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| EU says firms like Google and Facebook must meet privacy rules |
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 By Julia Fioretti BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Companies based outside the European Union must meet Europe's data protection rules, ministers agreed on Friday, although governments remain divided over how to enforce them on companies operating across the bloc. The agreement to force Internet companies such as Google and Facebook to abide by EU-wide rules is a first step in a wider reform package to tighten privacy laws - an issue that has gained prominence following revelations of U.S. spying in Europe. Vodafone's disclosure on Friday of the extent of telephone call surveillance in European countries showed the practice is not limited to the United States. The world's second-largest mobile phone company, Vodafone is headquartered in the United Kingdom.
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| Thai junta tracks Internet posting to capture protest leader |
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 Sombat Boonngamanong was caught in Chonburi province east of Bangkok late on Thursday, traced via the Internet network he was using, said Major General Pisit Pao-in, of the Information and Communication Technology Ministry. "Soldiers and police were informed of the IP address used by Sombat to post comments so we searched a house in Chonburi and found Sombat there. He is now with the army at an army base in Chonburi," Pisit told Reuters. "The case is now with the army and it will investigate and decide how to proceed next." The military has cracked down hard on pro-democracy dissidents and supporters of ousted Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra since it took power last month.
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| Nazi restitution fraud case stirs anger at Vienna court |
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| By Derek Brooks VIENNA (Reuters) - A journalist critical of Austria's record in returning Jewish property seized by the Nazis failed on Friday to gain his freedom after conviction on charges he defrauded the state in illicitly increasing his mother's claim on a building. Disappointed at an appeal ruling, allies of Stephan Templ shouted "Nazi state" and "Aryanization" at judges in a crowded courtroom. Templ, who co-wrote a book in 2001 listing Jewish properties looted by Austrian Nazis and never returned, alleges Austria is punishing him for his criticism. "Even the main judge said this case is a dilemma, that the verdict is not correct, that Austria is not damaged. |
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