Dutch police may get hacking powers

Dutch police may get hacking powers


Dutch police may get hacking powers

Posted: 02 May 2013 10:13 AM PDT

The Dutch government has announced plans to give police much greater powers to fight cybercrime including the right to hack computers abroad.

No Man Utd signing spree - new chief

Posted: 02 May 2013 10:55 AM PDT

There is no need for "a major retooling" of the Premier League champions, says incoming Man Utd chief Ed Woodward.

Guatemala crackdown on mine protest

Posted: 02 May 2013 11:27 AM PDT

The Guatemalan government declares a state of emergency and bans public gatherings in four areas after clashes with anti-mining protesters.

Howard Kurtz Leaves Daily Beast, After Column Is Retracted

Posted: 02 May 2013 01:21 PM PDT

The influential media critic was heavily criticized this week for a blog post on the basketball player Jason Collins.
    

Netanyahu Backs Referendum for a Peace Agreement With Palestinians

Posted: 02 May 2013 12:50 PM PDT

Putting any peace plan to a public vote is a move that some Israelis view as a potential obstacle to a deal.
    


VIDEO: One World Trade Center spire raised

Posted: 02 May 2013 01:19 PM PDT

The spire is hoisted to the top of One World Trade Center in New York City, making the skyscraper the tallest in the Western Hemisphere.

EU's Ashton to meet Iran's nuclear negotiator on May 15

Posted: 02 May 2013 12:59 PM PDT

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Negotiators from the European Union and Iran will meet in Istanbul this month to discuss future diplomatic efforts to resolve a decade-old dispute over Tehran's nuclear program.

Afghan Government Faces Cash Crunch, I.M.F. Says

Posted: 02 May 2013 12:15 PM PDT

A confidential assessment by the I.M.F. said the budget shortfall was caused by tax evasion, corruption and slower economic growth.
    


What happens when a Guantanamo detainee gets force-fed

Posted: 02 May 2013 12:09 PM PDT

Dozens, perhaps as many as 100, of Guantanamo Bay's 166 detainees are on hunger strike. It began in February as a protest against guards who had allegedly mishandled Korans during searches. But it has since escalated to a larger and nearly camp-wide demonstration against the Obama administration's failure to close the facility as promised or to free the detainees it has cleared for release.

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See David Guttenfelder's award-winning photos from inside North Korea

Posted: 02 May 2013 11:42 AM PDT

David Guttenfelder, whose terrific images from North Korea have become a window into the Hermit Kingdom, was honored Wednesday at the 2013 Infinity Awards by the International Center for Photography.

Guttenfelder, who spent years as a photographer in Africa and Afghanistan, is the chief Asia photographer for the Associated Press. He has most famously focused on North Korea, where he says he spent 100 days last year.

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India, China remain at odds over alleged border incursion

Posted: 02 May 2013 11:10 AM PDT

NEW DELHI — Two weeks ago, Indian military officials announced with expressions of shock that a platoon of Chinese soldiers had crossed the de facto border between the giant neighbors and set up camp an unprecedented six miles into Indian-claimed territory, sparking a still-unresolved standoff.

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Afghan Government Faces Cash Crunch, I.M.F. Says

Posted: 02 May 2013 12:15 PM PDT

A confidential assessment by the I.M.F. said the budget shortfall was caused by tax evasion, corruption and slower economic growth.
    

Shots fired at Houston airport

Posted: 02 May 2013 01:16 PM PDT

Airport security stop all flights from US city's airport after one man is injured by gunfire.

Government Study Cites Mix of Factors in Death of Honeybees

Posted: 02 May 2013 12:13 PM PDT

Pesticides, parasites, poor nutrition and a lack of genetic diversity are blamed for a phenomenon known as colony collapse disorder.
    

Airport Exposes Class Divisions in Silicon Valley

Posted: 02 May 2013 11:33 AM PDT

A technology boom that once created middle-class jobs and lifted the overall economy now fuels a growing gap between the very rich and everyone else.
    

U.S. rethinking its opposition to arming Syrian rebels: Hagel

Posted: 02 May 2013 12:38 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is rethinking its opposition to arming the Syrian rebels, U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said on Thursday, as pressure builds for a U.S. response to Syria's suspected use of chemical weapons in its civil war.

Two generals, pro-Deby MP arrested over Chad coup plot

Posted: 02 May 2013 11:54 AM PDT

N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - Chadian authorities arrested two senior generals and a member of parliament allied to President Idriss Deby on suspicion of involvement in a foiled coup plot that security sources said left at least four people dead.

Russian city unveils cultural landmark

Posted: 02 May 2013 12:19 PM PDT

For all its grand opening, not everybody in St Petersburg in favour of costly, state-of-the-art new Mariinsky Theatre.

An all-German Champions League affair

Posted: 02 May 2013 05:39 AM PDT

History will be made when Bayern Munich play Borussia Dortmund at Wembley Stadium, as Lee Wellings explains.

Jamaican prime minister's brother beaten, stabbed and robbed

Posted: 02 May 2013 11:50 AM PDT

KINGSTON (Reuters) - The elder brother of Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller was held up, beaten and stabbed at his business early on Thursday, police said.

