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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, Feb. 6

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The Shiite Houthi group announced Friday the formation of a presidential council to take over power from the presidency, a move further deepens the chaos after Yemen's president and premier submitted resignation last month.

In a "constitutional declaration" aired by the state television controlled by the Houthi group, the group said a national presidential council comprised of five members will be formed to replace the presidency to run the country in the next transition period. (Yemen-Houthi-Council)

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NEW DELHI -- India Friday expressed displeasure over allegation of religious intolerance in India by U. S. President Barack Obama made shortly after his high-profile visit to India last week.

Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Home Minister Rajnath Singh said that India was a multireligious and multicultural country where communities including Muslims, Jews, Parsis and Christians were present.

They were reacting to Obama's comment in Washington on Thursday that the "acts of intolerance" experienced by religious faiths of all types in India in the past few years would have shocked Mahatma Gandhi, the founder of modern India. (India-Obama-Religion)

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KIEV -- The Ukrainian army and pro-independence insurgent rebels on Friday declared a temporary humanitarian truce in the frontline town of Debaltsevo in eastern Ukraine.

The ceasefire, beginning at 8:00 a.m. local time (0600 GMT), will last nine hours to enable the evacuation of civilians from the combat area, said Vitaly Kiva, deputy head of the Interior Ministry department in Donetsk region. (Ukraine-Truce)

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MANILA -- Philippine President Benigno Aquino III on Friday made a stern warning against those who are coddling a high-profile terrorist target who managed to escape the police dragnet in southern province of Maguindanao, saying the government "will run you over."

Aquino, in a televised message to the nation, also asked the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), the largest Muslim rebel group in the country, to surrender Abdul Basit Usman, a member of the Abu Sayyaf Group, if he is in their territory or "not to interfere" in government's operation against him. (The Philippines-Terrorists) Endi