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U.S. indirectly supplies guns that fuel Somalian conflict
By Robert Johnson In its fight against al Qaeda in Somalia, the U.S. is sending hundreds of millions dollars in weapons to Ugandan soldiers, who are selling the arms to the men they’re fighting. A new report by the United Nations and picked up by Somalia Report lays out how the $500…
State actor seen behind ‘enormous’ wave of cyber attacks
BOSTON (Reuters) – Security experts have discovered the biggest series of cyber attacks to date, involving the infiltration of the networks of 72 organizations including the United Nations, governments and companies around the world. Security company McAfee, which uncovered the intrusions, said it believed there was one “state actor” behind…
Australian woman free after hours-long bomb scare
SYDNEY (Reuters) – A young Australian woman was freed from a suspected bomb collared around her neck early on Thursday after 10 hours of drama that lasted past midnight and captivated the nation with police saying they were still investigating the incident. The 18-year-old had been trapped for hours in…
Russian couple ‘kept grandfather on a chain’
A woman and her husband have been detained in southern Russia after they kept the woman’s father, 70, on a chain in their yard for four days, investigators said Wednesday. The couple “tied him to a tree with a metal chain in their yard and kept him there from July…
HIV ‘epidemic emerging in Middle East’
The AIDS virus is spreading like an epidemic in some Middle East and North African countries because of homosexual encounters between men, a study warned on Wednesday. “This systematic review and data synthesis indicate that HIV epidemics appear to be emerging among MSM (men who have sex with men) in…
Possible bomb strapped to Australian woman’s neck: report
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian police were scrambling Wednesday to remove what local media said was a suspected bomb possibly collared to a young woman’s neck by an intruder into her home in a wealthy neighborhood in Sydney. “It’s a very serious incident where the life of a young lady is…
Japan takes steps to keep elderly from dying alone
TOKYO (Reuters Life!) – Japan’s rapidly aging society, where nearly one in four people is over 65, means that more elderly are living alone every year — and also, sadly, dying alone, their bodies sometimes undiscovered for days. But now, local authorities are teaming up with groups such as the…
Ukraine to save bears from forced vodka drinking
KIEV (Reuters Life!) – Ukraine’s Environment Minister Mykola Zlochevsky vowed on Wednesday to free all bears kept in restaurants for entertainment purposes and often forced to drink alcohol, Interfax news agency reported on Wednesday. Captured and tamed bears were often used for entertainment in the Russian Empire, which included Ukraine,…
UN Syria talks stumble amid pressure on U.S.
The UN Security Council meets again Wednesday as it struggles over how to respond to the Syria crisis Russia warns is veering toward civil war, amid growing pressure on the US to take a tougher line. Divisions remained among the 15 nations on the wording of any condemnation of President…
‘Lost’ Hitchcock film found in New Zealand
One of the earliest films made by British master director Alfred Hitchcock has been found in New Zealand, researchers said. The New Zealand Film Archive on Wednesday said the first three reels of the six-reel feature “The White Shadow” were found in a cache of ageing nitrate prints given to…
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