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| Pakistani Taliban kidnap Chinese cyclist | | | By Saud Mehsud DERA ISMAIL KHAN Pakistan (Reuters) - The Pakistani Taliban have kidnapped a Chinese tourist on a cycling tour of the country, police and Taliban sources said Tuesday, the latest in a series of abductions aimed at raising money for rival Taliban factions. The man, whose name and passport details were supplied to Reuters, was kidnapped on Monday in Daraban, near the western city of Dera Ismail Khan. Abdullah Bahar, a senior Taliban commander, told Reuters the man was in their custody. Kidnaps are rising in Pakistan, although it is unusual for Chinese to be targeted. |
| INSIGHT - How Credit Suisse got a stiffer penalty than UBS | |  By Aruna Viswanatha and Karen Freifeld WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors first raised the specter of a criminal plea by Credit Suisse Group AG more than two years after starting an investigation into whether the Swiss bank had helped wealthy Americans evade taxes. In a meeting with Credit Suisse's lawyers in March 2013, U.S. Justice Department officials, frustrated by what they viewed as poor co-operation from the bank, for the first time said an indictment was possible if they did not see an improvement, according to a person briefed on the situation. Details of what exactly prosecutors were seeking could not be learned, but Credit Suisse has said it could not hand over names of clients to U.S. authorities as Swiss law prevented it from doing so. In October of last year, Kathryn Keneally, the head of the Justice Department's tax division, called the bank's lawyers and said she was prepared to recommend prosecution, the source said.
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| "This is not a coup" says Thai army, as martial law declared | |  By Amy Sawitta Lefevre BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's army declared martial law nationwide on Tuesday to restore order after six months of street protests that have left the country without a proper functioning government, but denied that the surprise move amounted to a military coup. While troops patrolled parts of Bangkok, the caretaker government led by supporters of self-exiled former premier Thaksin Shinawatra was still in office, military and government officials said. Army chief General Prayuth Chan-ocha said the military was taking charge of public security because of violent protests that had claimed lives and caused damage. Then, in order to restore law and order to the country, we have declared martial law," Prayuth said.
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| Turkish court arrests eight in mine investigation, including CEO | | | Eight suspects were arrested by a Turkish court late on Monday in the western town of Soma, on a provisional charge of "causing multiple deaths" in last week's mine disaster, as the last of the 301 victims were buried. Ramazan Dogru, general manager of Soma Coal Mining Company, and Chief Executive Can Gurkan, the son of company owner Alp Gurkan, were among those arrested. An initial report on the possible causes of the accident, cited by prosecutor Bekir Sahiner, indicated that the fire could have been triggered by coal heating up after making contact with the air. The disaster has sparked protests across Turkey, directed at mine owners accused of ignoring safety for profit, and at Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's government, seen as too close to industry bosses and insensitive in its response. |
| No budget, no elevators: political crisis gums up Thai government | |  By Alan Raybould BANGKOK (Reuters) - Bangkok's Government House, the seat of power in the heart of the Thai capital, has stood empty for six months, except for the troops guarding it from protesters who want to oust the administration and overhaul Thailand's democracy. The prime minister's office, cabinet meeting room and the rest of the premises housing the apparatus of government remained shut. Thailand has been without a properly functioning government since December, and the strain is starting to show, from a failure to draw up a state budget to civil servants' complaints of an inability to fix ministry elevators. Bangkok has all but withdrawn from the international stage, with the country led by a caretaker prime minister unable to take foreign policy decisions, travel on state business or officially receive international leaders.
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| Military acquisition rules hamper U.S. ability to counter cyber threats | |  By Andrea Shalal COLORADO SPRINGS Colo. (Reuters) - U.S. military experts on Monday said current acquisition rules hamper their ability to respond quickly to a growing number of cyber attacks against U.S. weapons and computer networks and new approaches are needed. Kristina Harrington, director of the signals intelligence directorate at the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), said acquisition programs typically take about two years to initiate and execute, but rapidly changing threats in the cyber domain require a different approach. "The current acquisition process is not fast enough to keep up with the speed (of the threat)," Harrington said at a space and cyber conference hosted by the Space Foundation.
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