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| Lawyers boycott trial of prominent Chinese activist |
| Friday, September 12, 2014 1:33 AM | |
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| By James Pomfret GUANGZHOU China (Reuters) - Lawyers representing a prominent Chinese activist boycotted the start of a long-delayed trial in protest over procedural irregularities on Friday, in a closely watched case as China ramps up a clampdown on rights campaigners. Guo Feixiong, 48, a writer and well-known advocate of citizen's rights based in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou, was arrested for taking part in a rare public protest against media censorship outside the offices of the Southern Weekly newspaper last January. ... |
| U.S. threatened hefty fines to make Yahoo hand over user data |
| Friday, September 12, 2014 1:13 AM | |
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 SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The U.S. government in 2008 threatened to fine Yahoo Inc $250,000 a day if it failed to turn over customer data to intelligence agencies, according to documents unsealed on Thursday. The documents shed new light on how the government dealt with U.S. Internet companies that were reluctant to comply with orders from the secretive U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, which rules on government requests to conduct surveillance for national security issues. ...
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| Top Republicans back Obama's plan to fight Islamic State |
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 By Patricia Zengerle and Amanda Becker WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican leader of the U.S. House of Representatives voiced support on Thursday for President Barack Obama's expanded campaign against Islamic State militants, but members of his party questioned whether the plan was forceful enough. Obama sent a panel of top administration officials to make the case to Congress for broadening operations against the Sunni militants, including U.S. airstrikes in Syria for the first time, more strikes in Iraq and more military advisers in Iraq. ...
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| U.S. says HP Russia unit pleads guilty in bribery probe |
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| SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard's Russia unit pleaded guilty on Thursday to felony violations of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and will pay about $108 million in penalties, the U.S. Justice Department said. HP Russia admitted to creating a secret slush fund and bribing Russian officials to secure a large technology contract worth more than 35 million Euros, the Justice Department said. HP had no immediate comment. (Reporting by Dan Levine; Editing by David Gregorio) |
| Mexican companies sue Yahoo, law firm charge conspiracy to avoid $2.7 bln judgment |
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 By Joseph Ax NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two Mexican companies have sued Yahoo! Inc and law firm Baker & McKenzie in New York federal court, accusing them of engineering a conspiracy to avoid a $2.7 billion judgment issued by a Mexico court in 2012. In a lawsuit filed on Thursday, Worldwide Directories S.A. de C.V. and Ideas Interactivas S.A. de C.V. said Yahoo and Baker & McKenzie enlisted the help of a senior Mexican judge and other court personnel to "corrupt the appeals process and overturn the judgment." A spokeswoman for Yahoo declined to comment. ...
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