Somali pirates holding 300 sailors captive: Russian reportDecember 30th, 2008 MOSCOW - More than 300 sailors are being kept hostage by Somali pirates, who have dealt a severe blow to busy shipping routes off the country, a Russian maritime news website said Wednesday. The editor of Sovfracht Maritime Bulletin said the pirates have seized some 50 vessels this year, including two yachts, and more than 25 Russian sailors, though some have been released.
Man held for investigation of hacking estranged wife to death outside SoCal hair salonJuly 23rd, 2009 SoCal man held in estranged wife's machete deathFONTANA, Calif. — A man is under arrest for allegedly hacking his estranged wife to death with a machete outside the Fontana beauty shop where she worked.
Bodies of Indian Software Professionals shot dead in California brought homeApril 17th, 2009 The bodies of a software professional, his wife and baby daughter, killed by his Indian American brother-in-law in California last month, were brought to their native Ayyankolli village in Tamil Nadu's Nilgiris district Friday for the last rites. The bodies of Ashokan, his wife Suchitra and their daughter Ahaana, were brought to Bangalore by a flight early Friday and then to Ayyankolli in the district, 550 km southwest of state capital Chennai, by road, family sources said.
Husband invited a man to rape his wife through Craigslist. Can we get rid of 'erotic section' now?June 4th, 2009 Police: Husband arranged wife's rape on CraigslistKANNAPOLIS, N.C. — A North Carolina husband used the online advertising service Craigslist to enlist a man to rape his wife in the couple's home, police said Wednesday.
Google Street View lands Brit love cheat in divorce troubleMarch 31st, 2009 LONDON - A Brit man is facing divorce after his wife spotted his car parked outside another woman's house, via Google's Street View application. His wife saw the Range Rover using the Internet giant's new Street View service, while she was spying on a female friend's home.
Offer from Russian investor puts value of at least $6.5 billion on FacebookJuly 13th, 2009 Offer puts value of at least $6.5B on FacebookNEW YORK — How much is Facebook worth? A Russian investment firm appears to put it at $6.5 billion to $10 billion. The investment group, Digital Sky Technologies, said Monday it will buy up to $100 million worth of Facebook shares from current and former employees.
Chinese and Russian Hackers are Breaking into US Cyber SystemApril 8th, 2009 Chinese and Russian cyber spies have penetrated the U.S. electrical grid and left behind software programs that could be used to disrupt the system, according to current and former national-security officials.
Tiger Woods becomes father to second childFebruary 9th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The family of world No.1 golfer Tiger Woods has grown with the birth of the sportsman's second child and first son, the player said on his website. Charlie Axel Woods was born Sunday.
Double-o oops: Wife of new British spy chief puts family details on FacebookJuly 5th, 2009 UK spy chief's family details posted on FacebookLONDON — Photos and family details about the newly appointed head of Britain's international spy agency have been removed from a social networking Web site. The Mail on Sunday newspaper reports that the information was posted by the wife of John Sawers on her Facebook page.
Sarkozy, Bruni kissing video on Facebook branded 'nauseating' by pressMay 22nd, 2009 LONDON - French President Nicolas Sarkozy has come under attack from the press after he revamped his Facebook page by posting a video of him kissing his supermodel wife Carla Bruni. The video, which was shot this month during an informal interview between First Lady and competition winners from a women's magazine, has been branded as "nauseating" by the press, reports Sky News.
Sarah Brown joins 'twitterati' bandwagonApril 10th, 2009 LONDON - Sarah Brown has become the latest member of the microblogging site 'Twitter'. The British Prime Minister's wife has opened the account under the user name "SarahBrown10".
'Clash of Civilizations' author Samuel Huntington dies at 81December 27th, 2008 WASHINGTON - Influential political scientist and former Harvard professor Samuel Phillips Huntington has died aged 81, the university reported on its website. Huntington, who retired from active teaching at Harvard in 2007, died Wednesday at Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts, the website said Saturday.
A look at some of the cyber attacks carried out in recent yearsJuly 8th, 2009 Some recent international cyber attacksA look at some known international cyber attacks in recent years:
—In April, a former U.S. government official said that spies had hacked into the U.S.
Twitter to be listed in dictionaryJuly 6th, 2009 LONDON - Social networking tool Twitter is all set to be listed in the 30th anniversary edition of the Collins English Dictionary. The name of the micro-blogging website, which boasts of 1.8 million users, will appear as a noun as well as a verb in the edition to be published later this year.
New MI6 chief's wife blatantly breaches secrecy by posting 'plenty' on FacebookJuly 5th, 2009 LONDON - The credibility of Britain's new chief of the Secret Intelligence Service, Sir John Sawers, is being questioned after his wife published family holiday photographs and other personal details on Facebook. Currently Britain's ambassador to the United Nations, Sir John will take up his post as MI6 head, in charge of Britain's spying operations abroad, in November.
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