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Russians to march in memory of murdered critic of Putin

Posted: 28 Feb 2015 02:22 PM PST

People gather at the site where Boris Nemtsov was recently murdered, in central MoscowBy Timothy Heritage and Katya Golubkova MOSCOW (Reuters) - Opposition supporters will march through Moscow on Sunday in memory of Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov, whose murder has increased concern about Russia's future among opponents of President Vladimir Putin. National investigators who answer to Putin say they are pursuing several lines of inquiry, including the possibility that Nemtsov, a Jew, was killed by radical Islamists or that the opposition killed him to blacken the president's name. Putin's opponents say such suggestions show the cynicism of Russia's leaders as they whip up nationalism, hatred and anti-Western hysteria to rally support for his policies on Ukraine and deflect blame for an economic crisis. "It is a blow to Russia.


British PM Cameron vows to hunt down 'Jihadi John'

Posted: 28 Feb 2015 12:17 AM PST

A masked, black-clad militant brandishes a knife in this still image from videoBy Michael Holden and Ahmed Aboulenein LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister David Cameron vowed on Friday to use all means at his disposal to hunt down militants such as "Jihadi John" after the killer was identified as a Kuwaiti-born computer programming graduate from London. The black-clad militant brandishing a knife and speaking with an English accent was shown in videos released by Islamic State (IS) apparently decapitating hostages including Americans, Britons and Syrians. "When there are people anywhere in the world who commit appalling and heinous crimes against British citizens, we will do everything we can with the police, with the security services, with all that we have at our disposal to find these people and put them out of action," Cameron said. Cameron refused to comment on the identification of "Jihadi John" as 26-year-old British militant Mohammed Emwazi, but said that people should get behind the security services, which he praised as impressive and dedicated to defending Britain.


U.S.-led coalition launches air strikes on Islamic State targets in Iraq, Syria

Posted: 28 Feb 2015 09:07 AM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S.-led coalition launched 11 air strikes in Iraq and nine in Syria since early Friday against Islamic State militants, the Combined Joint Task Force said. Four of the strikes in Syria hit Islamic State positions near the border town of Kobani, the task force said in a statement on Saturday. In Iraq, the coalition launched four strikes near the town of al Asad and three near Mosul. (Reporting by Eric Beech; Editing By Frances Kerry)

Greek PM accuses Spain, Portugal of anti-Athens 'axis'

Posted: 28 Feb 2015 05:35 AM PST

Greek PM Tsipras delivers a speech at the ruling Syriza party central committee in AthensBy Costas Pitas and David Stamp ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's leftist Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras accused Spain and Portugal on Saturday of leading a conservative conspiracy to topple his anti-austerity government, saying they feared their own radical forces before elections this year. Tsipras also rejected criticism that Athens had staged a climbdown to secure an extension of its financial lifeline from the euro zone, saying anger among German conservatives showed that his government had won concessions. "We found opposing us an axis of powers ... led by the governments of Spain and Portugal which for obvious political reasons attempted to lead the entire negotiations to the brink," said Tsipras, who won an election on Jan. 25. "Their plan was and is to wear down, topple or bring our government to unconditional surrender before our work begins to bear fruit and before the Greek example affects other countries," he said, adding: "And mainly before the elections in Spain." Spain's new anti-establishment Podemos movement has topped some opinion polls, making it a serious threat to the conservative People's Party of Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy in an election which must be held by the end of this year.


Ukrainian journalist killed in shelling despite ceasefire

Posted: 28 Feb 2015 03:52 PM PST

An armed man with the separatist self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic army salutes from the top of a mobile artillery cannon as his convoy starts pulling back from DonetskA Ukrainian journalist was killed by shelling in east Ukraine on Saturday, his newspaper said, even as the Ukrainian military reported a significant drop in rebel attacks, boosting hopes for a two-week-old ceasefire. Photographer Serhiy Nikolayev died after artillery fire struck near the village of Pesky, northwest of the rebel-held city of Donetsk, daily newspaper Sevodnya reported in an online statement. Earlier, Ukraine's military said fighting had eased significantly in the east overnight but reported GRAD missile attacks on the government-held town of Avdiivka, next to Pesky, which is home to one of Europe's largest coke plants. On Friday, Ukraine reported the first deaths among its servicemen in three days, underscoring the fragility of the truce, as government troops and rebels pulled back heavy weapons from the frontline.


