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| Russian accused by U.S. of spy ring role pleads guilty |
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| By Nate Raymond NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Russian citizen whom U.S. authorities accused of posing as a banker while participating in a New York City spy ring that sought to collect economic and other intelligence pleaded guilty to a criminal conspiracy charge on Friday. "I would take certain actions" at the direction of a Russian trade representative, he said. Prosecutors said the representative was also an officer of the SVR, Russia's foreign intelligence service. |
| TV channel stands behind U.S. 'Dog Whisperer' in animal cruelty probe |
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 (Reuters) - TV channel Nat Geo WILD on Friday rallied around popular "Dog Whisperer" Cesar Millan, who is being investigated for animal cruelty, as thousands signed a petition demanding his television show be canceled. The American Humane Society said in a statement that it had also received complaints about a recent episode of the TV series "Cesar 911" in which Millan uses a pig to train an aggressive dog.
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| European rights body says Poland's court changes threaten rule of law |
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| By Ilaria Polleschi and Wiktor Szary VENICE/WARSAW (Reuters) - A pan-European rights body accused Poland's conservative government on Friday of undermining democracy by crippling its top court, a move that could put Warsaw on a collision course with the European Union. While the opinion of the rights body is non-binding, it will carry weight at the EU Commission, which has begun a process to monitor the rule of law in Poland that could end up in Warsaw being suspended from voting in the European Union. |
| New Slovenian asylum law delayed by union over tax dispute |
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| By Marja Novak LJUBLJANA (Reuters) - The Slovenian Trade Union of Migrant Workers on Friday called for a referendum on new asylum legislation, as part of its campaign to persuade the government to reduce taxation for Slovenians who work in neighbouring Austria. |
| Deceased former Russian press minister may have been attacked outside hotel - source |
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| Police are investigating whether former Russian Press Minister Mikhail Lesin, who was found dead in a Washington hotel in November, was brutally assaulted before he returned to the hotel, a U.S. law enforcement source said on Friday. Lesin, who was President Vladimir Putin's press minister from 1999 to 2004 and once headed state-controlled Gazprom-Media, was found unconscious on Nov. 5 on the floor of his room in the Doyle Washington Hotel, also known as the Dupont Circle Hotel. An autopsy concluded Lesin had died of blunt force injuries to the head. |
| Malware suspected in Bangladesh bank heist - officials |
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 By Serajul Quadir DHAKA (Reuters) - Investigators suspect unknown hackers managed to install malware in the Bangladesh central bank's computer systems and watched, probably for weeks, how to go about withdrawing money from its U.S. account, two bank officials briefed on the matter said on Friday. More than a month after hackers breached Bangladesh Bank's systems and attempted to steal nearly $1 billion from its account at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, cyber security experts are trying to find out how the hackers got in. Investigators now suspect that malware that allowed hackers to learn how to withdraw the money could have been installed several weeks before the incident, which took place between Feb. 4 and Feb. 5, the officials said.
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| South African court to try misconduct cases against peacekeepers in Congo |
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| By Aaron Ross KINSHASA (Reuters) - A mobile South African military court has arrived in the Democratic Republic of Congo to try 32 South African peacekeepers accused of misconduct, the U.N. mission in Congo said on Friday. U.N. peacekeeping missions have been dogged by accusations of sexual abuse. The United Nations reported 99 such allegations against staff members across the U.N. system last year. |
| Myanmar military chooses hardliner to work with Suu Kyi's proxy president |
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 By Hnin Yadana Zaw and Antoni Slodkowski NAYPYITAW (Reuters) - Myanmar's military nominated a former junta stalwart who remains on a U.S. sanctions list as its choice for vice president on Friday, pointing to battles ahead for National League for Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her hand-picked president. Myanmar's first democratically elected government for more than 50 years faces a formidable challenge delivering the reform and economic growth demanded by the electorate while working alongside a military that retains much political power. The lower house of parliament voted on Friday to confirm Htin Kyaw, a close friend and confidant of Nobel laureate Suu Kyi, as its presidential candidate.
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| Shi'ite cleric Sadr urges Iraq PM to press on with forming new cabinet |
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 Powerful Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr urged Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Friday to press on with plans to form an independent cabinet of technocrats to fight graft despite "political pressure" to desist. Earlier Abadi asked political blocs in parliament and "influential social figures" to nominate technocrats as candidates for ministerial positions in the new cabinet, state television reported. "I want the prime minister to continue his reform plan with no fear of political pressure," Sadr said in a pre-recorded speech aired during a demonstration held in Baghdad by his supporters to demand political reforms.It was not immediately clear whether Sadr had recorded his speech before or after the state television announcement on Abadi's call.
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