SECURITY

Swiss whistleblower to handover offshore banking secrets to Wikileaks

The offshore bank account details of 2,000 high net worth individuals and corporations - detailing massive potential tax evasion - will be handed over to the WikiLeaks organisation in London on Monday by the most important and boldest whistleblower in Swiss banking history, Rudolf Elmer, two days before he goes on trial in his native Switzerland.

China says six-party talks key to N.Korea dispute

China said that six-party talks were more suitable than the U.N. Security Council for solving the nuclear standoff on the Korean peninsula, a senior Chinese diplomat said on Friday, days before a summit with President Barack Obama.
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Food security bill to be delayed by a year - paper

India's proposed food security bill will take at least a year to be finalised, delaying a key vote-winning policy for the ruling Congress party as crucial state elections loom, the Financial Express reported on Wednesday.
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Data security center in Utah targets cyberspace

A $1.5 billion dollar National Security Agency data center under construction in Utah will be an important step in dealing with rising volumes of information in cyberspace, officials said on Thursday.
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Renault says spy scandal put assets at risk

A scandal over suspected industrial espionage at Renault deepened on Thursday as the French carmaker warned company assets were at risk and France's industry minister called the matter serious.
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Gold & Silver Prices Fall Hard from Record Highs

Gold and Silver Prices both fell as London traders returned to work from the New Year shutdown on Tuesday, dropping over 3 percent from yesterday's highs as world stock markets caught up with Wall Street's strong gains.
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Microsoft Windows vulnerable to new type of attack

Some versions of Microsoft Corp's Windows operating system are vulnerable to attack from hackers exploiting a flaw in the software that could allow them to remotely take control of a personal computer.

Police state in electronic age?

The California Supreme Court ruled on Monday that police can search cell phone text messages of an arrested person without any warrant, and asserted that those arrested have no privacy rights over any personal belongings on them when they are taken into custody.
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Jan Napolitano greets TSA workers as she arrives to speak about heightened passenger vigilance and airport security at Reagan National Airport in Washington November 15, 2010.

Napolitano says pat downs to continue

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano believes her department's more thorough pat downs at airports provide more safety for travelers and that she has no plans to change the policy.
Julian Assange

Wikileaks' Assange to publish autobiography

Even as world leaders are still trying to cope with the recent flood of global political secrets leaked by the whistle-blower site Wikileaks, its founder Julian Assange is all set to write his autobiography promising more in the offing. Speaking to the Sunday Times, the 39-year-old Australian announced that he had signed deals worth $1.5 million for publishing his memoirs.
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Gold price in Euro risen by 38 percent in 2010

The Gold Price in Euros has risen more than 38% so far in 2010. The Gold Price in Swiss Francs has also hit record highs. It looks as if the SNB will have to revoke its decision to stop intervening, says Steven Barrow, chief currency strategist at Standard Bank in London today.
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Bank of America bans Wikileaks' transactions: report

Bank of America has banned transactions to whistle-blower site Wikileaks since Friday, according to media reports. The Obama Administration earlier urged financial organizations to sever ties with the site for illegally releasing confidential US diplomatic cables.

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