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| Prison would "break" Pistorius - defence witness | |  By Peroshni Govender PRETORIA (Reuters) - South African athlete Oscar Pistorius would be "broken as a person" if he were jailed for killing his girlfriend because of his disability and psychological problems, a defence witness at his sentencing hearing said on Tuesday. The 27-year-old Paralympic and Olympic athlete, whose lower legs were amputated as a baby, was convicted of culpable homicide last month for shooting dead his girlfriend, law graduate and model Reeva Steenkamp, 29, on Valentine's Day 2013. ...
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| Mitt in 2016 highly unlikely, Ann Romney says - report | |  REUTERS - The wife of 2012 Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney said he is strongly disinclined to mount a bid for the White House in 2016 but stopped short of ruling it out, the Los Angeles Times reported. "Done," the newspaper quoted Ann Romney as saying in response to a question about the possibility of her husband seeking the presidency a third time, including a failed bid in 2008. "Completely. Not only Mitt and I are done, but the kids are done," the newspaper late on Monday quoted her as saying, referring to their five sons. "Done. Done. Done. ...
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| Russian hackers target NATO, Ukraine and others - iSight | |  By Jim Finkle BOSTON (Reuters) - Russian hackers exploited a bug in Microsoft Windows and other software to spy on computers used by NATO, the European Union, Ukraine and companies in the energy and telecommunications sectors, according to cyber intelligence firm iSight Partners. ISight said it did not know what data had been found by the hackers, though it suspected they were seeking information on the Ukraine crisis, as well as diplomatic, energy and telecom issues, based on the targets and the contents of phishing emails used to infect computers with tainted files. ...
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| Tunisia says it thwarted jihadist attack before elections | | | By Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisian security forces have arrested a group of Islamist militants, including two women, that planned to carry out attacks in the capital, Tunis, less than two weeks before parliamentary elections, authorities said on Tuesday. Since its 2011 uprising, Tunisia has advanced toward full democracy and is seen as a model for the region. But the small North African country has also struggled with a rise in jihadists opposed to its transition. Tunisians go to the polls on Oct. ... |
| U.S. national shot dead in Saudi capital Riyadh | | | By Angus McDowall RIYADH (Reuters) - A Saudi Arabian gunman killed a U.S. national and wounded another in the capital Riyadh on Tuesday, officials said, heightening Western concerns over security in the world's top oil exporter as regional unrest rises. Police later shot and wounded an assailant and then arrested him, said a statement from the police carried by state media. No motive for the attack was given, but a source familiar with the situation said the gunman may have been taking revenge after being sacked from his job. ... |
| C.African Republic militias deploy children in clashes - U.N. official | | | BANGUI (Reuters) - Armed groups recruited and deployed children in clashes in Central African Republic's capital last week and at least three were killed, including two they had accused of spying, the top U.N. humanitarian official in the country said. The fighting last week marked the most serious violence in months in the former French colony, which has descended into turmoil since rebels seized the capital Bangui and toppled the government in March 2013. ... |
| After Scottish independence vote, separatists say Britain reneging on pledges | |  By Guy Faulconbridge and William James LONDON (Reuters) - Less than a month after Scots spurned independence, separatists said on Tuesday that British Prime Minister David Cameron was betraying Scotland by reneging on pledges to grant more spending powers to the Scottish parliament. In a last-ditch attempt to shore up support for the union days before the Sept. 18 referendum that threatened to break apart the United Kingdom, Britain's three main political parties promised to give more powers to Scotland. ...
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| Ukraine acts against corruption, protests mar election run-up | |  By Richard Balmforth KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine approved sweeping laws on Tuesday to stamp out corruption and curb Soviet-era state surveillance of political life ahead of a parliamentary election its pro-Western leaders hope will push the country towards the European mainstream. But violent clashes between police and protesters in the first real anti-government demonstration in Kiev since the "Euromaidan" upheaval last winter highlighted the potential for disorder in the run-up to the election on Oct. 26. ...
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| Social media: More hindrance than help in banks' cyber crime fight | |  By Steve Slater LONDON (Reuters) - Banks are fighting an uphill battle to protect themselves and their client accounts from cyber attacks, and the sometimes careless use of social media by customers and staff isn't making the fight any easier. British police and banks this week warned customers about the rise in criminals using social media to strike up a relationship and then try to get money from them. ...
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