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Shelling halts in Ukraine's Donetsk as Poroshenko orders ceasefire

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 03:32 PM PST

Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko talks to military staff in KievBy Anton Zverev DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - Shelling suddenly stopped at midnight in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk after President Petro Poroshenko gave the order to government forces to halt firing in line with a ceasefire agreement reached last Thursday. Poroshenko, wearing the uniform of the armed forces supreme commander, said in a televised address in the capital Kiev that there was still "alarm" over the situation around Debaltseve, a key transport hub, where government forces are hard pressed by encircling Russian-backed separatists. Military spokesman Vladyslav Selezynov said the Ukrainian armed forces immediately fulfilled the order and the big guns fell silent in Donetsk and some other parts of the separatist-leaning east.


One dead in shooting at Danish meeting with artist who drew Mohammad

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:41 PM PST

Forensic investigators are seen at the site of a shooting in CopenhagenBy Sabina Zawadzki and Ole Mikkelsen COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - A civilian was killed and three police wounded on Saturday when a masked gunman sprayed bullets at a Copenhagen venue holding a meeting attended by a Swedish artist threatened with death for his cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad. Danish police said the suspect shooter escaped in a getaway car. Hours later, shots were fired at a synagogue early on Sunday, with one person hit in the head and two police officers wounded. Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt said Denmark was on high alert after a "terrorist attack" police said was aimed at artist Lars Vilks, who stirred controversy in 2007 with published drawings depicting the Prophet Mohammad as a dog.


Clashes between Shi'ite Houthis and Sunnis in Yemen leave 26 dead

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 12:19 PM PST

Armed Houthis gather around the wreckage of a vehicle set a blaze by angry protesters after Houthis fired on them in Yemen's central town of IbbBy Mohammed Ghobari SANAA (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Yemenis demonstrated in several cities on Saturday against the rule of the Shi'ite Muslim Houthi movement as clashes between Houthis and Sunnis in a southern mountainous region left 26 dead. It was the second day of nationwide demonstrations against the Iranian-backed Houthis in less than a week after their dissolution of parliament this month unraveled security and sent Western and Arab embassies packing. Yemen's upheaval has drawn international concern as it shares a long border with top world oil exporter Saudi Arabia. It is also fighting one of the most formidable branches of al Qaeda with the help of U.S. drone strikes.


'Misfits' plotted Valentine's Day murders in Canada mall: minister

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 02:31 PM PST

In this Friday, Feb. 13, 2015 photo, police search during a snow storm for a suspect in a foiled attack in Cole Harbour, a Halifax, Canada suburb. Arrests by police that foiled an alleged plot to attack a public place in Halifax have averted a tragedy, Justice Minister Peter MacKay said Saturday. MacKay wouldn't say what public place was allegedly targeted to be attacked on Saturday, but he said all who are suspected of being involved are either dead or in police custody. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Darrell Oake)A group of "murderous misfits" planned a massacre on Valentine's Day at Canada's largest regional shopping mall, the justice minister said on Saturday, but the alleged plot was foiled by police after an anonymous tipoff. Police charged two people with conspiracy to commit murder and released a third suspect in the alleged plot to shoot as many people as possible in the Halifax Shopping Center. A fourth man linked to the plot was found dead in a house in Halifax, police said. "Based on what we know so far, it would have been devastating, mass casualties would have been a real possibility," Justice Minister Peter MacKay told reporters.


Anwar back in jail but problems mount for Malaysian PM Najib

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 01:03 PM PST

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak arrives at a news conference to announce budget revisions to help its oil exporting economy adjust to the impact of slumping global crude prices, in PutrajayaBy Trinna Leong and Al-Zaquan Amer Hamzah KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - The biggest political threat to Malaysia's government is behind bars after a court upheld a sodomy conviction for opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, but more thorny problems confront Prime Minister Najib Razak. Anwar, jailed for five years on Tuesday on a charge he called politically motivated, has for years represented the greatest challenge to Najib's coalition, which has ruled the multi-ethnic Southeast Asian country since independence in 1957.


