News Headlines - 13 February 2013

▽Knife-wielding attacker kills at least 2, wounds 11 on Guam - CNN.com

A knife-wielding attacker killed at least two Japanese tourists and wounded 11 others on Tuesday in a tourist district on the U.S. Pacific territory of Guam, government officials said. The incident took place in Tumon on Guam's west coast, said Andy Gibson, an official in Gov. Eddie Calvo's office.

▽Christopher Dorner manhunt ends at burned-out cabin – as it happened | guardian.co.uk

・ Fire at cabin where Dorner was said to be holed up ・ Local sheriff's department says Dorner was believed inside ・ LAPD says cabin 'too hot' to enter, investigation goes on ・ Officer died and another injured in earlier shootout ・ Did the police start fire that killed Christopher Dorner?

▽AFP: Obama says 34,000 US troops to leave Afghanistan

US President Barack Obama announced that 34,000 US troops will withdraw from Afghanistan in the next year and vowed the grueling, bloody US conflict there would end by late 2014. "After a decade of grinding war, our brave men and women in uniform are coming home," Obama said in his State of the Union address, winning applause and a standing ovation from lawmakers.

▽France - Assembly Passes Gay Marriage Bill - NYTimes.com

The lower house of Parliament, after more than 100 hours of debate, approved a law on Tuesday that would legalize same-sex marriage and give the same rights to all married couples to adopt children. The bill, promoted by President François Hollande and his Socialist Party, which controls the legislature, passed by 329 to 229 in the National Assembly, despite loud opposition from religious leaders and from the center-right. The bill will come before the Senate on April 2, where it is also expected to pass.

▽DNA confirms New Zealand girl is not Madeleine McCann - Telegraph

DNA from a New Zealand girl bearing a striking resemblance to missing British youngster Madeleine McCann confirms she is not the child who disappeared in 2007.