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WikiLeaks site crashes after cyber attack
SAN FRANCISCO — Controversial anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks said Tuesday it was fending off a cyberattack after being lambasted for releasing more supposedly confidential US diplomatic cables. “WikiLeaks.org is presently under cyberattack,” the organization said in a terse message on microblogging service Twitter. The message provided a link to a cablegatesearch.net…
U.S. worried sources at risk after WikiLeaks dump
WASHINGTON — The United States on Tuesday voiced renewed concern over the risks to individuals after the anti-secrecy site WikiLeaks made public more US diplomatic cables, many of which contained the names of sensitive sources. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland would not confirm the authenticity of the latest documents, but…
Newborn death rates decrease worldwide: WHO
GENEVA — Global death rates among newborns under one month old are dropping, a study by the World Health Organization showed Tuesday. “Newborn deaths decreased from 4.6 million in 1990 to 3.3 million in 2009,” the UN health agency said in a statement. However, developing nations are still reporting a…
Syria prison deaths show sharp rise in 2011: Amnesty International
GENEVA — The number of deaths in Syrian prisons rose sharply in 2011, Amnesty International said Tuesday, describing it as one of the “most shocking features” of the regime’s crackdown on demonstrations. “No less than 88 such deaths have been reported to Amnesty International as occurring during the period from…
China piracy spurred Apple to action: WikiLeaks
WASHINGTON — Apple set up a global security team three years ago to combat rampant counterfeiting of the iPod and iPhone in China, according to a US diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks. The California-based gadget-maker hired away employees from the drug company Pfizer who led a crackdown on pirate Viagra…
Obama: U.S. economy had a ‘heart attack’
WASHINGTON — US President Barack Obama on Tuesday said that the US economy had suffered a “heart attack” and survived but is not recuperating quickly enough, as he geared up to unveil a major jobs plan. Obama appeared on the “Tom Joyner Morning Show” in what also appeared to be…
Mexico to give HPV vaccine to all girls from 2012
MEXICO CITY — Mexico plans to administer the vaccine against human papillomavirus (HPV), which can cause cervical cancer, to all girls beginning next year, the country’s health ministry said Tuesday. Beginning in 2012, the HPV vaccine will be part of the normal course of shots given to all girls at…
Microsoft gives further peek at Windows 8
SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft on Tuesday provided another glimpse at changes coming with the next-generation of Windows software that powers most of the world’s computers. Microsoft is making major improvements to a key Windows Explorer file management program to enhance how it interacts with the coming Windows 8 operating system,…
WikiLeaks denies it reveals sources in new U.S. cables
The whistleblowing website WikiLeaks denied Tuesday that it has revealed the names of some of the sources in a new batch of US diplomatic cables it has released. The New York Times alleged that some of the 133,887 newly published cables included the names of some people who had spoken…
Myanmar jails man for 10 years for web article
A court in military-dominated Myanmar has sentenced a retired major to a decade in prison for writing an article deemed subversive and distributing it to overseas media, his lawyer said Tuesday. Nay Myo Zin, 36, was arrested in April, accused of harming national security, the rule of law, peace and…
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