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| Duterte declares 'state of lawlessness' after Philippine blast kills 14 |
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 By Enrico Dela Cruz and Karen Lema MANILA (Reuters) - Philippines' President Rodrigo Duterte declared on Saturday a "state of lawlessness" in the country after an explosion in a market killed 14 people in his home city while he was on a regular weekend visit there. Duterte, the crime-busting mayor of Davao City for more than two decades, said the blast late on Friday outside a high-end hotel intensified what was an "extraordinary time" in the Philippines, and security forces would redouble efforts to tackle crime, drugs and insurgency. "I must declare a state of lawless violence in this country, it's not martial law," Duterte told a phalanx of reporters on a Davao street at daybreak after visiting the blast site.
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| Jessie J beats copyright appeal over smash hit 'Domino' |
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 British pop singer Jessie J on Friday persuaded a U.S. appeals court to reject a California songwriter's claim that she stole the melody from one of his songs for her 2011 hit "Domino." The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Will Loomis did not show that Jessie J, Dr. Luke, Max Martin and other "Domino" writers had access to his 2008 song "Bright Red Chords," and that his copyright was infringed. Vivendi SA's Universal Music Group and various affiliates were also defendants. Loomis said he had furnished a copy of his song, recorded in 2009 with his band Loomis and the Lust, to a record executive assigned to "find" and "share" music, and that through her it could have found its way to the "Domino" writers.
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| Gabon's Ping declares himself president after post-poll riots |
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 By Gerauds Wilfried Obangome LIBREVILLE (Reuters) - Gabonese opposition candidate Jean Ping declared himself president on Friday, after a disputed election that triggered two days of post-election riots against President Ali Bongo. Violence erupted across the Central African country on Wednesday following the announcement of a slim victory for Bongo, who was first elected in 2009 after the death of his father Omar, Gabon's president for 42 years. "I am the president," Ping told a news conference after being freed from his headquarters, which had earlier been surrounded by Gabonese security forces.
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