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| Twitter sues U.S. Justice Dept for right to reveal surveillance requests | |  By Alexei Oreskovic SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Twitter Inc sued the U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday, intensifying its battle with federal agencies as the Internet industry's self-described champion of free speech seeks the right to provide more specifics about the extent of U.S. government surveillance. In a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court for Northern California, Twitter argued that the current rules prevent it from even stating that it has not received any national security requests for user information. ...
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| Jennifer Lawrence says photo hacking is sex crime - magazine | |  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence, one of dozens of actresses, models and celebrities whose intimate images have been posted online, spoke about the photo hacking scandal for the first time on Tuesday, saying it is a crime and sexual violation. In an interview with Vanity Fair magazine, Lawrence, 24, said she was frightened after the photos were released last month and worried about the impact it would have on her career. "Just because I'm a public figure, just because I'm an actress, does not mean that I asked for this. ...
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| Myanmar says it will release more than 3,000 prisoners | |  By Aung Hla Tun and Jared Ferrie YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar pledged on Tuesday to release thousands of prisoners, a move announced just over a month before it hosts an East Asia summit that U.S. President Barack Obama and other world leaders are expected to attend. The United States, which has been backing reforms in Myanmar, welcomed the move but urged the release of remaining political prisoners, who were apparently not included in a list of 3,073 prisoners pardoned. ...
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| Russian hacking attack takes aim at leadership in Moscow | | | MOSCOW (Reuters) - A hacker targeted a Russian regional parliament's website on Tuesday with a statement berating authorities in Moscow and declaring the southern Volga region's Astrakhan province was leaving the Russian Federation. Russians largely support President Vladimir Putin's policies and his popularity received a boost after his annexation of Ukraine's Crimea territory and for his stance toward eastern Ukraine. However, critics say Putin has clamped down on dissent in recent years which is now mostly expressed online. ... |
| Rouhani urges Iran universities to open up, dismisses spy fears | |  By Michelle Moghtader DUBAI (Reuters) - President Hassan Rouhani called on Tuesday for Iran's universities to admit more foreign students and lecturers, dismissing conservatives' fears that more interaction with the outside world would encourage espionage. His remarks at Tehran University appeared to be a fresh riposte to hardliners in the Islamic Republic's faction-ridden political leadership who have been waging a determined campaign against his policies of international engagement. ...
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| Hong Kong protests at crossroads, talks to start on Friday | |  By Diana Chan and John Ruwitch HONG KONG (Reuters) - Pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong agreed with the city's government late on Tuesday to start formal talks later this week to address concerns that have brought tens of thousands of people onto the city's streets. The student-led demonstrations have calmed since clashes with police over a week ago, and the number of protesters has fallen since violent scuffles broke out at the weekend between demonstrators and pro-Beijing opponents. ...
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| Samsung seeks Hong Kong arbitration after Microsoft lawsuit | |  By Nate Raymond NEW YORK (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd initiated an arbitration proceeding in Hong Kong against Microsoft Corp on Tuesday, amid ongoing U.S. litigation over smartphone patent royalties. The arbitration was disclosed in a court filing as part of a federal lawsuit Microsoft filed in August in New York accusing Samsung of refusing to make royalty payments to Microsoft after the software company announced its intention to acquire Nokia's handset business. ...
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| Art, songs - and a few worries - as Putin turns 62 | |  By Timothy Heritage MOSCOW (Reuters) - For a man who has hugged a polar bear, flown with migrating cranes and shot a tiger with a tranquiliser gun, Vladimir Putin celebrated his 62nd birthday unusually quietly on Tuesday. For the first time in years, the Russian president took the day off on his birthday and retreated to the remote forested taiga in Siberia for a private celebration. With the economy faltering under sanctions imposed over the Ukraine crisis, the rouble in decline and relations with the West in disarray, he may have deemed festivities inappropriate. ...
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| International prosecutors accuse Kenya of withholding evidence against president | |  By Thomas Escritt AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - International prosecutors accused the Kenyan government on Tuesday of failing to hand over phone and bank records they said could help them show President Uhuru Kenyatta paid people to take part in post-election violence in 2007. Kenyatta denies charges of co-orchestrating the wave of violence in which 1,200 people were killed and a government representative dismissed the prosecutors' allegations at Tuesday's hearing of the International Criminal Court. ...
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