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| Pakistan brings back death penalty, to anger of rights groups Friday, Jul 05, 2013 12:48 AM PDT By Syed Hassan ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's new government, striving to appear determined to rein in escalating crime and militancy, has ended a ban on the death penalty, in a move condemned as "shocking and retrograde" by rights group Amnesty International. Such a reinstatement of capital punishment is rare, with about 150 countries having already either abolished the death penalty or stopped administering it. A 2008 moratorium imposed by Pakistan's previous government, praised at the time by global rights groups, expired on June 30. ... Full Story | Top |
| Police: Heavily armed man arrested in Seattle Thursday, Jul 04, 2013 11:19 PM PDT SEATTLE (AP) — Police in Seattle are investigating a Nevada man arrested near the University of Washington in a stolen pickup truck filled with weapons, body armor and suspected explosive devices. Full Story | Top |
| Brotherhood leader arrested, Egypt's Islamists call protests Thursday, Jul 04, 2013 02:02 PM PDT  By Asma Alsharif and Shadia Nasralla CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian security forces arrested the leader of the Muslim Brotherhood on Thursday, security sources said, in a crackdown against the Islamist movement after the army ousted the country's first democratically elected president. The dramatic exit of President Mohamed Mursi was greeted with delight by millions of jubilant people on the streets of Cairo and other cities overnight, but there was simmering resentment among Egyptians who opposed military intervention. ... Full Story | Top |
| Sentences for cyber crime and snooping to be tougher across EU Thursday, Jul 04, 2013 10:13 AM PDT  STRASBOURG, France (Reuters) - EU lawmakers agreed on Thursday to toughen criminal penalties across the European Union for cyber attacks, especially those that include harming critical national infrastructure and hijacking computers to steal sensitive data. The 28 EU member states currently have a patchwork of varying tariffs for cyber crime. The decision mandates national maximum sentences of at least two years in prison for attempting to illegally access information systems. ... Full Story | Top |
| Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood Leader arrested Thursday, Jul 04, 2013 07:31 AM PDT  CAIRO (AP) — The chief justice of Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court was sworn in Thursday as the nation's interim president, taking over hours after the military ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi and launched a major crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood, the group from which Morsi hails. Full Story | Top |
| Hong Kong tycoon's lover found guilty of forging multi-billion dollar will Thursday, Jul 04, 2013 06:55 AM PDT  HONG KONG (Reuters) - A Hong Kong jury found the lover of the late billionaire tycoon Nina Wang guilty on Thursday of forging a will naming him the sole beneficiary of her estimated $4 billion estate. After more than 20 hours of deliberations, the jury voted 6 to 2 in the High Court to convict Peter Chan, formerly known as Tony Chan, on a charge of forgery. Chan had pleaded not guilty to a number of charges, including forgery and using a forged document. ... Full Story | Top |
| Arrested Vatican prelate lived lush life in hometown Thursday, Jul 04, 2013 03:09 AM PDT  By Philip Pullella SALERNO, Italy (Reuters) - Even though he was known to like to live well, police said they were startled when they entered Monsignor Nunzio Scarano's apartment after he called them one night in January to report a burglary. The apartment, in one of Salerno's most up-market neighborhoods in the city center, was huge, with art lining the walls and hallways divided by Roman-style columns. Scarano, a Vatican official with close ties to the Vatican bank and who is now in Rome's Queen of Heaven jail, had called police to report that thieves had stolen part of his art collection. ... Full Story | Top |
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