Maduro says Venezuela captures U.S. citizens linked to espionage

Posted: 28 Feb 2015 04:50 PM PST

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro addresses the audience at the Diplomatic Centre in Port-of-SpainBy Diego Ore and Brian Ellsworth CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Saturday his government had captured Americans, including a pilot, involved in espionage activities and said U.S. citizens in the future will have to seek visas to come to the OPEC nation. Speaking during a rally, he said his government will prohibit some U.S. officials from entering Venezuela in retaliation for a similar measure by the government of President Barack Obama against a group of Venezuelan public officials. A spokesman for the U.S. embassy in Caracas said he was unable to comment, citing a lack of any official diplomatic communication with the Venezuelan government. Pereira said the group had been coming to Venezuela for 14 years and denied the missionaries were involved in espionage.


Maldives opposition to protest until ex-leader freed

Posted: 28 Feb 2015 04:56 PM PST

FILE - In this Monday, Feb. 23, 2015, photo, Maldives former President and current opposition leader Mohamed Nasheed, in white, tussles with policemen who stopped him from speaking to journalists in Male, Maldives, Monday, Feb. 23, 2015. Authorities arrested Nasheed on Sunday, ordering him to stand trial for his 2012 decision to arrest a senior judge. (AP Photo/Sinan Hussain, File)COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — An opposition lawmaker in the Maldives said her party will press on with street protests until the government frees a former president and current opposition leader.


Venezuela frees 4 detained North Dakota missionaries

Posted: 28 Feb 2015 04:50 PM PST

DEVILS LAKE, North Dakota (AP) — Venezuelan authorities on Saturday released four North Dakota missionaries after they were detained and questioned for several days, a pastor at their church said.

Heat say Bosh has been released from hospital

Posted: 28 Feb 2015 04:39 PM PST

MIAMI (AP) — All-Star forward Chris Bosh of the Miami Heat has been released from a South Florida hospital following a weeklong stay for treatment after blood clots were found on one of his lungs.

Brazil arrests US sect leader wanted on sex charges

Posted: 28 Feb 2015 04:35 PM PST

In this photo released by Rio Grande do Norte State Security secretary, American sect leader Victor Arden Barnard sits in a police station after being detained at Pipa beach, in the Northeastern state of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, Friday, Feb. 27, 2015. Barnard is facing 59 counts of criminal sexual conduct related to two young women who said they were abused for nearly a decade at his secluded River Road Fellowship in Minnesota. (AP Photo/Rio Grande do Norte State Security Secretary)RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian authorities said Saturday they arrested a self-professed minister put on a U.S. most-wanted list for allegedly molesting two girls in a "Maidens Group" at his religious fellowship in rural Minnesota.


Mexico drug lord captures change but don't lower trafficking

Posted: 28 Feb 2015 04:20 PM PST

ADDS PHOTOGRAPHER'S BYLINE - Federal police escort who they identify as Servando "La Tuta" Gomez," leader of the Knights Templar cartel, as he sits inside helicopter at the Attorney General's Office hangar in Mexico City, Friday, Feb. 27, 2015. Gomez, a former school teacher who became one of Mexico's most-wanted drug lords as head of the Knights Templar cartel, was captured early Friday by federal police, according to Mexican officials. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)MEXICO CITY (AP) — It's another big score for the Mexican government, which has been tearing through its list of most-wanted drug lords in recent years.


'Jihadi John' contemplated suicide in 2010: report

Posted: 28 Feb 2015 04:19 PM PST

An arrangment of British daily newspapers photographed in London on February 27, 2015 shows the front-page headlines and stories regarding the identification of the masked Islamic State group militant dubbed "Jihadi John"The London man believed to be Islamic State executioner "Jihadi John" told a journalist four years ago that surveillance by British security services had left him contemplating suicide, it emerged Saturday. Mohammed Emwazi, named by media and experts as the militant thought to have beheaded at least five Western hostages held by the IS group, told the Mail on Sunday reporter that he felt like a "dead man walking". Prime Minister David Cameron and a former head of foreign spy agency MI6 strongly rejected the idea, while London mayor Boris Johnson accused Cage of an "apology for terror".


Frampton stops Avalos to keep IBF super bantam title

Posted: 28 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) — Carl Frampton stopped American challenger Chris Avalos in the fifth round to win his first defense of the IBF super bantamweight belt on Saturday.

Rwanda urged to take action against BBC over genocide documentary

Posted: 28 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

Rwandan investigators urged the government to take action against the BBC over a controversial documentary questioning official versions of the 1994 genocideRwandan investigators on Saturday urged the government to take action against the BBC and ban its radio programmes from the country's airwaves over a controversial documentary questioning official versions of the 1994 genocide. The probe led by the country's former top prosecutor Martin Ngoga found the British broadcaster broke Rwandan law on genocide denial in its report on the massacres that left around 800,000 dead. Rwanda should "initiate criminal and civil process to deal with identified offences", he added. The focus of the probe was the programme "Rwanda, The Untold Story" which was broadcast on the BBC's second television channel, BBC2, in October 2014 and highlighted criticism over Rwandan president Paul Kagame's alleged role in events.


