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| UK to double cyber spending to prevent militant attacks via web - Osborne | | Tuesday, November 17, 2015 12:19 AM | |
|  Britain will nearly double its spending on cyber security to prevent Islamic militants from launching online attacks on the country, Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne said on Tuesday. Osborne said Friday's attacks in Paris, which killed more than 130 people and were claimed by Islamic State (ISIL), underscored the need to improve Britain's protections against electronic attack. "They have not been able to use it to kill people yet by attacking our infrastructure through cyber attack," he said.
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| Belgian connection: from barkeeper to suicide bomber | | | By Robert-Jan Bartunek, Philip Blenkinsop and Alissa de Carbonnel BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Two weeks ago, the mayor of Molenbeek ordered the closure of a neighbourhood bar where Brussels police had found young men dealing drugs and smoking dope over the summer. Last Friday, the owner blew himself up at another laid-back corner cafe, this time in Paris, on a mission of retribution from Islamic State. Brahim Abdeslam's journey from barkeeper to suicide bomber remains a mystery, along with the whereabouts of his younger brother Salah, now on the run as Europe's most wanted man but until recently the manager of Brahim's bar, Les Beguines. |
| CIA chief warns Islamic State may have other attacks ready | |  By Jonathan Landay, Mark Hosenball and John Irish WASHINGTON (Reuters) - CIA Director John Brennan warned on Monday that the attacks in Paris claimed by the extremist Islamic State movement were not a "one-off event" and that the militants may have similar operations ready to launch. Foiling those plots, however, could prove difficult because Europe's intelligence and security resources are severely stretched trying to keep track of the hundreds of European extremists who have returned home from fighting in Syria and Iraq. "A lot of our partners right now in Europe are facing a lot of challenges in terms of the numbers of individuals who have travelled to Syria and Iraq and back again, and so their ability to monitor and survey these individuals is under strain," Brennan said.
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| Six killed in Texas campsite incident, suspect in custody | | | Six people were killed over the weekend at an east Texas campsite and a suspect has been taken into custody for suspected murder, the Anderson County Sheriff's office said on Monday. A man and a woman were found dead in a travel trailer at the crime scene near Palestine, about 170 miles northeast of Austin. William Hudson, 33, was arrested without incident on Sunday and charged with one count of murder. |
| Homeless man charged with attacking 'NCIS' actress in Hollywood | |  By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A homeless man was charged on Monday with two felonies in a violent, seemingly random attack on the streets of Hollywood on "NCIS" actress Pauley Perrette that she later recounted on social media. David Merck, 45, was expected to make an initial court appearance later on Monday in the case, which made national headlines after Perrette described the brutal encounter on her Twitter account. Perrette wrote on Twitter that on Thursday night she was walking on a street near her home in Hollywood when a man suddenly grabbed her and struck her on the nose and forehead while threatening to kill her.
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| Eagles of Death Metal fans rally to band's support | | | By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Fans of the California-based rock band Eagles of Death Metal, whose Paris show was turned into a massacre by gunmen who stormed the concert, have mounted a social media campaign to boost downloads of the band's newly recorded track "Save a Prayer." A Facebook page titled "Eagles of Death Metal for No. 1" was launched over the weekend, according to the site, by a handful of British-based supporters - "regular gig-goers" - with no ties to the band's organisation, its management, marketing or music label. All the musicians escaped unharmed, according to relatives reached by Reuters over the weekend. |
| Wanted Cambodia opposition leader delays return | |  By Prak Chan Thul PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Wanted Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy on Monday delayed his return home from South Korea as tension comes to a head between his supporters and those of Prime Minister Hun Sen. The Southeast Asian nation is still three years away from a general election, but acrimony between the two as they jockey for position is threatening to plunge the country back into political conflict. A Cambodian court on Friday issued an arrest warrant related to an old defamation case for which Sam Rainsy had already received a royal pardon. Parliament stripped Sam Rainsy of the immunity that comes with his position in parliament on Monday.
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| Vowing to destroy terrorism, France seeks global coalition against Islamic State | |  By Chine Labbé and Crispian Balmer PARIS (Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande called on the United States and Russia to join a global coalition to destroy Islamic State in the wake of the attacks across Paris, and announced a wave of measures to combat terror in France. "France is at war," Hollande told a joint session of parliament at the Palace of Versailles, promising to increase funds for national security and strengthen anti-terror laws in response to the suicide bombings and shootings that killed 129. Parliamentarians gave Hollande a standing ovation before spontaneously singing the "Marseillaise" national anthem in a show of political unity following the worst atrocity France has seen since World War Two.
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| Food authority challenges lifting ban on Nestle's Maggi | |  By Suchitra Mohanty and Sumeet Chatterjee NEW DELHI/MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's food safety authority has appealed to the country's top court against a regional court order overturning a nationwide ban on Maggi instant noodles sold by the local unit of Nestle SA , a lawyer for the authority said on Monday. Nestle India resumed selling its popular Maggi noodles this month after getting the green light from government laboratories, as mandated by the Bombay High Court in August. The appeal, if admitted by the Supreme Court, could upset the Swiss food giant's plans to revive Maggi sales after Indian regulators reported in May that some packets of the noodles contained unsafe levels of lead.
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| 2016 European Championship to go ahead in France - UEFA | |  By Julien Pretot PARIS (Reuters) - UEFA has confirmed that the 2016 European Championship soccer tournament will take place in France as planned despite the deadly attacks that struck Paris on Friday. "The EURO final draw will go ahead as scheduled on 12 December at the Palais des Congres in Paris and the final tournament will be played in France from 10 June to 10 July 2016," UEFA said in a statement on Monday. Coordinated attacks, for which Islamic State has claimed responsibility, took place in Paris bars, restaurants, a concert hall and outside a soccer stadium on Friday killing at least 129 people and wounding 352 -- the worst atrocity in France since World War II. "Following the dramatic events that occurred last Friday in Paris, UEFA and EURO 2016 SAS wish to reaffirm their commitment in placing safety and security at the centre of their organisational plans," the statement read.
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| Islamic State threatens attack on Washington, other countries | |  Islamic State warned in a new video on Monday that countries taking part in air strikes against Syria would suffer the same fate as France, and threatened to attack in Washington. The video, which appeared on a website used by Islamic State to post its messages, begins with news footage of the aftermath of Friday's Paris shootings in which at least 129 people were killed. The message to countries involved in what it called the "crusader campaign" was delivered by a man dressed in fatigues and a turban, and identified in subtitles as Al Ghareeb the Algerian.
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| NATO, EU pledge closer security cooperation after Paris attacks | | | By Robin Emmott BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO and the European Union must work closely to prevent more attacks like those in Paris, the head of the Western military alliance said on Monday, underscoring the risks of unconventional warfare such as cyber attacks and radicalism. European officials are struggling to provide quick answers on how to counter the threat from Islamic State and other militant groups at a time of falling defence budgets, the lack of a common EU security policy and an overlap with NATO. "We will redouble our efforts and work even more closely ... to counter the rise of extremism, which can inspire such horrific attacks here at home," said NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg. |
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