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| As U.S. faces new threats, Pentagon seeks bigger defence budget | | Tuesday, February 03, 2015 1:35 AM | |
|  By David Alexander and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Facing new security challenges in the Middle East and Ukraine, the Obama administration on Monday proposed an increased $534 billion Pentagon base budget plus $51 billion in war funds as it urged Congress to end cuts it says erode U.S. military power. Defense officials said the higher spending level was necessary to carry out President Barack Obama's national security strategy, including the planned stationing of more forces in the Asia-Pacific in response to the rise of China. The proposed base budget exceeded the $499 billion federal spending cap for fiscal year 2016, forcing a debate with Congress over whether to continue deep cuts to federal discretionary spending or to amend the limits set in a 2011 law that sought to narrow the U.S. budget deficit.
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| Obama proposes $3.99 trillion budget, draws scorn from Republicans | | Tuesday, February 03, 2015 12:48 AM | |
|  By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Monday proposed a $3.99 trillion budget that drew scorn from Republicans and set up battles over tax reform, infrastructure spending, and the quest to prove which party best represents the middle class. In his fiscal year 2016 budget blueprint, a political document that must be approved by Congress to take effect, Obama proposed a series of programs to help middle-income Americans that he would pay for with higher taxes on corporations and wealthy individuals. Obama's budget fleshes out proposals from his State of the Union address last month and helps highlight Democratic priorities for the last two years of his presidency and the beginning of the 2016 presidential campaign. "I know there are Republicans who disagree with my approach.
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| 'Mujahideen' talks in Iran cited in Canada train terrorism trial | | Tuesday, February 03, 2015 12:40 AM | |
| | Two men charged with plotting to derail a train traveling from New York to Toronto had their plans foiled by an undercover police officer who convinced them he could help pull off the attack, jurors heard at the opening of their trial on Monday. One of the men, Tunisian Chiheb Esseghaier, told the undercover officer that he had met with "mujahideen" in Iran and had a plan in place with a "Palestinian brother," a reference to the second defendant, Raed Jaser, the court heard. In opening remarks, prosecuting lawyers said the two were motivated by Islamic extremism and wanted to murder people to instill fear, and so that Canada and the United States would remove their troops from Muslim lands. The pair also spoke of other plans, including the use of a sniper to target political leaders, the undercover officer said. |
| Expiring marriage license leaves Charles Manson at the altar | | Tuesday, February 03, 2015 12:35 AM | |
| | By Sharon Bernstein SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - He has been engaged to marry since last autumn, but it appears for now that mass murderer Charles Manson will remain one of the most notorious bachelors in the California prison system. Manson, 80, technically has until Thursday to tie the knot under a 90-day marriage license he was granted in November with bride-to-be Afton Elaine Burton, a woman more than five decades his junior. State corrections spokeswoman Terry Thornton said prison officials had no idea why Manson had failed to act on the marriage license. The couple would have to obtain a new marriage license to extend their engagement. |
| Rap mogul Suge Knight charged with murder in hit-and-run case | | Tuesday, February 03, 2015 12:31 AM | |
|  By Dan Whitcomb and Eric Kelsey LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rap mogul Marion "Suge" Knight was charged with murder and attempted murder on Monday in connection with an incident in which prosecutors say he ran over two men in a Southern California parking lot last week, killing one of them. Knight, the 49-year-old co-founder of influential hip hop label Death Row Records, was charged with one count each of murder and attempted murder, and two counts of felony hit-and-run, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office said. The music executive, who faces a maximum sentence of life in prison if found guilty, was taken into custody on suspicion of murder on Friday after surrendering to Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies. According to sheriff's officials, the murder charge stems from an incident that began when Knight and two other people began arguing in the parking lot of a fast-food restaurant in Compton, south of downtown Los Angeles.
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| Lindsay Lohan sues Fox for defamation over cocaine comments | | Tuesday, February 03, 2015 12:27 AM | |
|  By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - Actress Lindsay Lohan and her mother Dina on Monday sued the Fox News Network, TV host Sean Hannity and commentator Michelle Fields for defamation over a comment by Fields accusing the Lohans of "doing cocaine" with each other. According to a complaint filed in a New York state court in Manhattan, Fields made the comment on Hannity's show on Feb. 4, 2014, two days after Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman died of a heroin overdose. Fields' comment came in a segment on the show where guests talked about celebrities like Whitney Houston, Elvis Presley and Amy Winehouse, whose deaths were linked to substance abuse, the complaint said.
