding forecasts that vote would be closest in decades and winning clear majority that leave his Labour opponents in tatters. (BRITAIN-ELECTION/ (WRAPUP 8, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Guy Faulconbridge and Kate Holton, 1,195 words)
U.S. job growth recovers, keeps 2015 Fed rate rise in play
WASHINGTON - U.S. job growth rebounds and unemployment rate drops to near seven-year low of 5.4 percent, suggesting underlying strength in economy at start of second quarter that could keep alive prospects for Federal Reserve rate hike later this year. (USA-ECONOMY/ (WRAPUP 6, PIX), moved, by Lucia Mutikani, 813 words)
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)
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)
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)
Obama to Democrats on Asia trade pact: like Nike, '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)
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- 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
UNITED STATES
U.S. asks China to investigate cyber attack targeting U.S. sites
WASHINGTON - United States says it asks Beijing to investigate reports that China interferes with Internet content hosted outside country and uses it to attack U.S. web sites. (CYBERSECURITY-USA/CHINA (UPDATE 3), moved, by Doina Chiacu, 411 words)
AMERICAS
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)
MIDDLE EAST
Saudi-led coalition bombs Houthis in north Yemen, offers 5-day truce
CAIRO/ADEN - Saudi-led warplanes bomb targets in Yemen's Saada province, bastion of Iranian-allied Houthi rebels, and Riyadh then announces five-day humanitarian cease-fire to begin May 12, conditioned on Houthis agreeing to pause. (YEMEN-SECURITY/SAADA (UPDATE 4), moved, by Mohammed Ghobari and Mohammed Mukhashaf, 721 words)
ASIA
Pakistan helicopter crash kills Norwegian, Philippine ambassadors
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan military helicopter carrying diplomats to inspect tourism project crashes, killing seven people, including ambassadors of Norway and Philippines and wives of Malaysian and Indonesian ambassadors. (PAKISTAN-CRASH/ (UPDATE 6, TV, PIX), moved, by Mehreen Zahra-Malik, 537 words)
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