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• Ukraine police charge protesters after nation's bloodiest day
• Venezuela opposition leader surrenders, protesters flood streets
• Iran, powers hold 'substantive' nuclear talks; U.S., Iranians meet
• U.N. rights commissioner urges prosecution of North Korean crimes
• Looking for Syria options, U.S. remains cool to using force
• Libyan militias threaten parliament, deploy forces in Tripoli
• Capturan estadounidense por delitos contra menores
• AP PHOTOS: Clashes set Kiev square aflame
• Ukrainian opposition's Klitschko says talks with president break down
• Yanukovych refusing to call off assault on camp: Klitschko
• Venezuela opposition leader jailed over protests
• Argentina asks top US Court to stop 'catastrophe'
• Jamaica tightens up rules for personal watercraft
• Ukraine's protesters seize government buildings in western cities
• Sands: Hacking went further than email, websites
• Riot police move in against Kiev protest camp
• Russia looks for gold in cross-country team sprint
• Pellegrini risks UEFA action with ref outburst
• Clinton Foundation funds recycling plant in Haiti
• 3 indicted after Ohio girl's email plea for help
• Speedskating rivalry resumes in women's 5,000
• Biden urges Ukraine government to show restraint
• Messi scores as Barca beats 10-man Man City 2-0
• Time for the Ligety-Hirscher-Pinturault show
• Puerto Rican seeks privacy in church abuse case
• 5 things to watch for short program
• Canada eyes gold-medal double in Olympic curling
• Dodig & Roger-Vasselin reach 2nd round of Open 13
• Biden calls Ukraine president to express grave concern over Kiev violence
• Protesters' headquarters in Kiev square on fire: local television
• Ex-soldier convicted of killing Iraqi family dies in prison
• Race for 1-2-3 in women's bobsled seems decided
• The Maidan’s Last Stand: Ukraine’s Protesters Resist Police Crackdown
• Venezuela opp'n leader arrested before supporters

Ukraine police charge protesters after nation's bloodiest day Posted: 18 Feb 2014 04:25 PM PST By Pavel Polityuk and Marcin Goettig KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian riot police charged protesters occupying a central Kiev square early on Wednesday after the bloodiest day since the former Soviet republic, caught in a geopolitical struggle between Russia and the West, won its independence. Police battled their way into Independence Square, center of three months of protests against President Viktor Yanukovich, but demonstrators, some armed with clubs and wearing helmets and body armor, tried to stand their ground. Smoke billowed from burning tents and piles of tyres and wood as thousands of protesters held on to the center of the square, a Reuters cameraman said. At least 14 protesters and seven policemen were killed during violence that erupted in Kiev on Tuesday and continued into the early hours of Wednesday.

Venezuela opposition leader surrenders, protesters flood streets Posted: 18 Feb 2014 03:05 PM PST By Eyanir Chinea and Jorge Silva CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan security forces arrested opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez on Tuesday on charges of fomenting unrest that has killed at least four people, bringing tens of thousands of angry supporters onto the streets of Caracas. Opposition leaders hope Lopez's arrest will galvanize street demonstrations against President Nicolas Maduro, though there is no immediate sign the protests will topple the socialist leader. Minutes later, he surrendered to military officers, pumping his fist and then stepping into the military vehicle with a Venezuelan flag in one hand and a white flower in the other. In a speech to a rival rally of his own supporters, Maduro said he had sent the Vice President of the Socialist Party, Congress Chief Diosdado Cabello, to help transport Lopez.

Iran, powers hold 'substantive' nuclear talks; U.S., Iranians meet Posted: 18 Feb 2014 04:11 PM PST By Parisa Hafezi and Louis Charbonneau VIENNA (Reuters) - Six world powers and Iran began "substantive" talks on Tuesday in pursuit of a final settlement on Tehran's contested nuclear program in the coming months despite caveats from both sides that a breakthrough deal may prove impossible. Senior U.S. and Iranian officials met separately for 80 minutes on the sidelines of the negotiations in Vienna. Details were not given, but such bilateral talks were inconceivable before the 2013 election of Hassan Rouhani, a relative moderate, as president of Iran. "The conversation was productive and focused mainly on how the comprehensive talks will proceed from here," a senior U.S. State Department official said on condition of anonymity after Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman's meeting with Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi.

U.N. rights commissioner urges prosecution of North Korean crimes Posted: 18 Feb 2014 02:52 PM PST U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay urged world powers on Tuesday to refer North Korea to the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) following a U.N. report documenting crimes against humanity. North Korean security chiefs and possibly even Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un himself should face international justice for ordering systematic torture, starvation and killings comparable to Nazi-era atrocities, U.N. investigators said on Monday. "We now need strong international leadership to follow up on the grave findings of the Commission of Inquiry. I therefore call on the international community, in line with the report's recommendations, to use all the mechanisms at its disposal to ensure accountability, including referral to the International Criminal Court," Pillay said in a statement issued in Geneva.

