Claim or Create your Free Community Profile : Sign in / Sign up
Supporters of Kim Dotcom leave the North Shore District Court ...
Jan 23rd, 2012
(Reuters) - Supporters of Kim Dotcom leave the North Shore District Court Auckland January 23, 2012, after Dotcom was denied bail. A New Zealand judge reserved his decision on Monday on whether to grant bail to the founder of online file-sharing website Megaupload ahead of an extradition hearing on charges of internet piracy and money laundering. Dotcom, 37, a German national also known as Kim Schmitz, was ordered to be held in custody until the judge issues a written decision, no later than Wednesday. REUTERS/Nigel Marple (NEW ZEALAND - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY CRIME LAW) -
ISLAMABAD (AP) - Pakistani cricket star-turned politician Imran Khan has been discharged from the hospital roughly two weeks after he sustained serious back injuries in a fall from a forklift at a campaign event. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
By Ju-min Park and Ben Blanchard SEOUL/BEIJING (Reuters) - North Korea sent one of its top military officials as a "special envoy" from its leader Kim Jong-un to Beijing on Wednesday, accompanied by a high-powered delegation in what appeared to be a bid to mend frayed relations with its most important ally. The delegation led by Choe Ryon... [Full Article]
By Patrick Temple-West WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Apple Inc came under fire on Tuesday at a Senate hearing over an investigation that alleged the U.S. high technology icon has kept billions of dollars in profits in Irish subsidiaries and paid little or no taxes to any government. "Apple effectively shifts billions of dollars in profits offshore, p... [Full Article]
By Katharine Houreld and Syed Raza Hassan ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - An upmarket constituency of Pakistan's violence-plagued city of Karachi voted again under tight security on Sunday, a day after gunmen killed a senior politician from a reformist party in the district and a week after general elections. It was not immediately clear who killed Zara... [Full Article]
By Estelle Shirbon LONDON (Reuters) - Four British hackers who took part in 2011 cyber-attacks on targets ranging from the CIA to Sony were audacious, arrogant men whose motivation was "anarchic self-amusement", a court heard on Wednesday. The men, who have pleaded guilty to a variety of offences, were members of the hacking collective Lu... [Full Article]