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| Gunman in UCLA murder-suicide had planned three killings - police | |  A former University of California, Los Angeles, graduate student shot dead a woman at her home in Minnesota before he drove almost 2,000 miles (3,200 km) to his alma mater, killed a professor and took his own life, police said on Thursday. Mainak Sarkar, 38, had intended to kill a second professor in addition to engineering professor William Klug, 39, at a small office on the campus, prompting a two-hour long lockdown, police said. Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck told reporters on Thursday that a search of Sarkar's St. Paul, Minnesota, home turned up a "kill list" that included the name of the woman found dead nearby, as well as the name of the other UCLA professor, who was not harmed.
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| Chilean ex-soldier faces U.S. trial in death of singer Victor Jara | |  By Gram Slattery SANTIAGO (Reuters) - An army lieutenant under late Chilean strongman Augusto Pinochet will face a civil trial in Florida this month for his involvement in the 1973 murder of Chilean folk singer Victor Jara, the U.S. human rights group bringing the suit said on Thursday. Jara, also a poet and political activist, inspired generations of artists from U2 to Bruce Springsteen with his lyrical odes to the working class. A communist, he fell afoul of the Chilean government when leftist president Salvador Allende was overthrown by right-wing Pinochet in a bloody 1973 military coup.
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| Germany triggers Turkish outcry with Armenian genocide vote | |  By Madeline Chambers and Tulay Karadeniz BERLIN/ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey recalled its ambassador to Germany on Thursday in protest against a parliament resolution declaring the 1915 massacre of Armenians by Ottoman forces a genocide at a time when Europe is looking for Ankara's help in the migrant crisis. Turkey rejects the idea that the killings of Christian Armenians during World War One amounted to a genocide.
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| Singer Prince died of painkiller overdose - reports | |  (Reuters) - Tests show music superstar Prince, who was found dead in his home in a Minneapolis suburb in late April, died of an overdose of opioid painkillers, media reported on Thursday. The Associated Press cited a law enforcement official on the cause of Prince's death, while the Minneapolis Star Tribune cited a source with knowledge of the investigation. A spokesman for the Carver County Sheriff's Office did not immediately respond to requests for comment, and a spokeswoman at the Midwest Medical Examiner's Office said that agency had no new information to release about Prince's death.
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| Some officials worry about briefing Trump, fearing spilled secrets | |  By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some U.S. intelligence officials are concerned that Donald Trump's "shoot from the hip" style could pose national security risks as they prepare to give him a routine pre-election briefing once he is formally anointed as the Republican presidential nominee. Eight senior security officials told Reuters they had concerns over briefing Trump, whose brash, unpredictable campaign style has been a feature of his rise as an insurgent candidate. Current and former officials said that the scandal over Hillary Clinton's use of emails also raises concerns about her handling of sensitive information.
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| Philippines' Duterte offers no apology for attacks on media | |  By Neil Jerome Morales DAVAO CITY, Philippines (Reuters) - Philippines President-elect Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday offered no apologies for his fierce criticism of the country's media, insisting some journalists were "vultures". On Wednesday, international and local media groups denounced Duterte for saying journalists were being killed because they were corrupt. About 175 journalists have been killed in the Philippines since 1986.
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| Three Syrians arrested in Germany suspected of planning attack | | | By Noah Barkin and Michelle Martin BERLIN (Reuters) - Three Syrian men with suspected links to Islamic State have been arrested in Germany on suspicion of planning a large-scale attack in the western city of Duesseldorf, the federal prosecutor said on Thursday. The plot was uncovered because a fourth Syrian man, identified as Saleh A., voluntarily turned himself in to authorities in Paris on Feb. 1 and confessed to the plot. Saleh A. remains in custody in France and Germany is seeking his extradition, the prosecutor said. |
| Ohio prosecutor reviewing Cincinnati Zoo gorilla case | |  Prosecutors are reviewing a police investigation into the parents of a 3-year-old boy who fell into a gorilla enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo last Saturday, prompting the killing of an endangered gorilla. Cincinnati police have said the child's parents and family were the target of the probe and not the operation or safety of the zoo. A 17-year-old western lowland silverback gorilla named Harambe was shot and killed by Cincinnati Zoo staff after the boy fell into the enclosure.
