S.Korea scrambles cyber defence for world's "most wired" country |
- S.Korea scrambles cyber defence for world's "most wired" country
- World leaders should put cyber security on agenda: Internet body
- Gunmen storm Iraqi council building after bombs - sources
- Taiwan probes threat against opposition leader
- Expensive fish
- Unhappy rural migrants threaten China stability - state think tank
- India's inflation above 9.0% in May
- Myanmar army, militia fight in strategic region
- Honda tips sharp fall in net profit after quake
- Nokia says Apple to pay royalties, ending patent disputes
- SPECIAL REPORT - Australia's big dig for foreign workers
- S. Korea nuclear envoy heads for Japan
- S. Korea revamps island defences against N. Korea
- Indian yoga star vows to continue anti-graft fight
- New N.Z. quake condemns thousands of homes: PM
- Japan city to give radiation counters to children
- VIDEO: Italy rejects nuclear power plans
- Q+A - State of play in the U.S. debt and deficit talks
- Report finds funding threat to mental illness drugs
- Ballet breaking barriers in Nairobi's slums
| S.Korea scrambles cyber defence for world's "most wired" country Posted: 14 Jun 2011 01:14 AM PDT SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea is scrambling to protect its computer systems after attacks against government agencies and financial institutions exposed vulnerabilities in a country that has the deepest Internet penetration anywhere. 
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| World leaders should put cyber security on agenda: Internet body Posted: 14 Jun 2011 01:14 AM PDT SYDNEY (Reuters) - World leaders should put cyber security on the international agenda at forums such as the G20 and bring pressure to bear on "slower-moving" nations to take a stand against hacking, the co-founder of a global industry body said on Tuesday. 
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| Gunmen storm Iraqi council building after bombs - sources Posted: 14 Jun 2011 01:14 AM PDT BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Gunmen on Tuesday stormed an Iraqi provincial council building in Baquba city after two bombs exploded outside, security sources said. 
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| Taiwan probes threat against opposition leader Posted: 14 Jun 2011 01:03 AM PDT Taiwanese police have launched an investigation into an Internet death threat made against the island's first female presidential candidate, officials said Tuesday.
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| Posted: 14 Jun 2011 12:40 AM PDT Thai fishermen have predicted that the fishing industry would be gone in a few years time. If Malaysia remains taking no action to solve the problems, we will someday have to bear high fish prices.
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| Unhappy rural migrants threaten China stability - state think tank Posted: 14 Jun 2011 12:43 AM PDT BEIJING (Reuters) - China's millions of rural workers will become a serious threat to stability unless they are better treated in their new urban homes, a top state think-tank warned in a report published in the wake of fresh rioting in one factory city in the south. 
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| India's inflation above 9.0% in May Posted: 14 Jun 2011 12:27 AM PDT India's annual inflation accelerated above market forecasts to 9.06 percent in May, official data showed on Tuesday, increasing pressure on the central bank to raise interest rates further.
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| Myanmar army, militia fight in strategic region Posted: 14 Jun 2011 12:27 AM PDT Clashes have broken out between the Myanmar army and northern ethnic rebels in a strategic region near the Chinese border, with at least seven people killed, a militia spokesman said Tuesday.
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| Honda tips sharp fall in net profit after quake Posted: 14 Jun 2011 12:26 AM PDT Japanese auto giant Honda said on Tuesday it expected net profit to tumble 64 percent this fiscal year compared with last year, due to the impact of the March 11 earthquake and a strong yen.
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| Nokia says Apple to pay royalties, ending patent disputes Posted: 14 Jun 2011 12:16 AM PDT The world's leading mobile phone maker Nokia said Tuesday that its competitor Apple had agreed to pay royalties for use of Nokia technology in its devices, ending all of their 46 ongoing patent disputes.
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| SPECIAL REPORT - Australia's big dig for foreign workers Posted: 14 Jun 2011 12:12 AM PDT KARRATHA, Australia (Reuters) - Lucille Lievaux, a 25-year-old French geologist, commutes to work on a plane, a 1,300-km journey from Australia's Indian Ocean city of Perth to the mining town of Karratha, a smudge of suburbia on the continent's barren northwest coast. 
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| S. Korea nuclear envoy heads for Japan Posted: 13 Jun 2011 11:41 PM PDT South Korea's top nuclear envoy left for Japan Tuesday to discuss ways to revive six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear disarmament, after Pyongyang announced it would shun dialogue with Seoul.
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| S. Korea revamps island defences against N. Korea Posted: 13 Jun 2011 11:39 PM PDT South Korea's military said Tuesday it has formed a new command to hit back harder against any future attacks by North Korea near the tense disputed Yellow Sea border.
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| Indian yoga star vows to continue anti-graft fight Posted: 13 Jun 2011 11:38 PM PDT An Indian yoga guru on Tuesday vowed to continue his fight against government corruption, as he left hospital following an eight-day hunger strike against top-level graft.
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| New N.Z. quake condemns thousands of homes: PM Posted: 13 Jun 2011 11:38 PM PDT The latest Christchurch earthquake has confirmed fears that thousands of homes will have to be abandoned in New Zealand's second largest city, Prime Minister John Key said Tuesday.
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| Japan city to give radiation counters to children Posted: 13 Jun 2011 11:31 PM PDT Japan's Fukushima city said Tuesday it would hand radiation measuring devices to 34,000 children to gauge their exposure from the crippled nuclear power plant about 60 kilometres (40 miles) away.
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| VIDEO: Italy rejects nuclear power plans Posted: 13 Jun 2011 11:17 PM PDT Italians have rejected a raft of policies proposed by Silvio Berlusconi's government including plans to revive nuclear power.
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| Q+A - State of play in the U.S. debt and deficit talks Posted: 13 Jun 2011 11:10 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Seeking to break a standoff over raising the U.S. debt limit, a group of lawmakers led by Vice President Joe Biden meets three times this week as a critical deadline to reach a deal fast approaches. 
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| Report finds funding threat to mental illness drugs Posted: 13 Jun 2011 11:10 PM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - European neuroscientists said on Tuesday that the withdrawal by some big drugmakers from research into illnesses like depression, schizophrenia and Alzheimer's could halt the discovery of new drugs. 
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| Ballet breaking barriers in Nairobi's slums Posted: 13 Jun 2011 10:59 PM PDT A ballet class is probably the last thing you'd expect to find in one of the poorest neighbourhoods in Nairobi. But one charity has introduced classes for young boys and girls, and it has having a surprising effect on their lives. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2011.
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