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Online troll sentenced to 26 weeks in prison for harassing British official

Conservative MP Louise Mensch arrives at the state opening of parliament in May. An online "troll" who sent Mensch a threatening email received a suspended sentence at a Monday hearing but was banned from contacting well-known figures from Alan Sugar to CIA chief David Petraeus. (AFP Photo/Stefan Wermuth)

An online “troll” who sent a threatening email to Conservative MP Louise Mensch received a suspended sentence Monday and was banned from contacting a string of well-known figures from Alan Sugar to CIA chief David Petraeus. Frank Zimmerman, 60, was handed a 26-week prison sentence suspended for two years over…

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Apple to preview iPhone software upgrade

Apple is expected to preview its new iPhone operating system (iOS 6) and show off some revamped MacBook laptops as it kicks off an annual gathering of developers on Monday in San Francisco. The Internet buzzed with rumors about what the notoriously secretive maker of iPads, iPhones, iPods, and Macintosh computers might also unveil at a keynote event marking the start of the five-day Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC). But analysts did not expect Apple to announce any new devices, believing it will opt instead to focus on improvements to operating software and opportunities for developers to make even better "apps." "What keeps people allegiant to and excited about their iPhones and iPads are all the new apps that are available," said Forrester analyst Charles Golvin. "Appealing to the developers and continuing to enrich the set of tools and capabilities they have to build great new apps or enhance existing apps is absolutely critical." WWDC comes less than two weeks before Google's annual developers conference, which will be held in the same downtown San Francisco conference center. "It is a back and forth between Apple and Google in a battle for hearts and minds of developers; to be their priority," Golvin said. "What Apple wants is for them to only develop for iOS," he continued. "That is not realistic, but they can try to make sure all the exciting new things come to iPad and iPhone first and maybe get to the Android, and Google wants the opposite." Google-backed Android software for mobile devices is the world's leading smartphone platform and is seen as Apple's only formidable adversary. Banners for iOS 6, the next generation operating system for Apple mobile gadgets, were on display in the conference venue during the weekend. Analysts suspected iOS upgrades to include improving and maybe even extending Siri virtual assistant capabilities that were a hit after being introduced in the iPhone 4S. Apple is expected to introduce its own mapping program to replace Google Maps software that had been pre-installed on iPhones. In apparent anticipation of the move, Google last week unveiled a revamped maps program that allows mobile users to use the service without an Internet connection. The service, which will be available soon on Android devices, allows users to select an area and save a local map which can be viewed when a user does not have a data connection. Google Maps could still be downloaded and used on iPhones. Apple would in theory be able to tie its mapping service to the Siri voice-directed personal assistant, which could supplant Google in searching for businesses. "If Apple does a great job (on its maps program) then we will see some substitution and may impact Google search on the iPhone," said Opus Research analyst Greg Sterling. Apple will also give developers the latest news about the new Mountain Lion operating system for Macintosh computers. Apple is expected to show off revamped MacBook laptop computers power by Intel Ivy Bridge chips. "My opinion is that we will definitely hear an update on Mountain Lion and we almost certainly will hear about iOS 6 with whizzy new mapping technology that is going to replace Google Maps," Golvin said. "And the MacBook line hasn't been refreshed for a while," he continued. "The big question is are we going to hear anything about Apple TV." Apple chief executive Tim Cook said recently that the company was putting a lot of energy into its Apple TV boxes for streaming Internet content to television screens. Apple long played the product off as "a hobby" but is believed to be trying to duplicate its success in tablet and smartphone markets in living rooms. "If they are going to push Apple TV from a hobby to something with full-force Apple marketing, I think they will do that in a separate event dedicated entirely to that," Golvin said.

Apple is expected to preview its new iPhone operating system (iOS 6) and show off some revamped MacBook laptops as it kicks off an annual gathering of developers on Monday in San Francisco. The Internet buzzed with rumors about what the notoriously secretive maker of iPads, iPhones, iPods, and Macintosh…

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Afghanistan road bomb injures woman in ambulance giving birth

Ambulance. AFP Photo

A roadside bomb in Afghanistan killed five people Monday and injured two, including a pregnant woman, when it ripped through the ambulance rushing them to hospital for her to give birth, police said. The woman was wounded but survived and gave birth without any complications, but four relatives died along…

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Zoologists breed endangered turtle on artificial Bangladesh beach

Zoologists have for the first time bred a critically endangered turtle species using an artificial beach, Bangladeshi specialists announced on Monday. The northern river terrapin, scientific name Batagur baska, is extinct in the wild in Thailand, Myanmar and Vietnam, and survives only in tiny numbers in Bangladesh, India, Malaysia and Indonesia. But 25 turtles hatched last week at a beach built on the banks of two ponds in Bangladesh's Bhawal National Park to encourage their parents, which had been captured from the wild, to breed in a safe environment. "The female turtles laid eggs and last week 25 turtles cubs were hatched," said S.M.A. Rashid, head of the Centre for Advanced Research in Natural Resources and Management, a private wildlife group. "They are tiny but doing fine." The organisation had "scoured Bangladesh's coastal districts in the south and collected 14 males and five females", he said, and worked with the US-based Turtles Survival Alliance, Bangladesh's forest department and Vienna Zoo. The Austrian institution bred the turtles in a laboratory two years ago and hatched two babies but one later died. In its most recent report on the species in 2000 the International Union for Conservation of Nature listed it as critically endangered because of habitat loss, illegal hunting and export to China. Monirul Khan, Bangladesh's leading wildlife professor, told AFP the breeding breakthrough gave the species "the biggest hope for survival against all the odds".

