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EBay stock value plunges over $1 billion amid ‘Anonymous’ boycott
Following the announcement of a boycott by hacktivist groups “Anonymous” and “LulzSec,” shares in PayPal parent company eBay plunged by over $1 billion in value before perking back up as opportunistic investors bought into the company in hopes of a deal. Still, as the day wore on, shares in eBay…
Traumatized Norway tries to return to normality
OSLO (Reuters) – Jittery Norwegians tried to restore some normality on Wednesday after mass killings by a far-right zealot traumatized the nation, but a security alert forced the evacuation of Oslo station, keeping nerves on edge. Norway’s domestic intelligence chief said she believed Anders Behring Breivik had acted alone in…
Taiwan city offers to turn dog poo into gold
TAIPEI (Reuters) – A city in northern Taiwan is trying the Midas touch to persuade reluctant residents to clean up after their canines: offering a chance to win gold bars to anyone handing in bags of doggy deposits. Starting from August 1, dog owners and other residents of New Taipei…
Britain expels Libyan diplomats, recognizes rebels
Britain on Wednesday recognised Libya’s rebel council as the country’s sole legitimate government, after dramatically expelling all remaining staff loyal to Moamer Kadhafi from the London embassy. Foreign Secretary William Hague said he had invited the National Transitional Council (NTC) to take over the embassy and appoint an official envoy…
Suicide bomber kills Kandahar mayor
The mayor of Kandahar, the biggest city in southern Afghanistan and the birthplace of the Taliban movement, was killed in a suicide attack on Wednesday, police said. The death comes two weeks after the assassination of Ahmed Wali Karzai, the so-called “King of Kandahar”, who was a key strongman in…
India, Pakistan top diplomats hold peace talks
India and Pakistan’s foreign ministers held their first talks for a year Wednesday, looking to breathe fresh life into a peace process still stifled by the trauma of the 2008 Mumbai attacks. India suspended contacts with its arch-rival after the attacks and the peace dialogue has struggled to gain any…
Egypt’s Mubarak ‘refuses food, extremely weak’
Egypt’s ex-president Hosni Mubarak, due to go on trial next week for murder, is refusing food in his hospital detention and has become extremely weak, state media reported on Wednesday. Mubarak, 83, has been detained since April on charges of ordering the killings of anti-regime protesters and corruption. He is…
Russia faces crisis if Putin returns: Kremlin advisers
Russia faces a massive crisis including economic collapse and social tensions if Vladimir Putin rather than Dmitry Medvedev stands in presidential polls, two Kremlin advisers warned on Wednesday. In the most vocal call yet for Medvedev to seek a second mandate in 2012 elections, the advisers from the Institute of…
Palestinian leaders meet to endorse UN bid
The PLO Central Council was on Wednesday expected to endorse a decision by the Palestinian leadership to seek full membership in the United Nations in September. Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas was to address council members at the meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah, which got under way late…
Norway finds ‘no proof’ of British link to gunman
Norway’s domestic intelligence chief said Wednesday there was no evidence that the gunman who admitted last week’s twin attacks had links to other cells in the country or in Britain. Janne Kristiansen also rejected defence arguments that suspected killer Anders Behring Breivik was insane, saying that he was sane and…
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