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| Philippines' Duterte says he won't surrender rights in South China Sea | |  Philippines President-elect Rodrigo Duterte said on Thursday he would not surrender the country's rights over the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea, which China seized in 2012. "There will never be an instance that we will surrender our right over Scarborough Shoal," Duterte told a news conference after holding talks with China's ambassador Zhang Jianhua. It is an issue about being obstructed or impeded because of the constructions there and we cannot exercise freely the rights under UNCLOS of the 200-mile economic zone that is exclusive to us." He said he did not discuss the South China Sea dispute with the ambassador because the Philippines was anticipating a decision from a tribunal in The Hague.
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| Kenyan court frees 43 accused of being secessionist group members | | | By Joseph Akwiri MOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) - A court in Kenya's port city of Mombasa released 43 men on Thursday who had been charged with being members of a group that seeks the independence of the Coast region from the hinterland. The Mombasa Republican Council (MRC) accuses the government of decades of social and economic marginalisation of the Coast region, and wants it to secede and form its own government. The 43 were arrested in 2014, in Kilifi, north of Mombasa, for stepping up the activities of the movement. |
| Paris police to get reinforcements for some Euro 2016 games | |  Paris security forces will receive reinforcements to protect fan zones during Euro 2016 soccer matches held in the French capital, the city's police force said on Thursday. Police chief Michel Cadot's office released a statement after Le Point magazine reported that Cadot had recommended the Eiffel Tower fan zone be closed during games played at stadiums in the city and its outskirts. France, which remains in a state of emergency after militants killed 130 people on Nov.13 in assaults across Paris on cafes, at the national Stade de France stadium and a music hall, hosts the month-long championship from June 10 to July 10.
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| Madonna prevails in copyright lawsuit over 'Vogue' song | |  By Dan Levine NEW YORK (Reuters) - Pop singer Madonna prevailed on Thursday in a copyright lawsuit over her song "Vogue" that alleged a producer copied a fraction-of-a-second segment of horns from an earlier song. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a general audience would not recognize the 0.23-second snippet in "Vogue" as originating from the song "Love Break." Attorneys for the plaintiff, VMG Salsoul LLC, could not immediately be reached for comment. A producer of "Vogue," Shep Pettibone, also recorded "Love Break" in the early 1980's, according to the court ruling.
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| Ukraine's corrupt judges targeted in constitutional reforms | |  By Alexei Kalmykov and Alessandra Prentice KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine's parliament approved on Thursday judicial reforms that Western backers say are needed to fight corruption, in the first constitutional vote the ruling coalition has pushed through since an overhaul of the government in April. Bribery in the court system is seen as a major obstacle to Ukraine's broader reform effort under a $17.5 billion International Monetary Fund bailout programme that political infighting has threatened to derail. The bill, which aims to curb political influence on the appointment of judges and limit their immunity in case of malpractice, was backed by 335 lawmakers, 35 more than the required votes needed for changes to the constitution.
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| Lionel Messi says he knew nothing about tax fraud | |  By Richard Martin BARCELONA (Reuters) - Soccer's five-times World Player of the Year Lionel Messi said on Thursday he knew nothing about an alleged tax evasion scheme when he signed contracts related to image rights. The Barcelona and Argentina forward appeared in court in Barcelona on Thursday alongside his father Jorge Horacio to testify against charges of tax evasion. Lionel and Jorge Horacio Messi are accused by the Spanish tax office of defrauding the government of 4.2 million euros ($4.7 million) between 2007 and 2009. They could face jail terms of up to 22 months if found guilty, although it is customary in Spain that offenders of non-violent crimes with a sentence of under two years do not serve time in jail. The case centres on the player's image rights and a web of shell companies allegedly used to evade taxes on income from those rights. According to the prosecutors' office, revenue was hidden using shell companies in Uruguay, Belize, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
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