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| Survivalists on FBI 'Most Wanted List' prove elusive | | Thursday, September 25, 2014 12:11 AM | |
| | By Barbara Goldberg NEW YORK (Reuters) - With the intense manhunt for a survivalist accused of gunning down two Pennsylvania State Police troopers in its second week, Governor Tom Corbett has vowed the quick capture of the man, Eric Matthew Frein. But history suggests it could take years to track down the fugitive. Frein, thought to be hiding in a remote part of the Pocono Mountains, has been added to the FBI's "Ten Most Wanted List," Nearly a third of fugitives named there are avid outdoorsmen with skills to hide for years - if not a lifetime - in the wilderness. ... |
| In historic U-turn, Mexico to join U.N. peacekeeping missions | | Thursday, September 25, 2014 12:05 AM | |
|  NEW YORK (Reuters) - After years of keeping out of the world's conflicts, Mexico said on Wednesday it was ready to take part in United Nations peacekeeping missions, as the government steps up efforts to raise its profile on the global stage. "Mexico has taken the decision to participate in U.N. peacekeeping missions, taking part in humanitarian tasks that benefit civil society," Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto told the U.N. General Assembly in a speech in New York. ...
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| Mass shootings on the rise in United States, FBI report finds | | Thursday, September 25, 2014 12:03 AM | |
|  By Scott Malone REUTERS - Mass shootings have occurred in the United States with increasing frequency over the past 14 years, with 486 people killed in 160 incidents, according to a Federal Bureau of Investigation analysis released on Wednesday. There were an average of 16.4 active-shooter incidents from 2007 through 2013, more than double the 6.4 average from 2000 to 2006, the report found. ...
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| U.N. backs strong laws against foreign extremist fighters | | Thursday, September 25, 2014 12:00 AM | |
|  By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council demanded on Wednesday that all states make it a serious criminal offense for their citizens to travel abroad to fight with militant groups, or to recruit and fund others to do so, in a move sparked by the rise of Islamic State. At a meeting chaired by U.S. President Barack Obama, the 15-member council unanimously adopted a U.S.-drafted resolution that compels countries to "prevent and suppress" the recruitment and travel of militant fighters to foreign conflicts. The U.N. ...
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| UK's Cameron recalls parliament to sanction air strikes against Islamic State | |  By Andrew Osborn LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron said he wanted Britain to join U.S.-led air strikes against the Islamic State militant group after the Iraqi government requested London's help and he recalled parliament to secure its approval for military action. Parliament, which was in recess, will reconvene on Friday to vote on allowing Britain's Royal Air Force to hit Islamic State targets in northern Iraq. The action has the backing of all three main parties and is expected to comfortably pass. Cameron spoke as U.S. ...
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| Algerian militants behead kidnapped French tourist | |  By Patrick Markey ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algerian militants beheaded French tourist Herve Gourdel, who was kidnapped by gunmen on Sunday in what the group said was a response to France's action against Islamic State militants in Iraq. In a video released by his captors on Wednesday, Gourdel, a 55-year-old from Nice, is seen kneeling with his arms tied behind his back before four masked militants who read out a statement in Arabic criticizing France's intervention. They then pushed him on his side and held him down. ...
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| Colombia rebels, government publish accords agreed so far at talks | |  BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's government and leftist FARC rebels on Wednesday released copies of previously unpublished agreements reached at peace talks to end five decades of war, providing a glimpse of accords that could make up a final deal. The nearly two-year-old talks, in Havana, Cuba, have produced deals on land reform, political participation for demobilized Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, fighters and the illegal-drug trade. ...
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| New 'Bash' software bug may pose bigger threat than 'Heartbleed' | |  By Jim Finkle BOSTON (Reuters) - A newly discovered security bug in a widely used piece of Linux software, known as "Bash," could pose a bigger threat to computer users than the "Heartbleed" bug that surfaced in April, cyber experts warned on Wednesday. Bash is the software used to control the command prompt on many Unix computers. Hackers can exploit a bug in Bash to take complete control of a targeted system, security experts said. ...
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| Restaurant chain Jimmy John's reports data breach at 216 stores | |  REUTERS - Sandwich restaurant chain Jimmy John's said there was a potential security breach involving customers' credit and debit card data at 216 of its stores and franchised locations on July 30. An intruder stole log-in credentials from the company's vendor and used the credentials to remotely access the point-of-sale systems at some corporate and franchised locations between June 16 and Sept. 5, the company said. The chain is the latest victim in a series of security breaches among retailers such as Target Corp, Michaels Stores Inc and Neiman Marcus. ...
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| China's anti-graft drive puts the squeeze on Macau junkets | |  By Farah Master MACAU (Reuters) - Macau's casino junket operators are feeling the squeeze as China's anti-corruption drive has blown a hole in the world's biggest gambling hub. Some are shifting players elsewhere, like the Philippines and Vietnam; others are quitting the business. Chinese President Xi Jinping's near 2-year crackdown on corrupt officials and tycoons has hit revenues at Macau's high-rolling VIP lounges, and analysts predict this year could be the worst on record with, at best, low single-digit growth, though 'mass market' gamblers are taking up some of the slack. ...
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| In Abenomics' shadow, Japanese women fight "maternity harassment" | |  By Ayai Tomisawa and Ritsuko Ando TOKYO - When Sayaka Osakabe returned to work after a second miscarriage, one of the first questions her boss asked was whether she was having sex again. Despite laws guaranteeing equal opportunity and a near parity of sexes attending university, Japanese women have yet to gain an equal footing in the workplace. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has talked up the role of women in his push to revive a weak economy, pledging they would occupy 30 percent of all leadership positions by 2020, but Osakabe and others say the reality for regular female workers is bleak. ...
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| In U.N. speech, Obama appeals for broad coalition against Islamic State | |  By Steve Holland UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama made his case to the United Nations on Wednesday for a more forceful, coordinated global response against Islamic militants in the Middle East that would seek to dismantle their "network of death." In a speech to the U.N. General Assembly in New York, Obama used graphic language to condemn the methods of the Islamic State group that has taken over swaths of Iraq and Syria, saying it had used rape as a weapon of war, gunned down children, dumped bodies in mass graves, and beheaded their victims. ...
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