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| Top U.S. justice official promises probe after NYC police chokehold death | |  By Sebastien Malo, Barbara Goldberg and Joseph Ax NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday promised a full investigation into a white New York police officer's role in the choking death of an unarmed black man, following a night of protests over a grand jury decision not to bring charges in the incident. More protests were expected on Thursday in New York. The grand jury's decision on Wednesday came nine days after the news that a white officer in Missouri who shot and killed an unarmed black teenager would also not face criminal charges. ...
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| North Korea still a suspect in Sony attack despite denial | |  By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Korea is a principal suspect in the cyber attack on Sony Pictures, a U.S. national security source told Reuters on Thursday, while a North Korean diplomat denied Pyongyang was behind the crippling hack. The U.S. government's investigation into the Nov. 24 attack is being led by the FBI's Los Angeles Field Office and the Hollywood studio is cooperating, a law enforcement source said. ...
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| Hillary Clinton backs federal probes of Ferguson, Staten Island cases | |  By Richard Valdmanis BOSTON (Reuters) - Potential Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton said on Thursday she was pleased the U.S. Department of Justice was investigating the recent deaths of unarmed black men in incidents with police. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said on Wednesday the Department of Justice would launch a civil rights investigation into the chokehold death of Eric Garner in the New York City borough of Staten Island in July. There is also a federal probe into the fatal shooting of Michael Brown by a white policeman in Ferguson, Missouri, in August. ...
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| Fresh protests set for Thursday after no charges in NYC chokehold case | |  By Barbara Goldberg and Sebastien Malone NEW YORK (Reuters) - Protesters vowed a new round of demonstrations in New York on Thursday after a grand jury decided not to charge a white police officer in the chokehold death of an unarmed black man on Staten Island. Meanwhile, New York City Patrolmen's Benevolent Association President Patrick Lynch told reporters on Thursday that Mayor Bill de Blasio had failed to support police after the decision and told the public that they should fear officers. "Unequivocally, police officers feel like they have been thrown under the bus," Lynch said. ...
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| U.S. disclosed failed attempt to rescue American in Yemen | | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Thursday disclosed a failed attempt last month to rescue a U.S. citizen held hostage by al Qaeda's Yemen branch, saying he was not present at the targeted location but that other hostages were freed. Luke Somers, 33, an American journalist, was kidnapped in Yemen's capital Sanaa in September 2013, joining several other foreigners including Westerners held by militant Sunni Muslim armed groups in the volatile Arabian peninsula country. The U.S. ... |
| At least 20 killed in fighting in Russia's Chechnya | |  GROZNY/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Gunmen attacked a police post and stormed a building on Thursday in Grozny, capital of Russia's southern province of Chechnya, killing 10 policemen in clashes in which 10 of the attackers were also killed. The bloodiest fighting in Chechnya for months erupted a few hours before President Vladimir Putin said in a speech in Moscow he would defend Russia against what he called attempts to dismember it. The attack underlined the fragile security situation in Chechnya more than a decade after Putin sent troops to quell an Islamist separatist uprising there. ...
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| New U.S. cybersecurity prosecutor unit to focus on prevention | |  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department is creating a unit within the criminal division to advise on electronic surveillance in cyber investigations and work with the private sector to prevent online crime, an official said on Thursday. The new unit, housed within the Computer Crime and Intellectual Property section, will work with law enforcement, the private sector, and Congress, said Leslie Caldwell, head of the department's criminal division. ...
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