Lewis leads LPGA Thailand by a shot after 3rd-round 73

Posted: 28 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

CHONBURI, Thailand (AP) — American Stacy Lewis shot a 1-over 73 on Saturday in hot and humid conditions in the Honda LPGA Thailand to take a one-stroke lead over South Korea's Amy Yang into the final round.

Sierra Leone vice president in Ebola quarantine

Posted: 28 Feb 2015 04:04 PM PST

Sierra Leone's Vice President Sam Sumana has placed himself in quarantine following the Ebola death of one of his guardsSierra Leone's Vice President Sam Sumana has placed himself in quarantine following the Ebola death of one of his guards, a government spokesman said Saturday, as the country reintroduced travel restrictions as the number of new cases rises again. Sumana "has decided to place himself in precautionary quarantine awaiting the results of tests by the health authorities", the spokesman said. Sumana's bodyguard, 42-year-old John Koroma, died from Ebola on Friday, medical sources said.


UK government rejects calls for higher diesel tax to cut pollution

Posted: 28 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

By Nina Chestney LONDON (Reuters) - The British government rejected calls on Sunday to raise taxes on diesel vehicles to reduce air pollution but said it will consider a national network of low-emission zones. Britain has consistently failed to meet European Union limits on nitrogen dioxide, which is produced by diesel engines and is harmful to respiratory systems, as well as another pollutant, known as diesel particular matter. In December, the parliamentary Environmental Audit Committee published a report on air quality in which it called for a less favorable tax regime for diesel vehicles to discourage the emission of pollutants. It also urged the government to introduce without delay a national framework for low emission zones and a certification scheme for vehicles that meet particular air quality standards.

Rio Ruckus: IOC, Olympics targeted by environmental protest

Posted: 28 Feb 2015 03:52 PM PST

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach smiles during a press conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015. IOC officials have been in Rio this week monitoring progress on the games. South America's first Olympics open Aug. 5. 2016. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — IOC President Thomas Bach came to Rio de Janeiro to laud the city's progress in getting ready for the 2016 Olympics. On Saturday, he came up against another side of the games — activists bursting into his hotel lobby to protest what they call environmental destruction brought on by the games.


Venezuela to limit US diplomat number, require tourist visas

Posted: 28 Feb 2015 03:27 PM PST

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro, center, waves a national flag during a rally in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015. Venezuelans took to the streets of Caracas in dueling demonstrations on Saturday, with one group calling attention to a crackdown on opponents of the government and another showing support for the embattled socialist administration. At left is Venezuela's first lady Cilia Flores. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — President Nicolas Maduro announced Saturday that he will limit the number of U.S. diplomats allowed to work in Venezuela and also will require U.S. citizens to apply for visas if they want to visit.


Venezuela to demand mandatory visas for Americans

Posted: 28 Feb 2015 03:24 PM PST

Venenzuelan President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a television broadcast in Caracas on February 19, 2015Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced Saturday he was implementing a mandatory visa system for all American citizens visiting the country, as a way to "control" US interference. The leftist president also ordered a review and reduction of US diplomatic staff in Caracas. "In order to protect our country... I have decided to implement a system of compulsory visas for all Americans entering Venezuela," he told supporters. In his fiery speech outside the Miraflores presidential palace, Maduro noted that the Americans have 100 diplomatic staff in Caracas, compared to 17 Venezuelan diplomats in Washington.


Jeff Gordon takes a final spin at track that meant so much

Posted: 28 Feb 2015 03:22 PM PST

Driver Jeff Gordon waits to leaves the garage for practice for Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015, in Hampton, Ga. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) — Jeff Gordon admired his latest retirement gift — a miniature race car for his two young children — and thanked the folks at Atlanta Motor Speedway for not going with the obvious choice.


Businessman charged with defrauding billionaire AS Monaco owner

Posted: 28 Feb 2015 03:17 PM PST

An aerial view of Monaco on September 20, 2013A prominent Swiss businessman was on Saturday charged in connection with an alleged art fraud targeting Russian oligarch and football club owner Dmitry Rybolovlev. Yves Bouvier, who faces charges of fraud and money laundering, is suspected of having sold Rybolovlev dozens of paintings by Picasso, Modigliani, Gauguin and other masters for inflated prices with the help of false documents. A Russian-speaking Swiss woman living in Monaco was also charged with money laundering.


