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| China confronts U.S. ambassador after accusations of cyberspying | |  By Sui-Lee Wee BEIJING (Reuters) - China summoned the U.S. ambassador after the United States accused five Chinese military officers of hacking into American companies to steal trade secrets, warning Washington it could take further action, state media said on Tuesday. The U.S. Ambassador to China, Max Baucus, met with Zheng Zeguang, assistant foreign minister, on Monday shortly after the United States charged the five Chinese, accusing them of hacking into American nuclear, metal and solar companies to steal trade secrets. Zheng "protested" the actions by the United States, saying the indictment had seriously harmed relations between both countries, state news agency Xinhua said.
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| London imam Abu Hamza convicted of U.S. terrorism charges | |  By Joseph Ax NEW YORK (Reuters) - London imam Abu Hamza al-Masri was convicted of terrorism charges in New York on Monday, following a four-week trial that shined a spotlight on the preacher's controversial anti-Western statements. After deliberating for less than two days, a jury of eight men and four women found Abu Hamza, 56, guilty on all 11 counts he faced, handing Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara his second high-profile terrorism conviction in three months. Abu Hamza could face life in prison when he is sentenced in September. Prosecutors had charged the one-eyed, handless Abu Hamza with providing a satellite phone and advice to Yemeni militants who kidnapped Western tourists in 1998, an operation that led to the deaths of four hostages.
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| Sperm donor or parent? Check the box on California form | | | The measure by San Francisco Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, a Democrat, would require sperm donors, surrogate mothers and the people with whom they work to have a child to fill out a series of forms detailing the rights and responsibilities of each person. It would require all couples who use sperm donation or surrogacy to conceive a child to state ahead of time who would have parental rights and responsibilities and who would not. Legal issues around the parental rights of sperm donors have made headlines recently over a debacle involving actor Jason Patric, who donated sperm to a now-former girlfriend and is suing for the right to be part of the child's life. Under current law, sperm donors do not typically have parental rights unless otherwise agreed by the parties involved. |
| Credit Suisse escapes worst as it pleads guilty to U.S. charges | |  By Aruna Viswanatha, Douwe Miedema and Karen Freifeld WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Credit Suisse on Monday became the largest bank in 20 years to plead guilty to a U.S. criminal charge, and will pay a $2.5 billion fine to authorities for helping Americans evade taxes, Attorney General Eric Holder said. U.S. prosecutors said the bank helped clients deceive U.S. tax authorities by concealing assets in illegal, undeclared bank accounts, in a conspiracy that spanned decades, and in one case began more than a century ago. "This case shows that no financial institution, no matter its size or global reach, is above the law," Holder said at a news conference in Washington. The Justice Department has not frequently pursued such convictions of financial companies, especially large ones that could become destabilized following an indictment, but U.S. politicians have pushed for tougher punishment for big banks in response to the 2007-2009 financial crisis.
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| Same-sex couples wed in Oregon after gay marriage ban lifted | |  By Teresa Carson and Shelby Sebens PORTLAND Ore. (Reuters) - Gay and lesbian couples clamoured to be among the first in Oregon to exchange wedding vows on Monday after a federal judge struck down a state ban on same-sex marriage, sparking a day of celebration amid flowers, cakes and honking car horns. The ruling, which came just before a separate legal victory by gay matrimony advocates in Utah, was the latest in a series of court decisions in other states that if upheld will dramatically expand same-sex couples' marriage rights across the country. We've waited for this moment for at least 10 years," said Christine Tanner, who with her partner joined three other Oregon couples in challenging a 2004 voter-approved state constitutional amendment limiting marriage to heterosexual couples. The attorney general of the left-leaning state ultimately declined to mount a legal defence of Oregon's gay marriage ban against the lawsuit, leaving the conservative National Organization for Marriage to try defending it instead.
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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. |
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