German anti-euro party eyes first seats in western state

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 03:03 PM PST

Frauke Petry, chairwoman of eurosceptic German party AfD delivers her speech during a party meeting in BremenGermany's euroskeptic Alternative for Germany (AfD) party may win seats in its first western state on Sunday, buoyed by worries Greece's new anti-austerity government could unleash a fresh wave of turmoil in the euro zone. The right-leaning AfD, which was founded in early 2013 to oppose euro zone bailouts, has been polling between 3 and 6 percent ahead of Sunday's vote in the northern city-state of Hamburg, the first of two regional elections in Germany this year. Should the AfD reach the 5 percent threshold needed to enter the regional assembly, it would establish the party as a potential long-term rival to Chancellor Angela Merkel's Conservatives, who had hoped its success would be limited to the east where it already has seats in three states. Votes for the AfD could also threaten the absolute majority of ruling state premier Olaf Scholz, a respected centrist in the Social Democrats (SPD), forcing him into a coalition with either the Greens or the Christian Democrats (CDU).


Guns fall silent in Ukraine's Donetsk as Poroshenko orders ceasefire

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:52 PM PST

Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko talks to military staff in KievBy Anton Zverev DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - Shelling stopped abruptly at midnight on Saturday in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk after President Petro Poroshenko ordered government forces to halt firing in line with a ceasefire agreement aimed at ending the country's bloody conflict. Poroshenko, wearing the uniform of the armed forces supreme commander, said in a televised address in the capital Kiev that there was still "alarm" over the situation around Debaltseve, a key transport hub, where government forces have been hard pressed by encircling Russian-backed separatists.


American Mikaela Shiffrin defends slalom title at worlds

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:47 PM PST

United States' Mikaela Shiffrin celebrates her win in the women's slalom competition at the Alpine skiing world championships on Saturday, Feb. 14, 2015, in Beaver Creek, Colo. (AP Photo/John Locher)BEAVER CREEK, Colo. (AP) — After such a big win, Mikaela Shiffrin was at a complete loss. Her quandary? How to celebrate.


Zimbabwe wins toss, chooses to bowl against South Africa

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:43 PM PST

HAMILTON, New Zealand (AP) — Zimbabwe has won the toss and chosen to bowl against South Africa in the opening Cricket World Cup pool match for the neighboring African teams.

APNewsbreak: UN draft urges action on Yemen's crisis

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:37 PM PST

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. Security Council members are considering the first resolution on Yemen since a rebel takeover spun the Arab world's poorest country into the danger of collapse.

New shooting in Copenhagen: 3 wounded, including 2 police

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:34 PM PST

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Police say three people have been wounded, including two police officers, in a shooting in downtown Copenhagen.

Top Asian News at 12:30 a.m. GMT

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:33 PM PST

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker was towing a fishing boat out of heavy ice in Antarctica on Saturday after the vessel was stuck there for three days with 26 people aboard. New Zealand authorities, who were helping coordinate the rescue effort, said the Coast Guard had earlier broken up the ice around the fishing boat and sent down an unmanned underwater vehicle to take a look at the boat's propeller blades.

Police: 3 people shot in Copenhagen including 2 police, unclear if linked to earlier attack

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:21 PM PST

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Police: 3 people shot in Copenhagen including 2 police, unclear if linked to earlier attack.

APNewsbreak: Suspect in Halifax mall plot confessed

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST

In this Friday, Feb. 13, 2015 photo, police search during a snow storm for a suspect in a foiled attack in Cole Harbour, a Halifax, Canada suburb. Arrests by police that foiled an alleged plot to attack a public place in Halifax have averted a tragedy, Justice Minister Peter MacKay said Saturday. MacKay wouldn't say what public place was allegedly targeted to be attacked on Saturday, but he said all who are suspected of being involved are either dead or in police custody. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Darrell Oake)TORONTO (AP) — Canadian police have foiled a plot by three suspects who were planning to go to a mall in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and kill as many people as they could before killing themselves on Valentine's Day, police said Saturday. One suspect fatally shot himself as police moved in to arrest him, and an American suspect confessed to the plot when she was arrested at the Halifax airport, a senior police official told The Associated Press.


Umpiring error deprives Taylor of a century for England

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

England's James Taylor stops running as Umpire Aleem Dar gives out England's James Anderson during their Cricket World Cup pool A match against Australia Melbourne in Melbourne, Australia, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2015.(AP Photo/Theo Karanikos)MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — England's James Taylor was stranded two runs short of a century against Australia at the Cricket World Cup on Saturday due to an umpiring decision later officially deemed to be incorrect.