Referee red card overshadows Rooney goals in EPL

Posted: 28 Feb 2015 03:11 PM PST

Manchester United's Wayne Rooney, left, celebrates with teammate Adnan Januzaj after scoring his second goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester United and Sunderland at Old Trafford Stadium, Manchester, England, Saturday Feb. 28, 2015. (AP Photo/Jon Super)LONDON (AP) — Manchester United rode its luck as Wayne Rooney scored twice in a 2-0 win against struggling 10-man Sunderland, but his success was overshadowed by another refereeing controversy in the English Premier League on Saturday.


Suarez leads Barcelona to win, Bueno scores 4 for Rayo

Posted: 28 Feb 2015 02:59 PM PST

Barcelona's Luis Suarez, right, in action with Granada's goalkeeper Oier Olazabal, left, during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Granada and FC Barcelona at Los Carmenes stadium in Granada, Spain, Saturday Feb. 28, 2015. (AP Photo/Daniel Tejedor)BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona's 3-1 win at Granada from goals by Luis Suarez and Lionel Messi was overshadowed by little-known Alberto Bueno netting four goals in 16 minutes in Rayo Vallecano's victory on Saturday.


Another Mexican drug lord caught, but victory elusive

Posted: 28 Feb 2015 02:54 PM PST

Mexican federal police escort Servando "La Tuta" Gomez from a helicopter upon his arrival at the airport in Mexico City on February 27, 2015Mexico's government dealt a major blow to the Knights Templar drug cartel by capturing its last leader, but the proliferation of new armed groups shows the government is far from victory. The arrest of Servando "La Tuta" Gomez, whose gang has tormented the western state of Michoacan for years, was a much-needed victory for embattled President Enrique Pena Nieto. For months now, Pena Nieto has endured protests over his government's handling of the investigation into the presumed murder of 43 college students by a police-backed gang.


Benfica thrashes Estoril 6-0 to extend lead in Portugal

Posted: 28 Feb 2015 02:49 PM PST

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Benfica thrashed Estoril 6-0 at home to increase its overnight lead of the Portuguese league on Saturday.

AC Milan fails again to win 2 in a row in Serie A

Posted: 28 Feb 2015 02:47 PM PST

Chievo's Sergio Pellissier, right, is challenged by AC Milan's Salvatore Bocchetti, bottom, and his teammate Luca Antonelli during a Serie A soccer match at Bentegodi stadium in Verona, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015. (AP Photo/Felice Calabro')VERONA, Italy (AP) — AC Milan was held to a goalless draw at relegation-threatened Chievo Verona in Serie A on Saturday as it once again failed to win consecutive matches.


UN-AU mission in Sudan's Darfur cuts 770 jobs

Posted: 28 Feb 2015 02:42 PM PST

A member of the UN-African Union mission in Darfur sits on an armoured personnel carrier patrolling near the city of Nyala, January 12, 2015 in SudanThe UN-AU mission in Sudan's Darfur (UNAMID) will cut 770 civilian jobs, it said on Saturday, as it faces pressure from Khartoum to withdraw from the war-torn western region. The decision was made after a strategic review of the mission, the statement said, and was unconnected to calls from Sudan's government for the mission to leave.


Burundi's government calls anti-opposition rally 'for peace'

Posted: 28 Feb 2015 02:39 PM PST

Thousands of people march through the streets of Bujumbura on February 28, 2015 during a demonstration "for peace" organized by the Burundian governmentThousands of Burundians took part in a government-backed rally "for peace" Saturday, where speakers took aim at the opposition, civil groups and the media, accusing them of leading the country towards war. The demonstration in the capital Bujumbura was mirrored at rallies organised by the authorities in other towns, underlining the growing tension in Burundi ahead of a presidential election in June. "We are here to denounce all those who seek to bring us to war, all those who want to organise popular uprisings," Bujumbura mayor Saidi Juma told the crowd, reading a text prepared by the government. Last month, vast crowds took part in one of the largest demonstrations in recent years after the release of a popular journalist and government critic from jail.


Chile's president meets with ailing teen who asked to die

Posted: 28 Feb 2015 02:34 PM PST

In this photo released by Chile's presidential press office, Chile's President Michelle Bachelet, right, poses for a selfie with Valentina Maureira, who suffered of cystic fibrosis at a hospital in Santiago, Chile, Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015. Maureira post a video in the web asking a meeting with Bachellet to allow her "sleep for ever". (AP Photo/Chile's presidential press office)SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chile's president went to a hospital Saturday to meet with a 14-year-old girl who shocked the country by going on YouTube to plead for the leader to let doctors euthanize her because she is tired of her struggle with cystic fibrosis.


