As Hackers Leak Symantec's Source Code, Firm Says Cops Set Up Extortion Sting Operation

As Hackers Leak Symantec's Source Code, Firm Says Cops Set Up Extortion Sting Operation

As Hackers Leak Symantec's Source Code, Firm Says Cops Set Up Extortion Sting Operation

Posted: 06 Feb 2012 10:54 PM PST

Source code from the antivirus firm has been held hostage for the last month in a tense negotiation between the Anonymous hackers who stole that code and law enforcement agents who impersonated execs to set up a sting operation aimed at tracking down the data thieves. Now it seems the negotiations are over, and the ...


Maldives president 'resigns' amid protests

Posted: 06 Feb 2012 11:26 PM PST

Presidential office says Mohamed Nasheed has quit, as police side with protesters and seize state television station.


Exclusive: Iran defaults on rice payments to India

Posted: 06 Feb 2012 11:17 PM PST

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Iranian buyers have defaulted on payment for about 200,000 tonnes of rice from their top supplier India, exporters and rice millers said on Tuesday, as trade between the two countries comes under mounting pressure from a new wave of Western sanctions against Tehran.

Toyota raises profit forecast on disaster recovery (AP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2012 10:38 PM PST

An employee works on an assembly line of Toyota Motor Corp's hybrid car AP - Toyota is reporting that quarterly profit slid 13.5 percent but is confident enough in a recovery to raise its forecast for annual profit.

Iran calls U.S. assets ban "antagonistic" move

Posted: 06 Feb 2012 11:04 PM PST

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran rejected as an "antagonistic move" on Tuesday a tightening of U.S. sanctions that targets the Islamic state's Central Bank and gives U.S. banks new powers to freeze assets linked to the Iranian government.

Mutinying Maldives police take over state broadcaster: witnesses

Posted: 06 Feb 2012 11:00 PM PST

MALE (Reuters) - Mutinying Maldives police took over the state broadcaster on Tuesday and began broadcasting an opposition-linked television station's calls for people to come on the streets to overthrow President Mohamed Nasheed, witnesses said.

Lanvin Spring 2012 Video Features Snakes Galore

Posted: 06 Feb 2012 10:23 PM PST

Steven Meisel presents a night of snake-filled revelry in his latest video for Lanvin.


VIDEO: Russians due for talks in Syria

Posted: 06 Feb 2012 10:33 PM PST

Russia's foreign minister and the head of the country's foreign intelligence service are heading to Syria for talks with President Bashar Al-Assad.


VIDEO: Russians due for talks in Syria

Posted: 06 Feb 2012 10:33 PM PST

Russia's foreign minister and the head of the country's foreign intelligence service are heading to Syria for talks with President Bashar Al-Assad.


Could the Wind Turbines of Chile Harm Blue Whales? (Time.com)

Posted: 06 Feb 2012 10:45 PM PST

Time.com - The energy-starved country needs wind power but environmental critics say it will not only mar the landscape but harm the wildlife


US trip of China's next leader: from Obama to Iowa (AP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2012 10:23 PM PST

AP - In 1985, Xi Jinping led a delegation to Muscatine, Iowa, to study advanced hog-raising techniques. He comes back next week, preparing to lead the world's most populous nation.


Australia floods fail to dampen big cotton crop (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Feb 2012 10:03 PM PST

Reuters - Australia's projections for a bumper cotton crop remain on track despite a week-long deluge in major growing regions that forced thousands of residents from their homes and left rivers dangerously swollen.


Europe turns up the pressure on Greece over debt plan

Posted: 06 Feb 2012 01:38 PM PST

European leaders pressed Greece on Monday to quickly resolve deadlocked talks over a new international bailout and are threatening to let the country default if Athens does not agree to new economic reforms.

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Messages show conflict within NRC after Japan earthquake and tsunami

Posted: 06 Feb 2012 04:39 PM PST

In the confusion following the earthquake and tsunami last March that damaged Japan's Fukushima nuclear complex, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said it was standing by to help.

But a trove of e-mails posted on the NRC'sWeb site shows an agency struggling to figure out how to respond and how to deal with the American public while cutting through what one official called "the fog of information" coming out of Japan.

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Russians drill into previously untouched Lake Vostok below Antarctic glacier

Posted: 06 Feb 2012 10:38 AM PST

Russian scientists have drilled into the vast, dark and never-
before-touched Lake Vostok 2.2 miles below the surface of Antarctica, the state-run Russian news agency RIA Novosti said Monday.

"Yesterday, our scientists stopped drilling at the depth of 3,768 meters and reached the surface of the subglacial lake," the news agency quoted a source as saying. The team had "finally managed to pierce" the ice sheet into Vostok, the source said.

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Insight: India's reluctant young emperor, Rahul Gandhi

Posted: 06 Feb 2012 10:11 PM PST

BHAKURAI, India (Reuters) - They call him the Yuva Samrat, or young emperor. Yet Rahul Gandhi has so far shown no inclination to claim the throne of the world's largest democracy.

Australia floods fail to dampen big cotton crop

Posted: 06 Feb 2012 10:03 PM PST

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's projections for a bumper cotton crop remain on track despite a week-long deluge in major growing regions that forced thousands of residents from their homes and left rivers dangerously swollen.

Russians Rally for and Against Putin, Despite an Icy Day (Time.com)

Posted: 06 Feb 2012 10:45 PM PST

Time.com - The weather was frightful, but tens of thousands of people showed up in Russia's capital for dueling demonstrations -- though one side may have made appearing hard to refuse


Suu Kyi hits the campaign trail in Myanmar (AP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2012 09:34 PM PST

Supporters wave at Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of major opposition the National League for Democracy (NLD) party, as she arrives at Pathein, the capital of rice bowl Ayeyawady Division, about 176 kilometres (110 miles) west of Yangon February 7, 2012. Her party is running in the upcoming by-elections on April 1 for all 48 vacant seats; 40 in Lower House, six in Upper House and two in provincial parliaments. The 66-year old Noble Peace Laureate herself is running for the Lower House from Kawhmu Township Constituency, and is scheduled to go on a campaign trip in her constituency on February 11. REUTERS/ Soe Zeya Tun (MYANMAR - Tags: POLITICS)AP - Nobel Peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi hit the campaign trail Tuesday as an official candidate for upcoming elections, traveling to the Irrawaddy delta for the first time in two decades.

Syria at War: Free Syrian Army vs. Assad Loyalists and Oppo Group (Time.com)

Posted: 06 Feb 2012 09:10 PM PST

Time.com - As the Free Syrian Army is establishing an identity in the conflict, another organization announces its presence in the opposition pantheon


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