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| Bangladesh Bank exposed to hackers by cheap switches, no firewall-police | |  By Serajul Quadir DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladesh's central bank was vulnerable to hackers because it did not have a firewall and used second-hand, $10 switches to network computers connected to the SWIFT global payment network, an investigator into one of the world's biggest cyber heists said. The shortcomings made it easier for hackers to break into the system earlier this year and attempt to siphon off nearly $1 billion using the bank's SWIFT credentials, said Mohammad Shah Alam, head of the Forensic Training Institute of the Bangladesh police's criminal investigation department. The institute Alam heads includes a cyber crime division.
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| Indonesia instructs commercial vessels to avoid piracy-prone waters around S. Philippines | | | The Indonesian Navy has instructed all commercial vessels to avoid piracy-prone waters around the southern Philippines, a spokesman for the Indonesian military said on Thursday, following a spate of kidnappings and piracy in recent weeks. "The Indonesian Navy, through the Western Sea Security Cluster, is increasing the intensity of patrols up to the exclusive economic zone border with the Philippines and Malaysia to prevent acts of piracy and hijacking," Indonesian military spokesman Tatang Sulaiman told Reuters in a text message. |
| Bulgarian parliament approves compulsory voting to boost turnout | | | Bulgaria's parliament on Thursday approved a law to make voting compulsory in an attempt to boost election turnout and the legitimacy of political institutions. Lawmakers from the ruling centre-right GERB party and its allies approved amendments to the Election Code, making casting a vote a civil duty rather than a civil right. In January, parliament gave the green light to electronic voting, a move expected to help Bulgarians living abroad to take part in elections and encourage more young and educated people to vote. |
| Spain heads towards new election as parties rule out last-minute deal | |  By Julien Toyer MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's political parties on Thursday ruled out last-minute talks to secure a parliamentary majority and form a government, making it virtually inevitable that there will be a new election in June. Spain has been without a government since an inconclusive December election and King Felipe VI is due to meet all parties next week in a last-ditch attempt to strike a deal.
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| Press ban in tatters as UK celebrity threesome story spreads online | | | In England, the answer is to obtain an injunction -- a court order banning media from publishing private information against your will. Britain's Supreme Court will hold a hearing on Thursday at the end of which it will decide whether the ban should remain in place. The person obtained an injunction in January covering England and Wales and kept a lid on the news story for 11 weeks, but on April 6 a widely read U.S. magazine ran it and within minutes it was all over the Internet. |
| UK Supreme Court urged to uphold press ban on celebrity threesome story | |  Britain's Supreme Court was urged on Thursday to maintain a ban on the English press naming a celebrity who was involved in an extra-marital threesome, even though the details are easy to find online. The case has stirred debate in Britain about whether injunctions, court orders banning publication of private information, still serve any practical purpose in the age of the Internet. On Monday, the Court of Appeal ruled that the ban should be lifted because the details of the story were now common knowledge, but the celebrity involved went to the Supreme Court to try and get that decision overturned.
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| In new Ukraine, old clan ties propel 'boy' prime minister's rise | |  By Pavel Polityuk and Matthias Williams KIEV (Reuters) - The rapid rise of a former provincial mayor to become Ukraine's youngest ever prime minister has stirred fears that the very system of clannish oligarchy that the 2014 Maidan street protests were meant to dismantle is still alive and well. Volodymyr Groysman, 38, took office last week at the bidding of his political mentor, President Petro Poroshenko, whose confectionery empire Roshen is based in Groysman's hometown of Vinnytsia. "Groysman is very dependent on Poroshenko," said Yegor Sobolev, an MP for the reformist Samopomich party, which quit the ruling coalition in February.
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| China official dealing with Taiwan to be prosecuted for "vile and severe" graft | | | A former deputy head of China's Taiwan Affairs Office will be prosecuted for "serious discipline violations", the ruling Communist Party's anti-graft watchdog said on Thursday, the latest official to fall in an ongoing crackdown on corruption. China has jailed dozens of senior officials since President Xi Jinping launched a sweeping campaign against graft after assuming office more than three years ago, vowing to go after powerful "tigers" as well as lowly "flies". An investigation found that Gong Qinggai had not honestly reported his stock and real estate assets, spent public money extravagantly, accepted gifts and abused his position for private interests, a statement on the website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) said. |
| Indonesia fears piracy surge on busy shipping route could lead to 'new Somalia' | | | By Fergus Jensen and Kanupriya Kapoor JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia fears piracy on a busy shipping route along its maritime border with the Philippines could hit levels seen in Somalia unless security is tightened, its chief security minister said on Thursday, following a spate of kidnappings. For the first time, concerns over rising maritime attacks by suspected Islamist militants are disrupting coal trade between the Southeast Asian neighbours, with two Indonesian coal ports suspending shipments to the Philippines. Up to 18 Indonesians and Malaysians have been taken captive in three attacks on tugboats in Philippine waters along the route by groups suspected of ties to the al-Qaeda linked Abu Sayyaf militant network. |
| China urges local officials to help resolve grievances of "petitioners" | |  Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday issued instructions to better resolve the grievances of the country's petitioners, urging officials to fix disputes locally before they evolve into bigger problems. Tens of thousands of "mass incidents" - the usual euphemism for protests - occur each year in China, triggered by corruption, pollution, illegal land grabs and other grievances. Many people try to use "petitions" to bypass the legal system and directly bring complaints to the attention of government officials, a system that dates back to imperial times, though some cases do end up in court.
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| Under-pressure Maldives to let jailed opposition leaders attend talks | |  The Maldives government has said it would allow jailed leaders of rival parties to take part in talks on resolving the country's political crisis. Best known as an exotic tourist destination, the Indian Ocean island nation has been mired in political unrest since its first democratically elected leader, Mohamed Nasheed, was ousted in February 2012. The concession was announced on Wednesday, four days after President Abdulla Yameen's administration started talks with a U.N. delegation amid international pressure for reform.
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| Barely guarded Afghan border puts ex-Soviet Tajikistan in peril | |  By Nazarali Pirnazarov SHURO-OBOD, Tajikistan (Reuters) - The three Tajik construction workers were quietly mending a road near the Panj River last month when they stumbled on a group of men with assault rifles who had crossed over from Afghanistan in broad daylight. The gunmen shot and wounded one worker and took the two others back across the river into Afghanistan. A few days later, Tajik border guard commanders negotiated the release of the kidnapped pair through elders of nearby Afghan villages, the border guards say.
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| Former Wales international Evans wins appeal against rape conviction | | | LONDON (Reuters) - Former Welsh international soccer player Ched Evans has won an appeal against his conviction for rape and faces a new trial, British media reported on Thursday. The ex-Sheffield United footballer spent two-and-a-half years in jail after he was convicted in 2012 of raping a 19-year-old in a hotel in north Wales. Evans, 27, was released from jail in 2014 after serving half of his five-year term. He has not been signed by a new club since his release from prison. (Editing by Jeremy Gaunt) |
| Iranian hopefuls start campaigning for parliamentary runoffs - radio | | | Campaigning for Iran's parliamentary runoffs next week began on Thursday, state radio reported, when allies of President Hassan Rouhani and their hardline rivals will compete to secure a majority after an inconclusive election earlier this year. Rouhani supporters made big gains in a general election in February, especially in Tehran. Rouhani's popularity has soared since signing a deal last year with world powers to curb Iran's nuclear programme in exchange for lifting sanctions, a move that was largely opposed by anti-Western hardliners. |
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