Looking for Syria options, U.S. remains cool to using force Posted: 18 Feb 2014 03:49 PM PST By Steve Holland and Lesley Wroughton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Despite a forthcoming review of options in the deteriorating Syria crisis, the White House on Tuesday signaled that President Barack Obama remains wary of any direct U.S. involvement in the three-year-old civil war. With peace talks between Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government and his armed opponents having failed for now, and Russia unwilling or unable to pressure its ally Assad to cede power, U.S. policy toward Syria appears to be approaching a crossroads. The White House is beginning to take a new look at options in Syria, a process that could take several weeks, U.S. officials have said.

Libyan militias threaten parliament, deploy forces in Tripoli Posted: 18 Feb 2014 02:37 PM PST By Ghaith Shennib and Ulf Laessing TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Two heavily armed Libyan militias demanded on Tuesday the country's parliament hand over power immediately in what the head of the assembly dismissed as an attempted coup that would be contested by the army if necessary. Tuesday's deadline of five hours from the statement issued by the al-Sawaiq and al-Qaqa militia brigades passed without incident but they said they had troops on standby to force the hand of the General National Congress (GNC). "We will act soon and hand over power to the supreme court and form committees to oversee elections," al-Qaqa top commander Othman Mlekta told Reuters. "We will work with the people and we're in contact with people in the south and east." There was no sign of unrest on Tuesday evening in Tripoli but dozens of vehicles armed with anti-aircraft guns from the Qaqa militia were parked at a roundabout near the GNC building.

Capturan estadounidense por delitos contra menores Posted: 18 Feb 2014 04:41 PM PST BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Un ciudadano estadounidense, que según las autoridades colombianas era uno de los fugitivos más buscados por la Policía de Massachusetts, fue capturado en el suroeste colombiano, se informó el martes oficialmente.

AP PHOTOS: Clashes set Kiev square aflame Posted: 18 Feb 2014 04:41 PM PST Anti-government protesters in the Ukrainian capital fought back Tuesday with rocks, bats and fire bombs against police trying to clear their tent camp in Kiev's Independence Square.

Ukrainian opposition's Klitschko says talks with president break down Posted: 18 Feb 2014 04:34 PM PST Ukraine's opposition leader Vitali Klitschko said on Wednesday that he has quit talks with President Viktor Yanukovich without reaching any agreement on how to end the violence in Kiev, local media said. "Unfortunately, I bring nothing good from the talks," Ukrainska Pravda website quoted Klitschko as saying. He said that he left the talks after the president demanded that the central square in Kiev occupied by anti-government protesters be unconditionally cleared. It was not clear from the report whether talks between the president and the two remaining opposition leaders were continuing.

Yanukovych refusing to call off assault on camp: Klitschko Posted: 18 Feb 2014 04:34 PM PST Kiev (AFP) - Embattled Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has told opposition leaders that he will not call off a bloody police assault on the opposition's main protest camp on Kiev's Independence Square, opposition leader Vitali Klitschko said.

Venezuela opposition leader jailed over protests Posted: 18 Feb 2014 04:33 PM PST CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez emerged from days of hiding and surrendered to police before thousands of supporters Tuesday, saying he hopes his arrest awakens Venezuela to the corruption and economic disaster caused by 15 years of socialist rule.

Argentina asks top US Court to stop 'catastrophe' Posted: 18 Feb 2014 04:21 PM PST BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina filed a long-shot appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday asking the justices in Washington to avert an "economic catastrophe" by overturning lower court rulings that could force the South American government to default on billions of dollars in debts.

Jamaica tightens up rules for personal watercraft Posted: 18 Feb 2014 04:13 PM PST KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Jamaica is tightening up rules for personal watercraft in the wake of a U.S. vacationer's death.

Ukraine's protesters seize government buildings in western cities Posted: 18 Feb 2014 04:06 PM PST Ukraine's anti-government protesters seized government buildings in a few cities in the western part of the country, local media and the police said on Wednesday. Police said in a statement that protesters had seized regional administration headquarters in Ivano-Frankivsk and Lviv. The website of Ukrainska Pravda said that protesters torched the main police station in Ternopil and were trying to seize the headquarters of regional administration. Opposition lawmaker Oleksander Aronets said that protesters had also seized the local prosecutor's office.

Sands: Hacking went further than email, websites Posted: 18 Feb 2014 03:50 PM PST LAS VEGAS (AP) — Casino giant Las Vegas Sands Corp. said Tuesday that hacking into their websites and internal systems last week went deeper than the company had previously known.

Riot police move in against Kiev protest camp Posted: 18 Feb 2014 03:50 PM PST KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Thousands of police armed with stun grenades and water cannons charged into the large opposition camp in Ukraine's capital that has been the epicenter of nearly three months of anti-government protests after at least nine people were killed in street clashes Thursday.

Russia looks for gold in cross-country team sprint Posted: 18 Feb 2014 03:49 PM PST KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia (AP) — Russia has had a disappointing showing in cross-country skiing so far at the Sochi Olympics, with just one medal from eight events. Things could improve on Wednesday, though, when it is among the favorites in the men's team sprint.

Pellegrini risks UEFA action with ref outburst Posted: 18 Feb 2014 03:48 PM PST MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini risks UEFA disciplinary action after an outburst Tuesday against the referee who oversaw their Champions League loss to Barcelona, questioning his partiality and competence.

