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BEIJING (Reuters) – Two major Chinese military websites, including that of the Defense Ministry, were subject to about 144,000 hacking attacks a month last year, almost two-thirds of which came from the United States, the ministry said on Thursday. This month a U.S. computer security company said that a secretive Chinese military unit was likely [...]
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China says U.S. routinely hacks Defense Ministry websites
Posted by admin on February 28th, 2013
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No Comments »Yemen tribesmen hold three Westerners for ransom: ministry official
Posted by admin on December 24th, 2012
SANAA (Reuters) – A Finish couple and an Austrian man abducted in Yemen are being held by tribesmen who are asking for a ransom in return for freeing them, an Interior Ministry official said on Sunday. “We have information that a tribal group is holding the three Western nationals and they are asking for ransom,” [...]
Posted in Breaking News Tags: 'official', hold, Ministry, ransom, Three, tribesmen, Westerners, Yemen No Comments »Israel’s Lieberman to face breach of trust charges: ministry
Posted by admin on December 13th, 2012
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel's Justice Ministry said on Thursday it would charge Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman with fraud and breach of trust, though a more serious corruption case against him has been closed. Lieberman, the most powerful partner in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's rightist coalition government, has denied any wrongdoing. The announcement comes less than [...]
Posted in Breaking News Tags: breach, charges, face, Israel's, Lieberman, Ministry, trust No Comments »Indonesia trade ministry: not backing palm tax change
Posted by admin on December 11th, 2012
JAKARTA, Dec 11 (Reuters) – Indonesia’s trade ministry isresisting pressure from parts of the palm oil industry to changeits export tax system in response to planned tax cuts by rivalproducer Malaysia, a junior minister said on Tuesday. A proposed cut in crude palm oil (CPO) export taxes bynumber two producer Malaysia due to come in [...]
Mortars hit Syria information ministry, clashes erupt in capital
Posted by admin on November 20th, 2012
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Two mortar rounds struck Syria’s Information Ministry building in the capital Damascus on Tuesday, state television said, causing some damage but no casualties. Syrian TV blamed “terrorists” for the attack, referring to insurgents who have been battling to topple President Bashar al-Assad since last year. The rebels have been trying to take [...]
Posted in Breaking News Tags: Capital, clashes, erupt, Information, Ministry, mortars, Syria No Comments »Palestinian death toll in Gaza reaches 100: Health Ministry
Posted by admin on November 19th, 2012
GAZA (Reuters) – The number of Palestinians killed in Gaza during Israel’s on-going offensive reached 100 on Monday, the Hamas-run Health Ministry said. On his Facebook page, ministry spokesman Ashraf Al-Qidra listed Mohammed Tbail, killed in an air strike in Nusseirat refugee camp, as the 100th Palestinian fatality. Qidra said the Palestinian dead included 24 [...]
Posted in Breaking News Tags: Death, Gaza, Health, Ministry, Palestinian, reaches, Toll No Comments »Austria skeptical about euro zone budget idea: finance ministry
Posted by admin on October 8th, 2012
VIENNA (Reuters) – Austria dislikes the idea of creating a separate budget for euro zone countries before it is clear what such a plan aims to achieve, the finance ministry said on Monday. The single budget proposal was first sketched out by Herman Van Rompuy, the president of the European Council, in a paper circulated [...]
Japan’s ambassador-designate to China dies in Tokyo: ministry
Posted by admin on September 16th, 2012
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s ambassador-designate to China, Shinichi Nishimiya, died on Sunday in a Tokyo hospital, the Foreign Ministry said, three days after he was found unconscious on a Tokyo street. Doctors were looking into the cause of death, ministry official Takashi Ariyoshi said in a statement, but no other details were available. Nishimiya, 60, [...]
Posted in Breaking News Tags: ambassadordesignate, China, Dies, Japan's, Ministry, Tokyo No Comments »Syria not in civil war: foreign ministry
Posted by admin on June 13th, 2012
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syria’s Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday that United Nations peacekeeping chief Herve Ladsous’s comments that Syria is in a civil war was an unrealistic description of the conflict. “Talk of civil war in Syria is not consistent with reality… What is happening in Syria is a war against armed groups that choose [...]
Aviation ministry proposes slashing jet fuel taxes
Posted by admin on June 4th, 2012
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The civil aviation ministry has proposed slashing state taxes on jet fuel, which may significantly bring down costs for ailing local airlines that are reeling under a debt load of $ 20 billion and annual losses of $ 2 billion. The ministry has sought opinion from stakeholders on reducing state taxes [...]
