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Tropical Storm Alberto hovers off Carolina coast

Tropical Storm Alberto weakened slightly off the South Carolina coast on Sunday, canceling tourist cruises, producing showers along the coast and serving as a reminder that the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season is just around the corner.



Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T19:35:46Z

Afghan Karzai: Thanks for ‘your taxpayers’ money’

Looking to a day when "the Afghan war as we understand it is over," President Barack Obama met Sunday with Afghan President Hamid Karzai to discuss NATO's withdrawal from that strife-torn country by the end of 2014. Obama, who has put the draw-down of combat troops at the heart of his foreign policy, declared that "the [...]



Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T18:29:25Z

4 people found dead after boat crash on Iowa river
The bodies of four people missing after a boat crash on the Mississippi River in Iowa were found Sunday within 100 yards of the crash site, according to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. None was wearing a life vest.
Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T22:44:02Z

Clashes between police, protesters mar peaceful march

Several thousand demonstrators marched through downtown Chicago to protest the start of the two-day NATO summit as planned, streaming into Chicago's Grant park on Sunday afternoon. And unlike Saturday--which featured "increasingly tense clashes" between police and protesters, resulting in 18 arrests--Sunday's march was mostly peaceful. Mostly. But there were some isolated, violent clashes between police [...]



Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T21:41:25Z

Lockerbie bomber dies in Libya hospital

Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi, the former Libyan intelligence official who was sentenced to life in prison in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, has died, the Libyan government said on Sunday. He was 60. The bombing of the Dec. 21, 1988 Pan Am transatlantic flight to New York from London as it flew over [...]



Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T15:16:47Z

Earthquake kills at least seven in Italy

At least seven people died and 50 were injured after a 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck northern Italy early Sunday, authorities there said. According to CNN, two ceramic factory workers were killed in Sant'Agostino di Ferrara, another in a shed collapse in Ponte Rodoni di Bondeno, and three others in under rubble in various locations. Among the [...]



Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T15:46:34Z
 

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Hackers break into Azerbaijan Eurovision websites
BAKU (Reuters) - A group of hackers calling themselves Cyberwarriors for Freedom attacked the official websites of the Eurovision song contest on Thursday, demanding that the host nation, Azerbaijan, cancel next week's competition. Azerbaijan, a mainly Muslim ex-Soviet republic, won the right to host the contest by winning last year's event in Germany, and sees the competition as a chance to showcase the country. The grand finale is scheduled for May 26. ...
Publ.Date : 2012-05-17T16:26:07Z

Report: Iran unplugs oil facilities from Internet
The Iranian oil ministry's computer network came under attack from hackers and a computer virus, prompting the Islamic Republic to disconnect the country's main oil export terminal from the Internet as a preventative measure, a semiofficial news agency reported on Monday.
Publ.Date : 2012-04-23T14:41:48Z

1 in 5 Macs Has Malware [STUDY]
In a challenge to the prevailing belief that Apple computers are immune to the sort of cyberattacks that plague WIndows-based machines, research firm Sophos has released a study claiming that one in five Macs have malware.
Publ.Date : 2012-04-24T08:42:05Z

Hackers booby-trap foreign policy group websites

Some human rights websites have been rigged by hackers to slip Internet security researchers warned that foreign policy and human rights websites are being booby-trapped by hackers in what appears to be cyber espionage.



Publ.Date : 2012-05-16T02:42:11Z

Symantec shares drop after lowered 4Q outlook
Shares of Symantec Corp. took a hit Tuesday after the computer security and data storage company lowered its fourth-quarter adjusted earnings and revenue outlook citing weaker demand from its business customers.
Publ.Date : 2012-04-24T15:59:48Z

Cyberattacks Target Russian Broadcasters, Ustream CEO Responds
Popular online video broadcasting and streaming service Ustream has gone down only three times in its five-year history, but on Wednesday it was hit with the most complex Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack it's ever seen.
Publ.Date : 2012-05-10T10:39:26Z
 

Earthquake kills at least seven in Italy

Cars were crushed under falling masonryAt least seven people died and 50 were injured after a 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck northern Italy early Sunday, authorities there said. According to CNN, two ceramic factory workers were killed in Sant'Agostino di Ferrara, another in a shed collapse in Ponte Rodoni di Bondeno, and three others in under rubble in various locations. Among the [...]



Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T15:46:34Z

Lockerbie bomber dies in Libya hospital

Convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi (C) is escorted by security officers in 1992Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi, the former Libyan intelligence official who was sentenced to life in prison in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, has died, the Libyan government said on Sunday. He was 60. The bombing of the Dec. 21, 1988 Pan Am transatlantic flight to New York from London as it flew over [...]



Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T15:16:47Z

4 people found dead after boat crash on Iowa river
The bodies of four people missing after a boat crash on the Mississippi River in Iowa were found Sunday within 100 yards of the crash site, according to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. None was wearing a life vest.
Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T22:44:02Z

Tropical Storm Alberto hovers off Carolina coast

This NOAA satellite image taken Saturday, May 19, 2012, shows tropical storm Alberto 140 miles (225 km) east of Charleston, S.C. Alberto is the first tropical storm of the season and formed Saturday off the coast of South Carolina with top winds of 45 mph (75 kph). (AP Photo/Weather Underground)Tropical Storm Alberto weakened slightly off the South Carolina coast on Sunday, canceling tourist cruises, producing showers along the coast and serving as a reminder that the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season is just around the corner.



Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T19:35:46Z

Afghan Karzai: Thanks for ‘your taxpayers’ money’

U.S. President Obama shakes hands with Afghanistan President Karzai in ChicagoLooking to a day when "the Afghan war as we understand it is over," President Barack Obama met Sunday with Afghan President Hamid Karzai to discuss NATO's withdrawal from that strife-torn country by the end of 2014. Obama, who has put the draw-down of combat troops at the heart of his foreign policy, declared that "the [...]



Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T18:29:25Z

Clashes between police, protesters mar peaceful march

Demonstrators make a futile attempt to stop a Chicago police officer from detaining a protester during this weekend's NATO summit in Chicago Sunday, May 20, 2012 in Chicago. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)Several thousand demonstrators marched through downtown Chicago to protest the start of the two-day NATO summit as planned, streaming into Chicago's Grant park on Sunday afternoon. And unlike Saturday--which featured "increasingly tense clashes" between police and protesters, resulting in 18 arrests--Sunday's march was mostly peaceful. Mostly. But there were some isolated, violent clashes between police [...]



Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T21:41:25Z

Sleep apnea linked to higher cancer death risk
SUNDAY, May 20 (HealthDay News) -- Sleep apnea has already been linked to a host of adverse health problems, such as high blood pressure and heart disease. Now, new research suggests that in people who already have cancer, the sleep disorder may raise their risk of dying from cancer.
Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T23:12:22Z

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