Multinational swoop nets two hackers: S.Korea police

Multinational swoop nets two hackers: S.Korea police

Multinational swoop nets two hackers: S.Korea police

Posted: 29 Mar 2012 12:45 AM PDT

Two young hackers have been arrested in the Netherlands and Australia in a multinational operation prompted by tips from a South Korean student, police said Thursday.

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Cambodian dad chains son to pole over online gaming

Posted: 29 Mar 2012 12:41 AM PDT

An irate Cambodian father chained his teenage son by the neck to a power pole to punish him for skipping school to play online games, police said Thursday.

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Chechen first lady unveils Islamic fashion in Dubai

Posted: 29 Mar 2012 12:27 AM PDT

Chechnya's first lady, Medni Kadyrova, has displayed her Islamic fashion collection to a captivated audience in Dubai, faithful to the politics of her husband who has sought to impose Islamic dress codes in the Caucasus republic.

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Iranian female ninjas sue Reuters for defamation

Posted: 29 Mar 2012 12:45 AM PDT

TEHRAN, Mar 29: Last month, Reuters showed a number of Iranian girls training martial arts in a city near Tehran, claiming Iran was training more than 3,000 female ninjas to kill any possible foreign invaders. The distorted Reuters report was picked up by other British media outlets.

Feature - Poverty drives central Europe's great exodus

Posted: 29 Mar 2012 12:10 AM PDT

LUPSANU, Romania (Reuters) - Maria Ene's traditional white house on a muddy, unnamed Romanian street doesn't have running water, but it does have two satellite dishes sprouting from its fence.

Time for growth debate in Europe - Nowotny

Posted: 28 Mar 2012 11:55 PM PDT

VIENNA (Reuters) - Europe needs a debate on how to promote economic growth, ECB policymaker Ewald Nowotny told a newspaper, declining to discuss how long the central bank could keep interest rates low.

Spanish strike to test tolerance for austerity

Posted: 28 Mar 2012 11:52 PM PDT

MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish unions hold a general strike on Thursday in a test of public patience with austerity a day before Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy announces a new round of deep budget cuts.

VIDEO: Elephant in escape bid from circus

Posted: 28 Mar 2012 11:56 PM PDT

An elephant which escaped from a circus in Ireland has been re-captured in Cork but not before she went walkabout in the city centre.


Overspent, again!

Posted: 29 Mar 2012 12:04 AM PDT

Most members of the public can see only politics, but not a potential crisis. And everything would be too late when the crisis strikes.

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Torture marred rule of fallen Chinese leader - lawyer

Posted: 28 Mar 2012 11:07 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - Lawyer Li Zhuang remembers the snap as police buckled him into a "tiger seat", an instrument for sleep deprivation that he said was a staple in the crusade against organised crime that won fame for China's now fallen leadership aspirant Bo Xilai.

India's 'lost tribe' dreams of return to Israel

Posted: 28 Mar 2012 10:40 PM PDT

In a synagogue in northeast India, a group of men pray for the chance to "return home" to a country they have never seen and which their ancestors fled nearly 3,000 years ago.

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S. Korea kicks off parliamentary election campaign

Posted: 28 Mar 2012 10:26 PM PDT

Candidates bowed to commuters and loudspeaker vans blared slogans as campaigning began Thursday for South Korea's general election, a key test of sentiment before the December presidential vote.

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Spanish court drops rape probe against Saudi prince

Posted: 28 Mar 2012 10:23 PM PDT

A Spanish court has dropped a probe into allegations a Saudi billionaire prince raped a model on a yacht in Ibiza three years ago, according to a ruling seen by AFP Wednesday.

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VIDEO: Arab League meets in Baghdad

Posted: 28 Mar 2012 10:36 PM PDT

The BBC's Wyre Davies walked the streets of Baghdad to see how the city has prepared for the Arab League summit.


VIDEO: Youth jailed for Florida murders

Posted: 28 Mar 2012 10:48 PM PDT

An American teenager has begun a double life sentence for the murders of two British tourists in Florida last April.


VIDEO: Berlin torn between wealth and cool

Posted: 28 Mar 2012 10:31 PM PDT

Berlin is famous for its underground arts and music scene but some residents fear this sub-culture is under threat as new developments begin to take over.


Exclusive - U.S. sees lifetime cost of F-35 fighter at $1.45 trillion

Posted: 28 Mar 2012 10:25 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government now projects that the total cost to develop, buy and operate the Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 Joint Strike Fighter will be $1.45 trillion (911.34 billion pounds) over the next 50-plus years, according to a Pentagon document obtained by Reuters.

Amid fresh diplomacy, U.S. remains wary of direct Syria role

Posted: 28 Mar 2012 10:15 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton departs on Thursday for fresh diplomacy aimed at halting Syria's bloodshed, but there is little sign the Obama administration is ready to deviate from its hands-off approach.

Intrigue, treachery charges fly in fight for U.N. post

Posted: 28 Mar 2012 10:11 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Accusations of threats, Cold War-style treachery and backstage attempts by Russia to punish a former Soviet ally are turning a routine election for a high-profile but largely ceremonial U.N. post into a bitter diplomatic tussle.

Pope meets Cuba's Fidel Castro, slams U.S. embargo

Posted: 28 Mar 2012 09:41 PM PDT

HAVANA (Reuters) - Pope Benedict called for an end to the U.S. trade embargo against Cuba and met with revolutionary icon Fidel Castro on Wednesday as he ended a trip in which he urged the communist island to change.

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