Kerry called Russian counterpart to urge truce implementation: official

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 03:59 PM PST

Secretary of State John Kerry spoke to his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on Saturday, urging full implementation of this week's Minsk agreements on ending fighting in Ukraine, including a midnight ceasefire. Kerry also expressed concern to Lavrov about the fierce fighting around the town of Debaltseve, and efforts by Russia and the separatists to cut off the town in advance of the ceasefire, a senior State Department official said. Kiev and NATO have long charged that Russia is backing separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine with arms and men. Russia denies its involvement.

Michele Ferrero, maker of Nutella, dies on Valentine's Day

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 03:54 PM PST

ROME (AP) — Michele Ferrero, the world's richest candy maker whose Nutella chocolate and hazlenut spread helped raise generations of Europeans and defined Italian sweets, died on Valentine's Day, the company said. He was 89.

Cease-fire period begins in Ukraine

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 03:53 PM PST

A firefighter dismantles a roof to extinguish a building on fire after shelling between Russian-backed separatists and Ukrainian government in residential area of the town of Artemivsk, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2015. Despite a looming cease-fire deal for eastern Ukraine, a government-held town 40 kilometers (25 miles) behind the front line has been hit by shelling. The deadline for the warring sides to halt hostilities is Sunday morning at one minute after midnight. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — The cease-fire period for fighting in Ukraine began one minute after midnight Sunday, bringing slim hopes of a reprieve from a grueling conflict that has killed at least 5,300 people and displaced more than 1 million.


Pan-Muslim group concerned over 'rising US 'Islamophobia'

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 03:28 PM PST

A makeshift memorial is made during a vigil at the University of North Carolina following the murders of three Muslim students on February 11, 2015 in Chapel HillA pan-Muslim body condemned Saturday the murders of three Muslim students in the United States by a neighbour who espoused anti-religious views, voicing concerns over what it said was increased "Islamophobia" in the country. Deah Shaddy Barakat, 23, his wife Yusor Mohammad, 21, and her sister Razan, 19, were shot dead on Tuesday in the North Carolina university town of Chapel Hill. A 46-year-old neighbour, Craig Stephen Hicks, has been charged with three counts of murder over the killings, which sparked outrage among Muslims worldwide. "This gruesome crime has left Muslims worldwide in a state of shock and has raised concerns of the growing feelings of hatred towards Muslims and the increase of acts linked to Islamophobia in the United States," said Iyad Madani, secretary general of the 57-member Organisation of Islamic cooperation.


It's mud madness at Brazilian Carnival party

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 03:05 PM PST

People covered in mud dance during the traditional "Bloco da Lama" or "Mud Block" carnival party, in Paraty, Brazil, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2015. Legend has it the "bloco" was born in 1986 after local teens hiking in a nearby mangrove forest smeared themselves with mud to discourage mosquitoes and then wandered through Paraty. The party grew year after year, but revelers eventually were banned from parading in the colonial downtown after shopkeepers complained pristine white walls were stained with the hard-to-remove mud. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)PARATY, Brazil (AP) — Forget the sexy nurses, the pirates and devils. At the Bloco da Lama Carnival street party, swamp creature is the costume of choice.


Isco, Benzema score as Real Madrid beats Deportivo 2-0

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 03:02 PM PST

Real Madrid's Isco celebrates after scoring a goal during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Real Madrid and Deportivo La Coruna at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2015. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Real Madrid needed goals from Francisco "Isco" Alarcon and Karim Benzema to beat a determined Deportivo La Coruna 2-0 and ensure it remained the Spanish league leader on Saturday.


Joseph becoming the center of attention for England

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 03:01 PM PST

England's Jonathan Joseph, centre, races with the ball on his way to scoring a try during the Six Nations international rugby union match against Italy at Twickenham stadium in London, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2015. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)LONDON (AP) — He's scored three superb tries in two Six Nations matches, is being heralded as the solution to England's problematic midfield, and has been compared to one of the country's greatest ever players, the graceful Jeremy Guscott.


