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| U.S.: Important that German cooperation continue despite spy row | | | The White House said on Thursday it was essential that the United States and Germany continue to cooperate after Germany took the unusual step of asking a American intelligence official at the U.S. Embassy in Berlin to leave the country. "We have seen these reports and have no comment on a purported intelligence matter. However, our security and intelligence relationship with Germany is a very important one and it keeps Germans and Americans safe," White House spokeswoman Caitlin Hayden said. |
| Germany asks top U.S. intelligence official to leave over spy scandal | |  By Madeline Chambers BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany asked the top U.S. intelligence official at the Berlin embassy on Thursday to leave the country, a highly unusual step reflecting the deep anger within Angela Merkel's government at the discovery of two suspected U.S. spies within a week. The scandal has plunged ties between Germany and one of its closest allies to a new low following last year's revelations from former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden about widespread surveillance of Germans, including Merkel. "The request was made in light of the ongoing investigation by the chief federal prosecutor and questions that have been raised for months about the activities of U.S. intelligence services in Germany," Merkel's spokesman Steffen Seibert said.
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| Britain unveils emergency laws to keep email, phone data for security | |  By Michael Holden and William James LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said on Thursday it would rush through emergency legislation to force telecoms firms to retain customer data for a year, calling the move vital for national security following a decision by Europe's top court. Communication companies had been required to retain data for 12 months under a 2006 European Union directive but this was thrown out in April by the European Court of Justice on the grounds that it infringed human rights. Britain's coalition government said the scrapping of that directive could deprive police and intelligence agencies of access to information about who customers contacted by phone, text or email, and where and when. Prime Minister David Cameron said it was vital these powers were not compromised at a time of growing concern over Britons travelling to Iraq and Syria to join militant Islamist groups.
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| Chinese hackers pursue key data on US workers - NYT | |  Chinese hackers broke into the computer networks of the U.S. government agency that keeps the personal information of all federal employees in March, the New York Times reported, citing senior U.S. officials. The hackers appeared to be targeting files on tens of thousands of employees who have applied for top-secret security clearances, the newspaper said. Asked about the report during annual high-level talks between the U.S. and China on Thursday, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said the "alleged incident" did not appear to have impacted sensitive information. It was not yet clear how far the hackers penetrated the agency's systems, in which applicants for security clearances list their foreign contacts, previous jobs and personal information like past drug use.
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| Kerry faces uphill battle to defuse Afghan election standoff | |  By Maria Golovnina and Mirwais Harooni KABUL (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will arrive to a sceptical audience in Afghanistan this week to try to resolve a deepening crisis over a disputed presidential election which has stirred ethnic tensions in the fragile country. Afghanistan has plunged into political chaos in recent months as a protracted election process to pick a successor to President Hamid Karzai has run into a deadlock between two leading candidates, Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani. Preliminary results from the June 14 second-round run-off put Ghani, a former World Bank official, in the lead with 56.4 percent of the vote, but Abdullah has rejected the count and his aides have threatened to set up an alternative administration. Kerry is expected to arrive in the Afghan capital Kabul on Friday to try to mediate between the feuding camps, according to Abdullah, although U.S. officials have not confirmed the trip.
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| S.Africa delays parole decision on 'Prime Evil' apartheid killer | |  By Mfuneko Toyana PRETORIA (Reuters) - South Africa delayed a politically sensitive decision on whether to grant parole to apartheid death-squad leader Eugene de Kock, dubbed 'Prime Evil' for torturing and murdering black activists in the 1980s and early 1990s. Justice Minister Michael Masutha told reporters on Thursday de Kock had "made progress" towards rehabilitation after 20 years behind bars but said the families of his victims had not been properly consulted. De Kock lawyer Julian Knight dismissed the delay as "political interference" and said he would challenge Masutha's interpretation of the law on consulting victims' families in parole matters. "We're not going to roll over and play dead." De Kock himself was "disappointed", he added.
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| Australian minister under fire for not meeting Tamil groups on Sri Lanka trip | |  By Shihar Aneez COLOMBO (Reuters) - A Tamil group criticised Australia's immigration minister on Thursday for visiting northern Sri Lanka without meeting Tamil leaders, days after Australia returned a boat of asylum seekers, including Tamils, under its hardline border security policy. Some of the 41 Sri Lankans intercepted and sent home by Australia said on Tuesday they had been mistreated by Australian Customs, accusations Immigration Minister Scott Morrison denied. A second boat carrying 153 Sri Lankan asylum seekers remained in legal limbo as the Australian High Court considered whether their interception was legal.
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| India takes step towards allowing foreign investment in e-commerce | |  By Nandita Bose MUMBAI (Reuters) - India on Thursday proposed allowing foreign retailers, who manufacture products in the country, to sell via e-commerce platforms, a step towards liberalising foreign investment in the country's $13 billion e-commerce sector. The move is likely to benefit the local units of retailers such as Marks & Spencer Group Plc , Nike Inc , Puma SE and Benetton Group Spa among others, who currently sell online in India through local franchisees or licensing agents. The proposal, presented by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley as part of his budget for the fiscal year through March 2015, will also end the ambiguity around who can sell their products using online platforms, industry consultants said. India allows 100 percent foreign investment in manufacturing barring a few areas such as defence.
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| China's top prosecutor orders more transparency in corruption cases | | | China's top prosecutor has ordered greater transparency in publicising corruption cases involving senior officials, state media reported, as the government steps up efforts to win the public's confidence in its battle on pervasive graft. Such information should be released in a timely way rather than on a case-by-case basis as tends to happen now, the official Xinhua news agency said late on Wednesday, citing an order from the Supreme People's Procuratorate. |
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