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| Snow smashes northeastern U.S. for second time in week | | Tuesday, February 03, 2015 12:07 AM | |
|  By Ellen Wulfhorst and Elizabeth Barber NEW YORK/BOSTON (Reuters) - A record breaking winter storm walloped the northeastern United States on Monday, burying Boston to force the delay of its Super Bowl victory parade and leaving behind more than a foot (30 cm) of snow in the Chicago area. The second major storm in less than a week pummeled residents from New York City to Boston with snow, freezing rain and gusty winds, and was blamed for at least four deaths. Boston, already blanketed by two feet (60 cm) of snow from a blizzard last week and predicted to get another foot, set a record for the snowiest seven-day period in the city's history. Heavy snowfall expected to last until about midnight prompted Mayor Marty Walsh to postpone by one day until Wednesday the parade to celebrate the New England Patriots' 28-24 win over the Seattle Seahawks in Sunday's National Football League championship game.
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| Lindsay Lohan sues Fox News for defamation over cocaine comment | | The actress Lindsay Lohan and her mother Dina on Monday filed a defamation lawsuit against the Fox News Network and the TV host Sean Hannity, saying a commentator on Hannity's show falsely accused the Lohans of "doing cocaine" with each other. The comment by Michelle Fields, who was also named as a defendant, was made on Feb. 4, 2014, two days after the Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman died of a heroin overdose. In a complaint filed in a New York state court in Manhattan, the Lohans called Fields' comment a "totally irresponsible and malicious innuendo" to suggest to viewers that Lindsay Lohan might be the next celebrity to "join the obituary list." The lawsuit seeks compensatory and punitive damages.
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| Head of U.N. inquiry into Gaza conflict to quit over Israeli bias claim | | | By Thomas Escritt AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The head of a U.N. inquiry into last summer's conflict between Israel and Gaza said on Monday he would resign after Israeli allegations of bias due to consultancy work he did for the Palestine Liberation Organisation. Canadian academic William Schabas was appointed last August by the head of the United Nations Human Rights Council to lead a three-member group looking into alleged war crimes during Israel's military offensive in Gaza. Schabas' departure highlights the sensitivity of the U.N. investigation just weeks after prosecutors at the International Criminal Court in The Hague said they had started a preliminary inquiry into alleged atrocities in the Palestinian territories. |
| U.S. slaps visa restrictions on current, former Venezuelan officials | | | The United States on Monday imposed visa restrictions on current and former Venezuelan officials involved in alleged human rights abuses and on people believed responsible for public corruption in the oil-exporting country. "We are sending a clear message that human rights abusers, those who profit from public corruption, and their families are not welcome in the United States," the U.S. State Department said in a statement. The restrictions are the latest sign of the strained relations between Washington and Caracas. U.S. President Barack Obama signed legislation in December to impose visa sanctions on Venezuelan officials. |
| Uber probed by U.S. judge on driver benefits | |  By Dan Levine SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A U.S. judge appeared skeptical on Friday about Uber's bid for a quick pretrial ruling that its drivers are contractors and not employees, a critical question facing Silicon Valley's sharing economy. App-based ride service Uber, and smaller rival Lyft, face separate lawsuits seeking class action status in San Francisco federal court, brought on behalf of drivers who contend they are employees and entitled to reimbursement for expenses, including gas and vehicle maintenance. At a court hearing on Friday, U.S. District Judge Edward Chen said Uber's bid for a pretrial ruling its drivers are contractors is a "tough argument" to make, given that the drivers serve Uber's business goals.
