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| Egyptians slow to vote on extra day aimed at boosting turnout | |  By Asma Alsharif and Maggie Fick CAIRO (Reuters) - Voting in Egypt's presidential election was slow on Wednesday after polling was extended for a third day in an attempt to boost turnout, raising questions about the level of support for the man forecast to win, former army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. An early tour of Cairo polling stations suggested authorities would again struggle to get more people to cast their ballots. The same pattern emerged in Egypt's second city, Alexandria, Reuters reporters said. In a country polarised since a popular uprising toppled Hosni Mubarak in 2011, the low turnout was linked to political apathy, opposition to another military man becoming president, discontent at suppression of freedoms among liberal youth, and calls for a boycott by Islamists.
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| Saudi court sentences Shi'ite to death for sedition | | | By Angus McDowall RIYADH (Reuters) - A Saudi Arabian court has sentenced to death a Shi'ite Muslim convicted of sedition, rioting, protesting and robbery in the district of Qatif, home to many of the Sunni kingdom's minority sect who say they face entrenched discrimination. The sentence, issued on Tuesday and reported by state media early on Wednesday, is the second time in a week the death penalty has been imposed on a Shi'ite involved in unrest in Qatif, located in the oil-producing Eastern Province. The judge's decision to apply the penalty can still be challenged in an appeal court, the supreme court and then by petitioning the king. More than 20 people have been killed in Qatif since February 2011 when large protests erupted calling for democracy and equal rights between Sunnis and Shi'ites. |
| South Korean nominee for PM withdraws in latest blow to Park | | | By Jack Kim SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean President Park Geun-hye suffered another political setback on Wednesday when her choice for prime minister withdrew his name amid questions about the ethics of earning a large income after leaving public service. Park had nominated Ahn Dai-hee to replace the incumbent who resigned over the government's slow and ineffective response to last month's ferry disaster that killed more than 300 people. Ahn was expected to enforce bureaucratic ethics including ending a culture of officials leaving senior government jobs to go into the private sector which can blur the lines between businesses and those regulating them. |
| Iranian judge summons Facebook CEO for breach of privacy | |  A conservative Iranian court opened a case against instant messaging services WhatsApp and Instagram while also summoning Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg over complaints of privacy violation, state news agency ISNA reported on Tuesday. The case underscores the growing struggle between moderate Iranian president Hassan Rouhani's drive to increase Internet freedoms and demands by the conservative judiciary for tighter controls. "According to the court's ruling, the Zionist director of the company of Facebook, or his official attorney must appear in court to defend himself and pay for possible losses," said Ruhollah Momen-Nasab, an Iranian internet official, according to state news agency ISNA, referring to Zuckerberg's Jewish background.
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| Pakistani Taliban splits as divisions grow within insurgency | |  By Javed Hussain and Saud Mehsud PARACHINAR/DERA ISMAIL KHAN Pakistan (Reuters) - The Pakistan Taliban split into two groups on Wednesday, highlighting growing divisions within the movement and diminishing the government's chances of finding a negotiated settlement with the insurgency. The split is between two rival groups from the powerful Mehsud tribe which provides the Taliban the bulk of their money and fighters from its base in the South Waziristan region. The breakaway group is in favour of peace talks with the government while the main insurgency has announced that it will continue attacks against government and security targets. "The (Taliban's) present leadership and fighters have become a band of paid killers involved in un-Islamic activities like killings, robberies, extortion and kidnappings for ransom," Azam Tariq, a spokesman for the breakaway faction, told Reuters.
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| UK fraud office probes GSK after claims of foreign bribery | |  By Ben Hirschler LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's fraud office has launched a formal criminal investigation into GlaxoSmithKline , posing a new challenge to the drugmaker, which already faces claims of bribery in China and four other countries. The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) said late on Tuesday that its director had "opened a criminal investigation into the commercial practices of GlaxoSmithKline and its subsidiaries", confirming an earlier brief statement from the company. "GSK is committed to operating its business to the highest ethical standards and will continue to cooperate fully with the SFO," the company said. Neither the SFO nor GSK gave any further details about the case, and a company spokesman declined to elaborate.
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| In divided Thailand, some welcome coup as necessary medicine | |  By Amy Sawitta Lefevre BANGKOK (Reuters) - A "closed for maintenance" sign hangs near Bangkok's historic Democracy Monument. Thailand's new military leader says he, too, is repairing the country's democratic institutions after seizing power on May 22. Small anti-coup protests have garnered much media attention, amid international condemnation of General Prayuth Chan-ocha's action. But for many in Bangkok, the sight of troops on the streets is a welcome one after seven months of sometimes violent political turmoil that snarled up the city.
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| Australian Apple users report "lost phone" cyber attack | |  By Edwin Chan and Thuy Ong SAN FRANCISCO/SYDNEY (Reuters) - Multiple users on Apple Inc's online support forum and Twitter have reported an unusual smartphone and tablet hack in which cyber attackers were said to have locked Australian users' smartphones and demanded payment in return for unlocking them. The alleged cyber attackers, first reported by The Sydney Morning Herald, appeared to use Apple's "Find My Phone" feature to lock the devices' screens and send a message demanding money be sent to a PayPal account, according to multiple users. Apple, in response to inquiries about the hacking, confirmed there had been an incident. An Apple spokeswoman in Sydney said by telephone Apple did not have any details on how widespread the incident was or whether it was contained to Australia.
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| China sentences 55 in Xinjiang mass trial | |  Local officials in China's western Xinjiang region held a public rally for the mass sentencing of criminals on Tuesday, handing out judgements for 55 people and at least three death sentences for crimes such as "violent terrorism", state media said. The public sentencing, reminiscent of China's revolutionary era rallies, attracted a crowd of 7,000 at a sports stadium in Yining city in the northern prefecture of Yili. China is waging a year-long anti-terrorism operation nationwide after a series of attacks, but has focused on Xinjiang, home to a large Muslim Uighur minority, following a series of bloody attacks that Beijing blames on Islamists and separatists from the region. The public sentencing made clear the determination of the ruling Communist Party to strike hard at "violent terrorism, separatism and religious extremism", the prefecture's deputy Party secretary Li Minghui said at the rally.
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