Clinton Foundation funds recycling plant in Haiti Posted: 18 Feb 2014 03:46 PM PST PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The Clinton Foundation has awarded a $250,000 grant to a Haitian recycling plant that seeks to clean up the country's dirty capital city.

3 indicted after Ohio girl's email plea for help Posted: 18 Feb 2014 03:43 PM PST PORTSMOUTH, Ohio (AP) — Two parents and a grandmother accused of tying three children to their beds for weeks, beating their naked bodies with belts and paddles and depriving them of food until one of them emailed her online school teacher for help were indicted Tuesday on child endangerment charges.

Speedskating rivalry resumes in women's 5,000 Posted: 18 Feb 2014 03:41 PM PST SOCHI, Russia (AP) — Ireen Wust of the Netherlands and Martina Sablikova of the Czech Republic renew their speedskating rivalry in the Olympic women's 5,000 meters.

Biden urges Ukraine government to show restraint Posted: 18 Feb 2014 03:41 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has called Ukraine's president to express "grave concern" about violent clashes in the capital of Kiev.

Messi scores as Barca beats 10-man Man City 2-0 Posted: 18 Feb 2014 03:36 PM PST MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Barcelona outclassed 10-man Manchester City in the Champions League round of 16 on Tuesday, with Lionel Messi netting from the penalty spot in a 2-0 first-leg victory.

Time for the Ligety-Hirscher-Pinturault show Posted: 18 Feb 2014 03:36 PM PST KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia (AP) — Ted Ligety vs. Marcel Hirscher vs. Alexis Pinturault.

Puerto Rican seeks privacy in church abuse case Posted: 18 Feb 2014 03:35 PM PST SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A man who accused one of the six priests expelled from a Puerto Rican diocese in a sex abuse scandal requested Tuesday that his name and other details not be revealed to prosecutors pursuing a criminal investigation.

5 things to watch for short program Posted: 18 Feb 2014 03:31 PM PST SOCHI, Russia (AP) — Figure skating's biggest event, the Olympic women's competition, begins Wednesday night with the short program.

Canada eyes gold-medal double in Olympic curling Posted: 18 Feb 2014 03:20 PM PST SOCHI, Russia (AP) — Canada's indomitable curling teams are on course for a gold-medal double at the Sochi Olympics.

Dodig & Roger-Vasselin reach 2nd round of Open 13 Posted: 18 Feb 2014 03:16 PM PST MARSEILLE, France (AP) — Fifth-seeded Ivan Dodig of Croatia and No. 6 Edouard Roger-Vasselin of France reached the second round of the Open 13 in contrasting styles on Tuesday.

Biden calls Ukraine president to express grave concern over Kiev violence Posted: 18 Feb 2014 03:16 PM PST Vice President Joe Biden called Ukraine's president, Viktor Yanukovich, on Tuesday to express grave U.S. concern at rising violence in Kiev and to urge him to pull back government forces and exercise maximum restraint. On a day Ukrainian riot police charged protesters occupying a central Kiev square, Biden made clear to Yanukovich that the United States condemns violence by any side, "but that the government bears special responsibility to de-escalate the situation," a White House statement said.

Protesters' headquarters in Kiev square on fire: local television Posted: 18 Feb 2014 03:15 PM PST The building used by anti-government protesters in Kiev's Independence Square as their headquarters was on fire, local television showed.

Ex-soldier convicted of killing Iraqi family dies in prison Posted: 18 Feb 2014 03:12 PM PST LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (AP) — A former soldier convicted in 2009 of raping and killing a teenage Iraqi girl and using a shotgun to gun down her family died in an Arizona prison over the weekend in what officials suspect was a suicide.

Race for 1-2-3 in women's bobsled seems decided Posted: 18 Feb 2014 03:12 PM PST KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia (AP) — Elfje Willemsen was adamant. The fourth-place sled at the midpoint of the women's bobsled competition at the Sochi Olympics, she said, has almost no chance of getting into the medal mix.

The Maidan’s Last Stand: Ukraine’s Protesters Resist Police Crackdown Posted: 18 Feb 2014 03:09 PM PST In the course of the day, which was the most violent in Ukraine's post-Soviet history, 20 demonstrators were killed reportedly alongside seven members of the security forces. The revolutionary fortress, which is known as the Maidan (the word for "city square"), also had its own command structure, independent of the political leaders of the revolution who have been trying in vain to negotiate an end to the crisis. One of the three overseers of the Maidan, known as commandants, is Stepan Kubiv, a lawmaker in the national parliament for the pro-Western Fatherland party. On Tuesday, as the government troops surrounded the Maidan and tire fires raged along its perimeter, he got on the stage in the center of the square to explain what was at stake.

Venezuela opp'n leader arrested before supporters Posted: 18 Feb 2014 03:07 PM PST CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez emerged from days of hiding and surrendered to police before thousands of supporters Tuesday, saying he hopes his arrest awakens Venezuela to the corruption and economic disaster caused by 15 years of socialist rule.

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