China defends censorship after Google threat

China defends censorship after Google threat

China defends censorship after Google threat

Posted: 14 Jan 2010 12:51 AM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - China showed no sign of giving ground on censorship after U.S. Internet giant Google threatened to quit the country, telling companies on Thursday to cooperate with state control of the Internet.


Eleven Iraqis sentenced to death for Baghdad bombings

Posted: 14 Jan 2010 12:51 AM PST

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A court sentenced to death 11 Iraqis on Thursday for planning and carrying out massive truck bombings in Baghdad last August that killed 95 people and wounded more than 1,000.


Pirate attacks up sharply in 2009 - report

Posted: 14 Jan 2010 12:19 AM PST

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Pirate attacks around the world surged 38.5 percent in 2009 with suspected Somali pirates accounting for more than half of the 406 reported incidents, an international maritime body said on Thursday.


FACTBOX - Companies offer aid to Haiti after earthquake

Posted: 14 Jan 2010 12:19 AM PST

The following are some of the companies pledging aid:


Google drama stokes online nationalism, regret in China

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 11:16 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - U.S. Internet giant Google's threat to withdraw from China is generating an outpouring of nationalist fervour from the country's online community, with some cheering it as a victory for the Chinese.


China welcomes foreign Internet firms acting within law

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 11:16 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - China welcomes foreign firms to participate in Internet development "according to the law", a foreign ministry spokeswoman said on Thursday after Google threatened to withdraw due to a massive cyber-attack originating in China.


FEATURE - Britain lures talent: sci-tech entrepreneurs move in

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 11:16 PM PST

LONDON (Reuters) - It took only a few weeks of research for Romanian entrepreneur Emi Gal to decide where to base his digital media firm, and his choice confounds a fairly enduring set of stereotypes about Britain's global appeal.


China official's comments on Internet control

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 10:43 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - A senior Chinese official told companies to support the government's Internet controls on Thursday, suggesting scant room for compromise with Google after the company threatened to quit China over censorship and hacking.


Hymns, children's cries fill Haiti's night

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 10:12 PM PST

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - In the frightening pitch black of quake-stricken Haiti's night, religious songs rise from groups of people huddled in open spaces for safety and solidarity.


Tens of thousands feared dead in Haiti quake

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 10:12 PM PST

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Traumatized Haitians slept out in parks and streets on Thursday, fearing aftershocks to the catastrophic earthquake that flattened homes and government buildings and buried countless people.


China backs censorship after Google threat

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 09:40 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - China told companies to back state control of the Internet on Thursday, showing no sign of giving ground on censorship after U.S. Internet giant Google threatened to quit the country.


Tens of thousands feared dead in Haiti quake

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 09:40 PM PST

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Traumatized Haitians slept out in parks and streets on Thursday, fearing aftershocks to the catastrophic earthquake that flattened homes and government buildings and buried countless people.


Google could find new road in China

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 09:40 PM PST

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc says it may be forced to leave China, but the search giant has room to compromise in its battle with Beijing, and both sides have reason to do so.


Morphine helps wounded avoid post-combat stress

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 09:09 PM PST

BOSTON (Reuters) - U.S. combat soldiers in Iraq who received a shot of morphine within an hour of being wounded were less likely to develop post-traumatic stress disorder, researchers reported on Wednesday.


Japan PM says Ozawa to stay on as party No.2

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 08:36 PM PST

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said on Thursday he would keep Ichiro Ozawa on as the ruling party's No.2, a day after prosecutors searched the office of Ozawa's funding group over possible irregularities.


China affirms control over Internet

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 08:02 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - China told companies to cooperate with state control of the Internet on Thursday, showing no sign of giving ground on censorship after U.S. Internet giant Google threatened to quit the country.


At least 16 U.N. staff dead after Haiti quake

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 08:02 PM PST

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations said on Wednesday at least 16 people at its peacekeeping mission in Haiti died when its headquarters and other buildings collapsed in an earthquake and predicted the death toll would soar.


China affirms control over Internet

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 07:30 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - China told companies to cooperate with state control of the Internet on Thursday, showing no sign of giving ground on censorship after U.S. Internet giant Google threatened to quit the country.


Tens of thousands feared dead in Haiti quake

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 07:30 PM PST

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of people were feared dead on Wednesday in Haiti's catastrophic earthquake, buried beneath demolished schools, hospitals and homes, as traumatized citizens milled in streets strewn with rubble and scattered bodies.


Amsterdam-Aruba flight diverted after bomb hoax

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 07:30 PM PST

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - An ArkeFly flight carrying 235 people from Amsterdam to Aruba in the Caribbean was forced to divert to Ireland on Wednesday after an unruly Dutch passenger made false bomb threats during the flight.


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