Tech and WEB

Internet fuels Palestinian drive for free expression

Sabri Saydam, former Palestinian minister for technology, says the use of social media to bring about political change was bound to happen, given the high number of Facebook users across the...

Rupert Murdoch takes to Twitter

LONDON- He first built his empire on newspapers, but octogenarian Rupert Murdoch has now made a surprise bid to become a more modern media baron by joining Twitter. A spokeswoman for his British...

Tehran blocks Britain's website in Iran

The website contains information about British government policy, including statements critical of Iran. It marked another deterioration in relations after the embassy storming on November 29 and...

Defense attorneys point to fragile Manning

FORT MEADE, Chris Lefkow- Bradley Manning struggled with gender issues and emotional problems while deployed in Iraq, his lawyers said Saturday, as the US soldier accused of a massive intelligence...

Assange wins new round in Britain extradition fight

LONDON, Danny Kemp- WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange won permission Monday to apply to Britain's highest court in a final attempt to block his extradition to Sweden over rape allegations after a...

WikiLeaks chief Assange in crucial UK extradition hearing

LONDON, Sam Reeves- WikiLeaks chief Julian Assange seeks Monday to have his appeal against extradition to Sweden heard by Britain's top court, playing his final card in a lengthy legal battle....

Israel army, intel websites down after hacker threat

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office, whose website was functioning, said that the outage was caused by a technical glitch rather than by hackers. "Israeli government websites crashed today...

Hajj being live-streamed on YouTube

WASHINGTON- YouTube and the Saudi Ministry of Culture and Information are teaming up to provide a live-stream of the annual hajj pilgrimage to Mecca. "Millions of people from around the world will...

Kuwaiti MPs to quiz interior minister over Twitter

Authorities have arrested and questioned two leading youth activists Hamad al-Olayan and Tareq al-Mutairi for allegedly making tweets deemed offensive to the status of the Gulf state ruler....

Britain, US warn over Internet freedom at cyber talks

LONDON, Alice Ritchie- Britain and the United States appealed Tuesday for Internet freedom at a global conference designed to establish the "rules of the road" for cyberspace, although critics...
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