Zoologists have for the first time bred a critically endangered turtle species using an artificial beach, Bangladeshi specialists announced on Monday. The northern river terrapin, scientific name Batagur baska, is extinct in the wild in Thailand, Myanmar and Vietnam, and survives only in tiny numbers in Bangladesh, India, Malaysia and…

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Two former football players among those shot dead at pool party near Auburn University

Two former US college football players were among three people shot dead at a pool party near Auburn University, a renowned powerhouse in the sport, Alabama police said Sunday. The three victims in the incident in the southern US state were identified as Ed Christian, Ladarious Phillips and Demario Pitts, all 20 years old. Christian and Phillips were former players at Auburn, one of the leading football schools in America. Current Auburn player Eric Mack was among three others wounded in the shooting. "This is a trying time because it's not only university students and athletes, but it's young people. It's six young people that have been shot," said Auburn police chief Tommy Dawson. "As you can tell, the community is shaken by this and grieving today." Authorities said they were still hunting for the shooter, identified as 22-year-old Desmonte Leonard of Montgomery, Alabama. Dawson said the suspect was believed to still be in Montgomery. The off-campus shooting at a party in the University Heights apartment complex late Saturday came as colleges across the United States are ending classes ahead of summer break. One witness, Turquorius Vines, told police he and Pitts were approached by two unknown men who started arguing with them over a woman. Vines, 23, said he punched one of the men, while Pitts hit both of them over the head with a bottle before one or both of the strangers began shooting. "It started from a female. We were trying to get away from the trouble and it ended up right in our face," Vines told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution newspaper. The party, Vines said, "went from us chilling with all these females to a massacre for no reason at all." "It happened so quick, in about a second," he added. Dawson said the shooting broke out during a "fight that got carried away and got out of hand." Auburn, the largest and fastest-growing city in eastern Alabama, has a population of more than 53,000 people. It is home to Auburn University, which has more than 25,000 students and 1,200 faculty members.

Two former US college football players were among three people shot dead at a pool party near Auburn University, a renowned powerhouse in the sport, Alabama police said Sunday. The three victims in the incident in the southern US state were identified as Ed Christian, Ladarious Phillips and Demario Pitts,…

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Woodward and Bernstein: Nixon ‘far worse’ than we thought

File picture shows a visitor attending an exhibition on Watergate at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library in Yorba Linda, California. Almost four decades after the infamous Watergate break-in, the reporters who broke the story have concluded that then-president Richard Nixon was "far worse" than they thought. (AFP Photo/Gabriel Bouys)

Almost four decades after the infamous Watergate break-in, the reporters who broke the story have concluded that then-president Richard Nixon was “far worse” than they thought. Nixon resigned in August 1974 for his administration’s role in a June 17, 1972, burglary of the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate…

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UK consumers keeping food past ‘sell by’ date to save money on food

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Consumers trying to save money are gambling with their health and risking food poisoning by ignoring use-by dates on food, according to research published by the government’s food watchdog. In an effort to spend less and make their food go further, many are also keeping leftovers for longer than the…

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Spanish TV uses aliens to define country’s recession

A man holds a board reading ''help me, I am hungry'' while begging money in front of a bank in Madrid, on Juny 9, 2012. (AFP)

An alien spaceship hovers over a dusty, recession-hit Spanish town and is confronted by a young man looking up: “Now that we’re down in the dumps you think you can conquer us?” It’s a beer advert, one of a string of new TV commercials that tackle the downturn head-on, trying…

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David Cameron leaves 8-year-old daughter in pub

British Prime Minister David Cameron outside his 10 Downing Street residence in London last month. (AFP)

David Cameron left his eight-year-old daughter at the pub for around a quarter of an hour following a family lunch, Downing Street confirmed Monday. Nancy Cameron wandered off to the toilets while the prime ministerand his wife Samantha were arranging lifts and the couple only realised she was missing once they got home, The Sun newspaper…

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Nuns: European soccer championship is platform for protest

Nuns of the Ukrainian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church (UOGCC) stage a protest in Lviv on June 10. (AFP)

Euro 2012 has not stopped political life in Ukraine. Far from it. Instead, football is providing the perfect platform to air a range of local and national grievances in the former Soviet state. The day after Germany’s 1-0 victory over Portugal in the city, it was the turn of a group of…

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