Iran's Panahi wins Berlin film fest Golden Bear top prize

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 02:58 PM PST

The niece of Iranian director Jafar Panahi holds the Golden Bear trophy she accepted in his place at the 65th International Film Festival Berlinale next to jury president Darren Aronofsky on February 14, 2015 in BerlinIranian dissident director Jafar Panahi won the Golden Bear top prize at the 65th Berlin film festival Saturday for "Taxi", his third movie made in defiance of an official ban. Panahi, who is outlawed from travelling abroad and was absent from the festival, appears on screen in the film as a Tehran cab driver, swapping stories with the denizens of the city. The jury president, Hollywood director Darren Aronofsky, said Panahi had overcome restrictions that had the power to "damage the soul of the artist". "Instead of allowing his spirit to be crushed and giving up, instead of allowing himself to be filled with anger and frustration, Jafar Panahi created a love letter to cinema," Aronofsky said.


Oehling Norberg, Baron win skicross World Cup races

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 02:51 PM PST

ARE, Sweden (AP) — Victor Oehling Norberg beat Jean Frederic Chapuis of France to win a men's skicross race on Saturday and extend his freestyle skiing World Cup lead.

Argentina officials rally behind Kirchner

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 02:50 PM PST

Argentine President Cristina Kirchner speaks during a ceremony with provincial governors, in Buenos Aires, on January 30, 2015Members of Argentina's government rallied behind President Cristina Kirchner on Saturday, tossing aside allegations she protected Iranian suspects in an investigation into a 1994 bombing. "It's utter nonsense," interior and transportation minister Florencio Randazzo said of the allegations. An indictment filed Friday against Kirchner endorsed the claim made by investigating prosecutor Alberto Nisman before he was found dead on the eve of a congressional hearing. Nisman was leading an investigation into the bombing of the Argentine Jewish Mutual Association which killed 85 people.


I retired eight years ago, says Hodgson

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 02:49 PM PST

England manager Roy Hodgson arrives at Celtic Park in Glasgow, Scotland on November 17, 2014England manager Roy Hodgson has revealed that he believed his coaching career had come to an end when he stepped down as national coach of Finland in November 2007. Then aged 60, Hodgson had accepted an offer to return to Inter Milan, where he had twice previously been coach, to work alongside the Italian club's long-standing president, Massimo Moratti. At the age of 60, before I went to Fulham, I was on my way to Inter to join Massimo Moratti as his presidential advisor and to go into semi-retirement.


Sporting draws 1-1 at Belenenses with goal in injury time

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 02:48 PM PST

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Carlos Mane scored in injury time to salvage for 10-man Sporting Lisbon a 1-1 draw at Belenenses in the Portuguese league on Saturday.

Napoli loses 3-1 at Palermo, fails to close gap on Roma

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 02:46 PM PST

Palermo coach Giuseppe Iachini, left, greets Napoli coach Rafael Benitez prior to the start of the Serie A soccer match between Palermo and Napoli, in Palermo, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2015. (AP Photo/Alessandro Fucarini)MILAN (AP) — Napoli missed the chance to close the gap to second-place Roma as it lost 3-1 at Palermo in Serie A on Saturday, ending a run of six successive victories.


African nations to invest in meteorology to 'save lives'

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 02:41 PM PST

An aerial view of flooding in Makhanga, in the southern Malawian district of Nsanje, February 3, 2015African countries agreed Saturday to strengthen their meteorological services to reduce the impact of extreme weather events at a meeting of ministers in Cape Verde. In a declaration adopted at the end of the five-day African Ministerial Conference on Meteorology (AMCOMET), delegates recognised that "investments in weather and climate services help save lives and property, minimise economic losses and preserve the environment". "This year and the coming years are critical years for the planet in general, and specifically for Africa," said Michel Jarraud, Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), which launched AMCOMET alongside the African Union.


Anderson warns of Kiwi 'juggernaut' at Cricket World Cup

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 02:35 PM PST

New Zealand's players leave the field after defeating Sri Lanka by 98 runs in the opening match of the Cricket World Cup at Christchurch, New Zealand, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2015. (AP Photo/Ross Setford)CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand's efforts to contain the hype around their Cricket World Cup prospects had been going well until allrounder Corey Anderson used one word on Saturday to describe their campaign. He called it a juggernaut.


