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| U.S. asks North Korea to release two detained Americans | | | The U.S. State Department, citing "humanitarian concerns," asked North Korea on Monday to release two Americans who North Korean official media said would be put on trial for committing crimes against the state. North Korea's official KCNA news agency, referring to the imprisoned men, Jeffrey Fowle and Matthew Miller, said "their hostile acts were confirmed by evidence and their own testimonies." Asked about the report, U.S. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters, "Out of humanitarian concern for Mr. Fowle and Mr. Miller and their families, we request North Korea release them so they may return home." She also called on North Korea to pardon and release Kenneth Bae, a Christian missionary who was arrested in November 2012, convicted and sentenced by North Korea's supreme court to 15 years hard labor last year. |
| Microsoft says disrupts cybercrime rings with roots in Kuwait, Algeria | |  By Jim Finkle BOSTON (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp launched what it hopes will be the most successful private effort to date to crack down on cyber crime by moving to disrupt communications channels between hackers and infected PCs. The operation, which began on Monday under an order issued by a federal court in Nevada, targeted traffic involving malicious software known as Bladabindi and Jenxcus, which Microsoft said work in similar ways and were written and distributed by developers in Kuwait and Algeria. It is the first high-profile case involving malware written by developers outside of Eastern Europe, according to Richard Domingues Boscovich, assistant general counsel of Microsoft's cybercrime-fighting Digital Crimes Unit. "We never seen malware coded outside Eastern Europe that is as big as this.
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| Al Jazeera says bodies of three missing settlers found | | | DUBAI (Reuters) - Al Jazeera television said on Monday, quoting Israeli sources, that the bodies of three Jewish settlers who went missing near Hebron two weeks ago have been found near the city in the occupied West Bank. The Qatar-based TV channel also reported that the inner Israeli cabinet was to hold an emergency meeting later in the evening to discuss the matter. (Reporting by Sami Aboudi; Editing by Janet Lawrence) |
| UK PM Cameron's former aide Coulson to be re-tried over royal payments | |  By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister David Cameron's ex-media chief Andy Coulson, found guilty last week over phone-hacking while editing a Rupert Murdoch tabloid, will stand trial for a second time over alleged illegal payments, prosecutors said on Monday. Coulson was convicted by a jury of being complicit in widespread tapping of voicemails by journalists at Murdoch's now defunct News of the World Sunday tabloid following an eight-month trial at London's Old Bailey. Rebekah Brooks, the ex-chief executive of News Corp.'s British newspaper arm News International who was also tried over phone-hacking allegations and other crimes, was cleared on all charges.
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| Presidential race highlights Erdogan's reshaping of Turkish politics | |  By Humeyra Pamuk and Jonny Hogg ISTANBUL/ANKARA (Reuters) - A quick glance at the emerging candidates for Turkey's first direct presidential poll illustrates the dramatic change wrought in the country by Tayyip Erdogan's 11-year premiership; "It is certainly novel, a new republic," says Soli Ozel, a professor in political science at Istanbul's Kadir Has University. "We really are in uncharted waters." Prime Minister Erdogan, his popularity unscathed by a flare-up of anti-government riots and a corruption scandal, is widely expected to announce his presidential bid on Tuesday for August elections that could further strengthen his hold on power.
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