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| Clinton ex-employee tells FBI no sign email server was hacked - NYT | | Friday, March 04, 2016 3:06 AM | |
|  The technician who helped manage Hillary Clinton's private email server for her work as secretary of state has given security logs to investigators that he said show no signs of foreign hacking, the New York Times reported on Thursday. Bryan Pagliano is cooperating with the Federal Bureau of Investigation's criminal inquiry into the email setup in exchange for limited immunity by the U.S. Department of Justice, according to the Times, citing unnamed people who know about the investigation. The investigation has overshadowed Hillary Clinton's campaign to become the Democratic Party's candidate in the November presidential election.
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| Republican governors mostly steer clear of U.S. presidential race | | Friday, March 04, 2016 1:21 AM | |
|  By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As Republican party insiders mount a desperate effort to derail the U.S. presidential campaign of billionaire Donald Trump, many of the party's 31 state governors are staying out of the fray. When New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez steps onto a Kansas stage on Friday to endorse Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio, she will be only the 10th governor to back one of the four candidates remaining in a nominating contest that could define the party for years to come. "It's a lose-lose political situation," said Fergus Cullen, a former New Hampshire Republican Party chairman.
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| Gangs blamed for 11 deaths in rural El Salvador | |  Eight workers from an electric company and three other people were found dead on Thursday in a rural part of El Salvador and authorities said they were likely killed by gang members. The small, impoverished Central American state ranks among the world's most murderous countries, with criminal gangs controlling chunks of territory and threatening intruders with death. The attorney general's office also said three agricultural workers were found murdered at a site nearby.
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| Brazil's Rousseff attacks leaks after corruption allegations | |  By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff lashed out on Thursday at the leaking of testimony to the media after a newsweekly published allegations linking her and her mentor, ex-President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, to a giant graft probe roiling Brazil. The magazine IstoE reported that ruling party Senator Delcidio Amaral, a key legislative ally for Rousseff before he was arrested in November, allegedly tied the president and her predecessor to the scandal engulfing state oil company Petrobras in a 400-page statement made to prosecutors. In a communique issued by her office, Rousseff condemned the widespread use of leaks as a political weapon.
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| Vietnam's Communists put to the test as dissidents bid for parliament | | | By Martin Petty HANOI (Reuters) - Former IT entrepreneur and banker Nguyen Quang A is running a disciplined campaign to be elected to Vietnam's parliament, declaring his assets, securing voter endorsements and appearing in a slick online video. Quang A is one of its biggest critics and among 19 dissidents trying to run as independents in a May election to the assembly, determined to test the sincerity of promises made by the party to strengthen democracy. "Let's see them turn rhetoric into reality." To pique the Communists further, Quang A is waiting to see if party chief Nguyen Phu Trong will seek re-election to the National Assembly so that he can go head-to-head with him for his seat. |
| UNICEF says deeply concerned about U.S. citizen jailed in Iran | |  By Yeganeh Torbati WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United Nations Children's Fund said on Thursday it is worried about the health and well-being of one of its former officials, an elderly man jailed in Iran for more than a week. Baquer Namazi, whose son Siamak has been jailed in Iran since October, was himself arrested on Feb. 22 and taken to Tehran's Evin Prison, his wife said last week on social media. Baquer Namazi, a former Iranian provincial governor, served as UNICEF representative in Somalia, Kenya, Egypt and elsewhere before retiring in 1996, UNICEF said in a statement.
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| Security logs of Clinton email server show no evidence of foreign hacking - NYT | |  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Computer security records turned over to the FBI from an email server Hillary Clinton used while she was U.S. secretary of state show no evidence of foreign hacking, the New York Times reported on Thursday, citing unnamed people close to a federal investigation into her emails. The security logs handed over by a former aide to Clinton, the Democratic front-runner in the Nov. 8 presidential election, back up her stance that her use of a personal email account did not risk exposing U.S. secrets to hackers or foreign governments, the Times said. ...
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| Republican foreign policy veterans rebuke Trump worldview | |  By Warren Strobel, Jonathan Landay and Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than 90 Republican foreign policy veterans have pledged to oppose Donald Trump, saying his proposals would undermine U.S. security, in the latest sign of fissures between the Republican presidential front-runner and the party establishment. Bryan McGrath, a retired U.S. Navy officer and adviser to Republican Mitt Romney's unsuccessful 2012 presidential campaign who helped organise the letter, said at least two people declined to sign because of concerns it would fuel Trump's campaign theme of being an anti-Washington candidate opposed by the establishment.
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| Protesters in Kentucky claim they were assaulted at Trump rally | |  By Steve Bittenbender LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Reuters) - Protesters at a Donald Trump rally in Kentucky last Tuesday have filed complaints with police claiming they were assaulted by Trump supporters, according to police and protesters. Henry Brousseau, 17, of Louisville, said he went to the Super Tuesday event at the Kentucky International Convention Center in Louisville to protest Trump's campaign and was punched in the stomach by a woman who was wearing a T-shirt of the Traditionalist Worker Party.
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| Quick switch from Russian rocket engines could cost $5 billion - U.S. Air Force | | | By David Alexander WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Quickly ending U.S. reliance on Russian rocket engines could add up to $5 billion to the cost of upcoming satellite launches, Air Force Secretary Deborah James said on Thursday at a contentious Senate hearing where lawmakers raised several hot-button issues. James said Air Force efforts to develop a U.S. rocket engine for powering heavy satellites into space were advancing, but an early ban on use of RD-180 rocket engines from Russia would force the service to choose other launch providers. |
| U.S. senators urge Obama to push for female U.N. Secretary-General | |  By Michelle Nichols and Patricia Zengerle UNITED NATIONS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Seven U.S. women senators urged President Barack Obama on Thursday to push for the election of the United Nations' first female secretary-general later this year. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, a former South Korean foreign minister, is due to step down at the end of 2016 after two five-year terms. A man has held the top job at the world organisation since its inception 70 years ago. ...
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| Brazil's Rousseff condemns the leaking of testimony as political weapon | |  BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff on Thursday condemned the practice of leaking legal testimony as a political weapon, after media reported that a pro-government senator had implicated her in a major graft probe in leaked plea bargain documents. "Leaks that are false, selective and illegal should be rejected and have their source rigorously investigated," Rousseff said in a statement. Rousseff said her government was committed to defending democratic principles, fighting corruption and defending the Constitution. ...
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| Guyana prison riot over seized cell phones leaves 16 dead | | | By Neil Marks Georgetown (Reuters) - A major riot left 16 people dead in Guyana's overcrowded main prison after inmates were angered by the seizure of illicit cell phones, officials said on Thursday. "We have a crisis on our hands ... as a result of several incidents that commenced at around 9:23 last night," Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan said at a press conference in Georgetown. President David Granger said a three-member panel would be convened to investigate the incident. |
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