Egypt's Mubarak faces verdict over killings of protesters

Egypt's Mubarak faces verdict over killings of protesters


Egypt's Mubarak faces verdict over killings of protesters

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 11:07 PM PDT

Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is seen in the courtroom for his trial at the Police Academy in CairoCAIRO (Reuters) - Hosni Mubarak, who governed Egypt for 30 years before a popular uprising toppled him last year, will hear a judge rule on Saturday on whether he is guilty of graft and complicity in the killing of protesters. Hundreds of police surrounded the court set up at the Police Academy on Cairo's outskirts. Protesters gathered outside holding up images of those killed in the uprising and calling for Mubarak's execution. "Dear God, take Mubarak and those with him!" they chanted. ...



Panetta open to military relations with Myanmar

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 11:18 PM PDT

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, right, and Australia's Defense Minister Stephen Smith, left, attend the opening session of the IISS Shangri-la Security Summit in Singapore on Friday June 1, 2012. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)Defense Secretary Leon Panetta tells Asian leaders that the U.S. is open to forging better military ties with Myanmar, if political and human rights reforms there continue.



Egypt's Mubarak faces verdict over killings of protesters

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 11:29 PM PDT

CAIRO (Reuters) - Hosni Mubarak, who governed Egypt for 30 years before a popular uprising toppled him last year, will hear a judge rule on Saturday on whether he is guilty of graft and complicity in the killing of protesters.


Manhunt continues in Canada body parts murder

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 11:13 PM PDT

Search intensifies for Canadian suspected of killing and dismembering Chinese student, then posting body parts in mail.


Five aid workers freed in Afghan raid

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 10:23 PM PDT

KUNDUZ, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Five aid workers, including two Western female doctors who were seized by gunmen last month in the remote mountains of northeastern Afghanistan, were freed in an operation, an Afghan official said on Saturday. The aid workers employed by Swiss-based Medair were en route to flood-stricken parts of Badakhshan province in May when they were kidnapped. "It was a successful operation conducted by troops and all five aid workers have been released," said Shamsul Rahman Shams, the deputy governor of Badakhshan. ...


US missiles kill 2 in northwest Pakistan

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 10:29 PM PDT

Pakistani intelligence officials say a suspected U.S. missile strike has killed two militants in a region along the Afghan border.


US to shift naval firepower to Asia-Pacific

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 10:52 PM PDT

Defence chief Leon Panetta announces major strategy shift that will assign 60 per cent of US fleet to Pacific by 2020.


Five aid workers freed in Afghan raid

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 10:23 PM PDT

KUNDUZ, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Five aid workers, including two Western female doctors who were seized by gunmen last month in the remote mountains of northeastern Afghanistan, were freed in an operation, an Afghan official said on Saturday.


Clinton tours Arctic as big powers vie for resources

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 07:25 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State Clinton smiles during a townhall forum with students at The Black Diamond in CopenhagenTROMSO, Norway (Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton boards a research ship on Saturday to tour the Arctic, where big powers are vying for vast deposits of oil, gas and minerals that are becoming available as the polar ice recedes. The top U.S. diplomat took the unusual step of visiting Tromso, a Norwegian town in the Arctic Circle, to dramatize U.S. interests in a once inaccessible region whose resources are up for grabs as the sea ice melts with climate change. ...



Suu Kyi visits Myanmar refugees in Thailand

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 10:18 PM PDT

Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, right, speaks next to Bangladesh Federation of Woman Entrepreneurs' President Rokia Rahman during the World Economic Forum on East Asia in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, June 1, 2012. Suu Kyi urged the international community Friday to exercise "healthy skepticism" about her country's reforms as it sheds a half-century of military rule. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)Aung San Suu Kyi turned her attention to Myanmar's long-standing refugee crisis Saturday with a visit to a sprawling camp on Thailand's border to get her first glimpse of the hardships faced by hundreds of thousands who have fled war in her homeland.



Facebook attack claimed by group identified as members of Anonymous

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 10:05 AM PDT

Hackers claiming to be part of the online group Anonymous threatened to block access to Facebook just before the Web site went down in several countries Thursday and Friday.

A 15-minute video posted to the Web site AnonNews called for the attack, code-named "Operation Face Flood." Members identified themselves as part of Anonymous and said they did not like the way Facebook makes money from users' data. They also accused the site of removing Facebook pages set up by Anonymous.

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Japan's Politics Favoring a Regional FTA over TPP?

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 09:00 PM PDT

Despite the Nikkei's advocacy, movement toward TPP has stalled. Very likely, where Japan's varied political interests are aligning is toward a Japan-China-Korea FTA.


Cyber-attacks "bought us time" on Iran: U.S. sources

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 09:16 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States under former President George W. Bush began building a complex cyber-weapon to try to prevent Tehran from completing suspected nuclear weapons work without resorting to risky military strikes against Iranian facilities, current and former U.S. officials familiar with the program said.


Army charges Bales with steroid use

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 09:05 PM PDT

The Army filed new charges Friday against the U.S. soldier accused of killing 16 villagers in southern Afghanistan in March, alleging that he had consumed alcohol and used steroids during his combat tour.

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Google Tips Off Users in China

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 04:41 PM PDT

Google has begun notifying users in China when they use search terms that can trigger China's Internet blocks, in its boldest challenge in two years to Beijing's efforts to restrict online content.


Top 24 Things We've Done In The Past 24 Months At Forbes

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 08:38 PM PDT

Today marked my second year at Forbes. On June 1, 2o10 I stood outside 60 5th Avenue and looked up at the building stamped with Forbes Magazine. I recognized the irony of having digital DNA and zero magazine experience, took a breath and rolled through the revolving door. ??I came to Forbes by way of ...


13 Reasons Why Johan Santana's No-Hitter Was Amazing

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 08:37 PM PDT

It took 50-plus years and more than 8,000 games for the Mets to finally have a no-hitter. Here are more incredible things from Santana's magical night.


Brazil Loses Steam as World Slows

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 05:17 PM PDT

Brazil grew at its slowest pace in more than two years during the first quarter as weak industrial production and a deteriorating global picture undermined Latin America's largest economy.


China Arrests Official as a U.S. Spy

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 08:08 PM PDT

A Chinese state security official has been arrested on suspicion of spying for the U.S., a case both countries have kept quiet for several months.


VIDEO: Rio's famous rubbish dump to close

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 07:38 PM PDT

Latin America's largest rubbish dump, the Jardim Gramacho landfill in Rio de Janeiro, is to close for environmental reasons - costing thousands of local people their jobs.