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| Obama seeks $14 billion to boost U.S. cybersecurity defenses | | | By Andrea Shalal and Alina Selyukh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's budget proposal for the 2016 fiscal year seeks $14 billion for cybersecurity efforts across the U.S. government to better protect federal and private networks from hacking threats. The budget seeks an increase of about $1.5 billion from this year's $12.5 billion devoted to cybersecurity spending. Federal cybersecurity funding has steadily increased in recent years, from $10.3 billion in 2013, reflecting the intensity of threats U.S. companies and government agencies are facing from cyber intruders, both domestic and foreign. The budget, released on Monday, calls for deployment of more intrusion detection and prevention capabilities, greater sharing of data with the private sector and other countries and more funding to beef up the government's ability to respond to attacks. |
| Insight: Hardline Hindus become Modi's enemies from within | |  By Andrew MacAskill and Rupam Jain Nair RISHIKESH, India (Reuters) - In an ashram near the Ganges river in the Himalayan foothills, priest-turned-politician Sakshi Maharaj mimes rowing a boat to illustrate what will happen if Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government ignores Hindu nationalist demands. Modi will have to be a boatman: one oar must focus on the economy and the other must concentrate on the Hindu agenda," says Maharaj, clad in saffron robes and sitting cross-legged on a bed. In recent months, Maharaj has created uproar by describing Mahatma Gandhi's Hindu nationalist assassin as a patriot, saying Hindu women should give birth to four children to ensure the religion survives and by calling for Hindus who convert to Islam and Christianity to be given the death penalty. For the first time since the election last year, some lawmakers in Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are rebelling against his focus on mending the economy and governance at the expense of promoting Hinduism.
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| Accused owner of 'BlackShades' malware near guilty plea -filing | | | By Joseph Ax NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Swedish man who U.S. authorities say helped create malicious software used to hack half a million computers worldwide is expected to plead guilty in New York next week, according to a court filing. Alex Yucel, 24, the alleged owner of BlackShades, has reached a plea deal in principle, according to a document filed by federal prosecutors on Monday. BlackShades sold software that gave hackers remote control of other people's computers, allowing them to record keystrokes, steal passwords and gain access to personal files, according to authorities. "We anticipate that the plea agreement will be executed by the end of this week," Assistant U.S. Attorney Sarah Lai wrote to U.S. District Judge P. Kevin Castel, asking him to set a date next week for a possible guilty plea. |
| Egypt court sentences 183 Muslim Brotherhood supporters to death | | | By Omar Fahmy CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian court sentenced 183 supporters of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood to death on Monday on charges of killing police officers, part of a sustained crackdown by authorities on Islamists. The men were convicted of playing a role in the killings of 16 policemen in the town of Kardasa in August 2013 during the upheaval that followed the army's ouster of Islamist president Mohamed Mursi. Thirty-four of them were sentenced in absentia. ... |
| Rap mogul Suge Knight's bail revoked in fatal hit-and-run case | | Rap mogul Marion "Suge" Knight, who was arrested on suspicion of murder last week in Los Angeles after police said he ran over two people before fleeing the scene, has had his bail revoked, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said on Monday. The 49-year-old co-founder of the hip-hop label Death Row Records was being held on more than $2 million bail, but it was revoked because he was deemed a possible flight risk, a candidate for California's three-strike rule and his criminal past, Sheriff's Deputy Amber Smith said. Knight was also considered a possible risk to intimidate witnesses, Smith said. Knight, who has served time in prison for violating terms of past sentences, has yet to be charged.
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| Al Jazeera journalist relieved to be free, calls for release of colleagues | |  By Amena Bakr DOHA (Reuters) - Al Jazeera journalist Peter Greste said on Monday it was a great relief to be freed from prison in Egypt, but that he felt "incredible angst" about leaving two imprisoned colleagues behind. He and two colleagues had been sentenced to seven years on charges that included aiding a "terrorist" group, according to security officials but the journalists have said they were simply reporting the news when arrested in December 2013. "This (release) has been like a rebirth," he said in an interview on Al Jazeera, his first public remarks since he was freed. Al Jazeera journalists Mohamed Fahmy, a Canadian-Egyptian, and Baher Mohamed, an Egyptian national, remain in prison in Cairo.
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| Dutch journalist to be tried in Turkey on 'terror propaganda' charges | | | A Turkish court will try Dutch journalist on charges she disseminated "terrorist propaganda", a move that is likely to deepen Western fears over press freedom in the NATO member state. The indictment accuses freelance journalist Frederike Geerdink of posting messages on Facebook and Twitter in favour of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), she told Reuters by telephone. "I am constantly thinking about how to do my job as a journalist and ... always make conscientious choices and choose my words carefully," Geerdink said. While Kurdish and Turkish journalists are often targeted by prosecutors, Geerdink's indictment is a rare instance of a foreign journalist being pursued on criminal charges in Turkey. |
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