One dead, three police hurt in shooting at Copenhagen Islam debate

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 02:30 PM PST

A gunman killed at least one person and wounded three police officers after opening fire Saturday on a cultural centre in Copenhagen as it was hosting a debate on Islam and free speech. Swedish artist Lars Vilks -- the author of controversial Prophet Mohammed cartoons that sparked worldwide protests in 2007 -- was among those at the debate targeted by the gunman, who fled the scene after a shootout with police. Danish Prime Minister Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt described the assault as "a terrorist attack" as Danish television showed the windows of the Krudttonden cultural centre pock-marked by multiple bullet holes. French ambassador to Denmark Francois Zimeray, who had been present at the debate but was not hurt, told AFP the shooting was an attempt to replicate the January 7 attack against the Charlie Hebdo weekly in Paris, which left 12 people dead.

Poroshenko orders Ukrainian forces to cease fire

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 02:29 PM PST

KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko gave the order to government forces to cease fire from midnight on Sunday (1700 ET Saturday) in line with a peace agreement worked out last Thursday in Minsk, Belarus. "I give now the order to the armed forces of Ukraine ... to cease fire at 00:00 hours on February 15," he said in a televised statement issued alongside armed forces chief of staff Viktor Muzhenko. (Reporting by Pavel Polityuk; Writing By Richard Balmforth; Editing by Kevin Liffey)

Nigeria's leader lashes out at ex-president's vote rigging claim

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 02:21 PM PST

Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo attends a conference in Dakar, on December 16, 2014Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday dismissed allegations by ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo that he was plotting to rig rescheduled presidential elections next month. A presidency statement said Obasanjo had accused Jonathan in the southwestern city of Abeokuta of plotting to win the March 28 vote by "hook and crook" and planning to plunge the nation into crisis if he lost. "For the record, President Jonathan has no such intention and will continue to give the greatest possible support to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)... to ensure that the rescheduled elections are successfully conducted," it said. "Chief Obasanjo's plot with others within and outside the country to thwart the general elections and foist an unconstitutional interim national government, which he hopes to head, on the nation is well known to us," it said.


CWC officials admit wrong call made at end of match

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 02:19 PM PST

England's James Taylor stops running as Umpire Aleem Dar gives out England's James Anderson during their Cricket World Cup pool A match against Australia Melbourne in Melbourne, Australia, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2015.(AP Photo/Theo Karanikos)MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — It wasn't likely to affect the outcome of the match, but the International Cricket Council admits their officials got it wrong at the end of the Australia-England Cricket World Cup game.


Obama talks cease-fire with leaders of Ukraine, Germany

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 02:10 PM PST

RANCHO MIRAGE, California (AP) — President Barack Obama has spoken with the leaders of Ukraine and Germany as fighting continued between Ukrainian forces and Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine hours before a scheduled cease-fire.

Obama speaks to German, Ukrainian leaders about Ukraine violence

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 02:04 PM PST

President Barack Obama spoke to Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday and expressed concern about the violence in Ukraine while pressing for implementation of a ceasefire agreement, the White House said. "The president spoke with Ukrainian President Poroshenko today to express his sympathy for the mounting toll of the conflict in eastern Ukraine and his deep concern about the ongoing violence, particularly in and around Debaltseve," the White House said in a statement about the call with the Ukrainian leader. "They also agreed on the pressing need for all signatories to implement the ceasefire and protocol agreements reached at Minsk last September and reaffirmed by the Minsk Implementation Plan this week," the White House said.

'We are all Danish tonight,' says Charlie Hebdo columnist

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 02:01 PM PST

Flowers are laid near the corner where a shooting attack at a cultural centre in Copenhagen, Denmark occurred during a debate on Islam and free speech on February 14, 2015A columnist for French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo on Saturday condemned a shooting in Copenhagen that targeted a debate on Islam and free speech, saying: "We are all Danish tonight". One man was killed and three police officers were wounded when a gunmen attacked a cultural centre hosting a seminar attended by the French ambassador and a Swedish cartoonist who has faced threats over his depictions of the Prophet Mohammed. "They targeted an artist and also France," columnist Patrick Pelloux told AFP. Pelloux narrowly escaped the attack by two Islamist gunmen on the Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo on January 7, which left 12 people dead and kicked off three days of jihadist violence in the capital.


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