Israel warns against computer-hacker vigilantism

Israel warns against computer-hacker vigilantism


Israel warns against computer-hacker vigilantism

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 12:51 PM PST

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel Thursday called on computer hackers not to take the law into their own hands to avenge attacks on Israeli credit card companies, and said the authorities were capable of countering all cyber threats.


Stop and search overhaul planned

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 12:58 PM PST

The Metropolitan Police commissioner orders a radical overhaul of stop and search policing in London.


Army Officer Recommends Trial in WikiLeaks Case

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 12:53 PM PST

An Army officer recommended a general court-martial Thursday for a low-ranking intelligence analyst charged with causing the biggest leak of classified information in U.S. history.


Surgeons Transplant Synthetic Trachea in Baltimore Man

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 12:39 PM PST

In only the second procedure of its kind, surgeons in Sweden replaced the cancerous windpipe of a Baltimore man with one made in a laboratory.


Militants Take Hostages in Kenya

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 12:32 PM PST

An al Qaeda-affiliated Somali militant group said Thursday that it took several hostages in a raid in northern Kenya that killed at least six people.


WORLD: Prospects for U.S.-Taliban Talks

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 12:13 PM PST

January 12, 2012 — The Taliban shows openness to talks with the United States, just as an inflammatory video surfaces showing what appears to be four Marines urinating on three dead Taliban fighters.


Israeli court ruling on citizenship 'racist'

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 12:58 PM PST

Rights groups slam supreme court ruling upholding law banning Palestinians married to Israelis from getting citizenship.


Child murder mum jailed for life

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 11:28 AM PST

A mother who murdered her toddler son at their flat in Renfrewshire is jailed for a minimum of 15 years.


U.S. inches closer to peace talks with Taliban

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 11:58 AM PST

The United States could inch closer next week toward peace talks with the Taliban if Afghan President Hamid Karzai blesses the negotiations, senior administration officials said Thursday.


Somali fighters in deadly cross-border raid

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 12:20 PM PST

At least six Kenyans killed and others kidnapped in attack by Islamist al-Shabab group, about 10km from Somali border.


Wikileak accused 'must be tried'

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 01:13 PM PST

A US military officer recommends a court martial for Bradley Manning, accused of leaking secret US government documents to Wikileaks.


Art Review: Damien Hirst Spot Paintings at Gagosian in 8 Cities - Review

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 12:50 PM PST

A show of Damien Hirst's spot paintings is spread out over 11 Gagosian galleries in 8 cities on 3 continents. Parts of it are very bad, but parts are not bad at all.


'Urination' US Marines identified

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 12:19 PM PST

At least two of four US Marines shown in a video appearing to urinate on Taliban corpses have been identified, a Marine Corps official has told the BBC.


Warming to U.S. Plea, Japan Pledges to Cut Oil From Iran

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 11:41 AM PST

The move was in response to a request from the visiting United States Treasury Secretary, Timothy Geithner, who was rebuffed by China on the matter a day earlier.


Canada says marriages of foreign gays not valid

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 12:16 PM PST

OTTAWA (Reuters) - The Canadian government has abruptly started to argue that the same-sex marriages of many foreigners who wed in Canada are not valid, a move that stunned the gay community and could affect thousands of couples.


Smaller Magnetic Materials Push Boundaries of Nanotechnology

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 12:58 PM PST

Findings from research conducted at I.B.M., being reported Thursday in the journal Science, could lead to a new class of more powerful and efficient nanomaterials.


Taliban Statement Highlights Challenges

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 11:16 AM PST

The Taliban ruled out recognizing the Afghan Constitution or the "stooge Kabul administration" of President Hamid Karzai, even as it opens negotiations with the U.S., underscoring the challenges faced by the budding peace effort.


Israel Upholds Limits on Palestinian Spouses

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 10:54 AM PST

Israel's Supreme Court upheld a controversial law that bans most Palestinians who marry Israelis from living inside the Jewish state.


Sectarian Clashes Kill 20 in Yemen

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 10:57 AM PST

Twenty fighters were killed in new clashes between an ultraconservative Islamist group and former Shiite rebels in Yemen's north, security officials said.


Iran to Loom Over Wen's Mideast Trip

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 10:04 AM PST

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's heads to the Middle East on Saturday to boost energy ties with key oil exporters that are also U.S. partners, as the U.S. puts pressure on Beijing to reduce Iranian oil imports.


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