China sends dissidents on free holidays
Activists tell of ‘being travelled’ sent on lavish trips, chaperoned by police to keep them out of the government’s way As top Communist leaders gathered in Beijing the veteran Chinese … Continue reading
US supreme court hears challenge to campaign finance limits
If appeal against existing caps on aggregate donations is upheld, individuals could funnel $3.6m to a party or $800,000 to a candidate Dan Roberts
Oscar Pistorius trial: doctor describes finding body of Reeva Steenkamp
Dr Johan Stipp says he raced to scene after hearing screams and found Pistorius weeping over body of his girlfriend Oscar Pistorius trial – day four as it happened Oscar … Continue reading
Angry Birds and ‘leaky’ phone apps targeted by NSA and GCHQ for user data
NSA and GCHQ developing capabilities to piggyback on commercial data from apps including Angry Birds for their own purposes James Ball
SAC: federal grand jury indicts hedge fund for insider trading
Federal grand jury indictment alleges that SAC maintained elite group that has traded on insider information since 1999 A federal grand jury has indicted SAC Capital, the embattled hedge fund … Continue reading
NSA surveillance critics to testify before Congress
Democrat congressman Alan Grayson says hearing will help to stop ‘constant misleading information’ from intelligence chiefs Congress will hear testimony from critics of the National Security Agency’s surveillance practices for … Continue reading
Spain train crash: rail investigators recover ‘black boxes’
Train driver Francisco Jos Garz n, 52, arrested Black box data crucial in finding out why train was speeding Seventy-eight killed in crash near Santiago de Compostela The black boxes … Continue reading
Mali election: thousands of displaced people face exclusion from vote
Majority of Malians who fled war in the north fail to receive voters’ cards, leaving them without a voice in Sunday’s polls The vast majority of the half a million … Continue reading
Spain train crash: attention focuses on driver, Francisco José Garzón
News agency reports Garz n telling emergency services: ‘I hope there are no dead – they will be on my conscience. I want to die’ Several Spanish rail experts have … Continue reading
