Microsoft Corp warned that cybercriminals have attacked users of its Office software for Windows PCs, exploiting a programing flaw that the software giant has yet to repair.
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) [official website] on Tuesday sentenced former Rwandan Armed Forces Colonel Tharcisse Renzaho [case materials] to life imprisonment [press release; judgment summary, PDF] after convicting him of crimes in connection with the 1994 Rwandan genocide [BBC backgrounder].
A federal judge on Monday granted class-action status to approximately 400,000 immigrants from Central America who allege that a separate service fee for immigration applicants violates a federal law [8 USC § 1254a text].
The Spanish National Court [CJA backgrounder] on Tuesday dismissed charges against three US soldiers who were accused of being involved in the death of Spanish cameraman Jose Couso [advocacy website, in Spanish].
AHN Media has agreed to pay an undisclosed amount to the Associated Press to settle a lawsuit in which the AP accused AHN of rewriting AP stories and putting AHN´s name on them, the companies announced on Monday.
Patent licensing firm Mosaid Technologies Inc said on Monday it was taking IBM to court for allegedly infringing on six of Mosaid´s U.S. patents.
Myanmar is processing grants of amnesty [press release; recorded video, RealPlayer] to prisoners to allow them to participate in the 2010 general elections, ambassador U Than Swe told the UN Security Council [official website] on Monday.
US Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor on Monday told the Senate Judiciary Committee during confirmation hearings that she would bring to the Court a judicial philosophy rooted in "fidelity to the law." During her opening statement, Sotomayor emphasized the "different perspectives" she gained on the law as a prosecutor, a corporate attorney, and a judge, saying that her experience has allowed her to "witness the human consequences of my decisions."
The text messages address various issues and come from all over the African continent. From the personal: "Obama, as a young lady I dream of being the president. U r a huge encouragement."
Bernard Madoff´s prison life began on Tuesday, a far cry from his life of luxurious apartments and yachts he accrued while running Wall Street´s biggest investment fraud.
Japan´s ruling bloc voted down a no-confidence motion against embattled Prime Minister Taro Aso on Tuesday, but chaos deepened within his party as fears grew of a historic defeat in a national election next month.
Chinese investigators have questioned executives at several steel mills in a widening probe of alleged leaks of state secrets to the world´s second-largest iron ore miner Rio Tinto, steel officials and Chinese media said on Tuesday.
Attorney General Eric Holder may appoint a criminal prosecutor to investigate whether terrorism suspects were tortured during CIA interrogations.
Former vice-president Dick Cheney directly ordered the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to withhold from Congress information on a counterterrorism program kept secret for eight years until it was terminated by current CIA director Leon Panetta, according to a Saturday New York Times report.
A top BBC executive and the former Metropolitan police commissioner Sir Ian Blair were targeted by the News of the World´s phone hacking operation, it was claimed today.
Japan´s Prime Minister Taro Aso will dissolve the lower house of parliament this month and call for general elections in August, the government said Monday.
Officials from six countries gathered Monday in Turkey and signed a deal to build a U.S.-backed pipeline, aimed at breaking Russia´s near-monopoly on natural gas supplies to Europe.
The European Union needs new rules for Internet downloads that would make it easier for people to access music and films without resorting to piracy, the bloc´s telecoms chief said on Thursday.
In an effort to keep people from incorrectly reusing or repurposing images found on its image search tool, Google has added new options that let users filter results by usage rights. Users can now filter photos by whether they´re available for reuse, commercial reuse, reuse with modification, or commercial use with modification.
A new General Motors emerged from bankruptcy protection on Friday -- far more quickly than most industry-watchers had expected -- as a leaner automaker pledging to win back American consumers and pay back taxpayers.
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