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• Shelling halts in Ukraine's Donetsk as Poroshenko orders ceasefire
• One dead in shooting at Danish meeting with artist who drew Mohammad
• Clashes between Shi'ite Houthis and Sunnis in Yemen leave 26 dead
• 'Misfits' plotted Valentine's Day murders in Canada mall: minister
• Anwar back in jail but problems mount for Malaysian PM Najib
• German anti-euro party eyes first seats in western state
• Guns fall silent in Ukraine's Donetsk as Poroshenko orders ceasefire
• American Mikaela Shiffrin defends slalom title at worlds
• Zimbabwe wins toss, chooses to bowl against South Africa
• APNewsbreak: UN draft urges action on Yemen's crisis
• New shooting in Copenhagen: 3 wounded, including 2 police
• Top Asian News at 12:30 a.m. GMT
• Police: 3 people shot in Copenhagen including 2 police, unclear if linked to earlier attack
• APNewsbreak: Suspect in Halifax mall plot confessed
• Umpiring error deprives Taylor of a century for England
• Kerry called Russian counterpart to urge truce implementation: official
• Michele Ferrero, maker of Nutella, dies on Valentine's Day
• Cease-fire period begins in Ukraine
• Pan-Muslim group concerned over 'rising US 'Islamophobia'
• It's mud madness at Brazilian Carnival party
• Isco, Benzema score as Real Madrid beats Deportivo 2-0
• Joseph becoming the center of attention for England
• Iran's Panahi wins Berlin film fest Golden Bear top prize
• Oehling Norberg, Baron win skicross World Cup races
• Argentina officials rally behind Kirchner
• I retired eight years ago, says Hodgson
• Sporting draws 1-1 at Belenenses with goal in injury time
• Napoli loses 3-1 at Palermo, fails to close gap on Roma
• African nations to invest in meteorology to 'save lives'
• Anderson warns of Kiwi 'juggernaut' at Cricket World Cup
• One dead, three police hurt in shooting at Copenhagen Islam debate
• Poroshenko orders Ukrainian forces to cease fire
• Nigeria's leader lashes out at ex-president's vote rigging claim
• CWC officials admit wrong call made at end of match
• Obama talks cease-fire with leaders of Ukraine, Germany
• Obama speaks to German, Ukrainian leaders about Ukraine violence
• 'We are all Danish tonight,' says Charlie Hebdo columnist

Shelling halts in Ukraine's Donetsk as Poroshenko orders ceasefire Posted: 14 Feb 2015 03:32 PM PST By 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 By 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 By 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 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 By 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 Germany'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 By 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Iranian 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 Members 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 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 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 African 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 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 Nigerian 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 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 A 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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