US boy, 5, accidentally shoots and kills sister, 2

US boy, 5, accidentally shoots and kills sister, 2


US boy, 5, accidentally shoots and kills sister, 2

Posted: 02 May 2013 12:47 AM PDT

A five-year-old boy playing with a rifle given to him as a gift accidentally shot dead his younger sister, officials said Wednesday, thrusting the issue of US gun violence back into the spotlight.

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Mekong forest facing sharp decline: WWF

Posted: 02 May 2013 12:47 AM PDT

Demand for farmland may strip the Greater Mekong region of a third of its remaining forest cover over the next two decades without swift government action, a leading conservation group warned Thursday.

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Nik Aziz's swan song

Posted: 02 May 2013 12:27 AM PDT

For the past five elections since 1990, PAS has been victorious in the state of Kelantan. The 13th general elections will mark the official start of "post-Nik Aziz" era.

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Grim OECD forecasts on Italy underline task for new PM Letta

Posted: 02 May 2013 12:38 AM PDT

ROME (Reuters) - Italy's economy will contract by more than expected this year and its public finances will deteriorate in 2013 and 2014, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development said on Thursday.
    

China reports latest bird flu death, toll rises to 27

Posted: 02 May 2013 12:36 AM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - A 55-year-old man in central China has died from a new strain of bird flu, bringing to 27 the number of deaths from the mysterious H7N9 virus, state news agency Xinhua said on Thursday.
    

Italy's Letta says June EU summit must focus on youth jobs

Posted: 02 May 2013 12:15 AM PDT

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The June summit of European Union leaders must focus on cutting disastrously high levels of youth unemployment, Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta said on Thursday after a meeting with European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso.
    

India fumes after farmer jailed for spying dies in Pakistan

Posted: 02 May 2013 12:04 AM PDT

ISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India reacted furiously to Thursday's death in a Pakistani jail of an Indian farmer convicted of spying who was badly beaten last week by fellow inmates, the latest incident to strain relations between the neighbours.
    

Obsessed with checking Facebook? You may have a fear of missing out

Posted: 02 May 2013 12:07 AM PDT

What drives you to check Twitter and Facebook so much? A fear of missing out, researchers say -- and now they've developed a way to measure this "hidden curse."

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Researchers measure tweets for happiness 'pulse'

Posted: 02 May 2013 12:05 AM PDT

Take all the comments expressed on Twitter, crunch them with an analytics program and you can get a sense of the mood of a city, state or country.

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Galaxy SIV easier to break than iPhone 5

Posted: 02 May 2013 12:03 AM PDT

A battery of tests show that while the latest Samsung flagship device has better internal specifications than the iPhone 5, it's less likely to survive a fall.

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Push-to-talk function coming to WhatsApp: report

Posted: 02 May 2013 12:00 AM PDT

On April 30, rumors are circulating that voice chat capabilities are coming to the popular instant messaging application WhatsApp.

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Pakistan, Afghan forces in high-stakes clash along border

Posted: 01 May 2013 11:37 PM PDT

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - An Afghan border policeman was killed and two Pakistani soldiers were wounded in an exchange of fire along the border late on Wednesday, officials from both countries said, a clash likely to unsettle already strained ties between the neighbours.
    


Pakistani, Afghan forces exchange fire along border

Posted: 01 May 2013 11:06 PM PDT

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - An Afghan border policeman was killed and two Pakistani soldiers were wounded in an exchange of fire along the border late on Wednesday, officials from both countries said, a clash likely to unsettle already strained ties between the neighbours.
    


South Korean spies target Australian farm trade

Posted: 01 May 2013 10:45 PM PDT

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Agents from South Korea's spy agency the National Intelligence Service (NIS) have tied to secure secret information about Australian trade, triggering the dismissal of an Australian public servant over his links to the group.
    


Film's Vietnam vet find after 44 years false: US

Posted: 01 May 2013 11:53 PM PDT

A man who claimed in a widely publicised documentary to be an American soldier, missing since his helicopter was shot down during the Vietnam War, is actually Vietnamese, the US said Thursday.

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Love-lorn tiger enters Indian zoo

Posted: 01 May 2013 11:53 PM PDT

A lonely male tiger that left the jungle and entered a zoo in eastern India in quest of a mate has been trapped, an official of the state-run park said on Wednesday.

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Indonesian policewomen wow protesters with Gangnam Style

Posted: 01 May 2013 11:53 PM PDT

A group of policewomen took an unusual approach to crowd control at a May Day protest in Indonesia Wednesday, breaking into a performance of "Gangnam Style" to keep demonstrators happy.

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China reports 25th death from H7N9 bird flu

Posted: 01 May 2013 11:48 PM PDT

he death toll from the H7N9 bird flu virus has risen to 25, state media said Thursday after a man died in central China's Hunan Province.

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Fast fashion, fair wages: Vietnam's lesson for Bangladesh

Posted: 01 May 2013 11:47 PM PDT

From factory fires to slave labour, the growth of mass manufacturing in Southeast Asia has not been problem-free, but after shedding its "sweatshop" reputation the region could have lessons for Bangladesh.

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The real fun is coming!

Posted: 01 May 2013 11:44 PM PDT

The former means to fight for sympathy votes with the help of persecution experience or personal healthy problem while the latter means to make a soft appeal for votes by posing in an about-to lose gesture and calling the slogan of "your vote decides my fate".

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