Savannah police investigating death of Colombian man

Posted: 28 Feb 2015 02:30 PM PST

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Police are still investigating the death of a politically connected Colombian man found in a Savannah hotel room.

Netanyahu takes Iran campaign to Jerusalem holy site

Posted: 28 Feb 2015 02:20 PM PST

Israel's PM Netanyahu stands next to the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, during a visit in Jerusalem's Old CityBy Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Benjamin Netanyahu took his campaign against a nuclear deal with Iran to Jerusalem's sacred Western Wall on Saturday, on the eve of his departure to Washington to address Congress on the issue. His rare pilgrimage to one of Judaism's holiest sites was highly symbolic -- and political -- an apparent attempt by Netanyahu, two weeks before a national election, to portray a U.S. visit, that has brought relations with Washington to a new low, as crucial to Israel's survival. Using the perimeter wall of the destroyed Biblical Jewish temple as a backdrop and wearing a black skullcap, he said: "The agreement being formed between Iran and the powers, can endanger our existence. "In the face of such an agreement we must unite and explain the dangers it poses to Israel, to the region and to the entire world."     Netanyahu has come under almost unprecedented criticism from the U.S. administration and in Israel for his planned speech to Congress on Tuesday, as international talks with Iran are under way to secure a deal on Teheran's nuclear program.  Washington hopes a deal with Iran will ensure the Islamic Republic is unable to develop nuclear weapons.


Italian anti-euro, anti-immigrant party holds rally in Rome

Posted: 28 Feb 2015 02:18 PM PST

Italian Northern League party leader Matteo Salvini speaks during a rally against the Italian government's policy in Rome on February 28, 2015The rising star of the Italian right, Matteo Salvini, led a mass rally in support of his anti-immigration, anti-EU Northern League party in central Rome Saturday, as a counter-rally took place nearby. The rally's slogan was "Renzi go home", with Salvini, "the other Matteo", setting himself up as a challenger to Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi. According to Italian media reports 3,000 police were deployed to deal with the rally where organisers bused in supporters on special trains and buses. A few hundred metres (yards) from the Northern League rally, leftist groups, including anti-racism and gay rights organisations, demonstrated under the banner "Never with Salvini" with organisers saying 35,000 had gathered to protest.


Former top Colombian officials convicted in domestic spying scandal

Posted: 28 Feb 2015 02:16 PM PST

Former Colombian intelligence chief Maria del Pilar Hurtado arrives to court in Bogota, on February 27, 2015Colombia's Supreme Court has convicted the country's former intelligence boss and a presidential chief of staff of spying on judges, journalists and politicians during the presidency of Alvaro Uribe. The high court handed down its unanimous guilty verdicts on Friday against the former intelligence chief, Maria del Pilar Hurtado, and Uribe's former chief of staff, Bernardo Moreno. Hurtado, as head of the now defunct Administrative Department of Security (DAS), was found to have ordered illegal wiretaps of current Bogota Mayor Gustavo Petro, other leftist politicians and Supreme Court judges.


Death threats and a late night dinner before Russia's Nemtsov was shot dead

Posted: 28 Feb 2015 02:07 PM PST

By Thomas Grove MOSCOW (Reuters) - It was near closing time on Friday at the upscale Bosco restaurant that looks out onto the illuminated red-brick walls of Moscow's Kremlin. Boris Nemtsov and his young, dark-haired girlfriend were finishing dinner. A political reformer who had fallen foul of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Nemtsov had been preoccupied for weeks with details of an opposition march planned for Sunday. Nemtsov also broke off for an interview with a Ukrainian radio station eager for the details of the rally.

England wins toss, bats against Sri Lanka in World Cup match

Posted: 28 Feb 2015 02:01 PM PST

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — England won the toss and chose to bat against Sri Lanka in a Pool A match Sunday which has become important for both teams' chances of making the quarterfinals of the Cricket World Cup.

FIFA resists video help for refs, then red-card issue in EPL

Posted: 28 Feb 2015 01:59 PM PST

FIFA General Secretary Jerome Valcke, center, attends a press conference following the International Football Association Board (IFAB) meeting in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015. Sepp Blatter wants the 2022 World Cup final in Qatar to take place no later than Dec. 18, a date that would avoid a conflict with the powerful Premier League over the Christmas schedule in England. The dates of the 2022 tournament will be confirmed in March by the FIFA executive committee, which Blatter heads. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)HOLYWOOD, Northern Ireland (AP) — Faced with soccer's "biggest decision ever," FIFA said on Saturday it would not be rushed into approving — or even testing — video technology to improve the accuracy of referees' decisions.


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