Hackers say attacked CIA site, service disrupted (Reuters) Posted: 15 Jun 2011 04:05 PM PDT Reuters - The Lulz Security group of hackers said they had launched an attack on the public website of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. |
S.Asia's growing modernity masks women's plight (Reuters) Posted: 15 Jun 2011 01:46 AM PDT Reuters - South Asia may boast a number of women leaders and be home to cultures that revere motherhood and worship female deities, but many women live with the threat of appalling violence and without many basic rights. |
Pakistan arrests CIA's bin Laden informants - report (Reuters) Posted: 15 Jun 2011 03:25 AM PDT Reuters - Pakistan's top military spy agency has arrested five CIA informants who fed information to U.S. intelligence before the raid last month which killed Osama bin Laden, The New York Times reported on Wednesday. |
POLL - Afghanistan is most dangerous country for women (Reuters) Posted: 15 Jun 2011 11:31 AM PDT Reuters - Violence, dismal healthcare and brutal poverty make Afghanistan the world's most dangerous country for women, with Congo a close second due to horrific levels of rape, a Thomson Reuters Foundation expert poll said on Wednesday. |
Weather, economy may spur climate "tipping point" (Reuters) Posted: 15 Jun 2011 10:35 AM PDT Reuters - More weather disasters and economic recovery could bring a "tipping point" that jolts governments into far tougher action to combat climate change, the U.N. climate chief said on Wednesday. |
POLL - Asia Q2 business sentiment retreats from peak, India slips (Reuters) Posted: 14 Jun 2011 08:52 PM PDT Reuters - Business sentiment at Asia's top companies fell in the second quarter, hitting its lowest since the third quarter of 2010 as rising costs and growing doubts over the strength of the global economy weighed, a Reuters survey showed. |
Hackers again break into U.S. Senate website (Reuters) Posted: 15 Jun 2011 03:03 PM PDT Reuters - Hackers broke into the U.S. Senate's public website for the second time in a week but were prevented from getting any sensitive data, a security spokeswoman said on Wednesday. |
Reuters Summit - India set to produce 700 MW solar power in 2011 (Reuters) Posted: 15 Jun 2011 03:29 AM PDT Reuters - India is on track to produce 700 megawatts of solar power at a cost of $2.2 billion by December, ahead of an initial target for an ambitious plan that seeks to boost green power generation from near zero to 20 gigawatts (GW) by 2022. |
FACTBOX - The world's most dangerous countries for women (Reuters) Posted: 14 Jun 2011 08:40 PM PDT Reuters - Afghanistan, Congo and Pakistan are the world's most dangerous countries for women due to a barrage of threats ranging from violence and rape to dismal healthcare and "honour killngs", a Thomson Reuters Foundation expert poll showed on Wednesday. |
FACTBOX - The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (Reuters) Posted: 15 Jun 2011 07:22 AM PDT Reuters - Members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), a security grouping comprising Russia, China and four ex-Soviet states in Central Asia, held their 10th anniversary meeting in the Kazakh capital Astana on Wednesday. |
Google hones search for mobile and speed (Reuters) Posted: 14 Jun 2011 10:11 PM PDT Reuters - Google Inc unveiled new features and technology to speed up Web searches and to make it easier for people to use its flagship search engine as they increasingly access the Internet from handheld mobile devices. |
Playboy's Hefner dumped at the altar by Crystal Harris (Reuters) Posted: 15 Jun 2011 01:04 AM PDT Reuters - Heartbroken Playboy founder Hugh Hefner said on Tuesday his wedding this weekend was cancelled because his 25-year-old fiancée, a Playmate from his magazine, changed her mind. |
POLL HIGHLIGHTS - Asia Q2 business sentiment by sector (Reuters) Posted: 14 Jun 2011 11:40 PM PDT Reuters - Business sentiment at Asia's top companies fell in the second quarter, hitting its lowest since the third quarter of 2010 as rising costs and growing doubts over the strength of the global economy weighed, a Reuters survey showed. |
Playboy founder Hugh Hefner dumped at the altar (Reuters) Posted: 14 Jun 2011 07:18 PM PDT Reuters - Playboy founder Hugh Hefner said on Tuesday his wedding this weekend has been cancelled because his 25-year-old fiancee, a Playmate from his magazine, changed her mind. |