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    Government likely to open criminal probe into NSA leaks: officials

    Government likely to open criminal probe into NSA leaks: officials An illustration picture shows the logo of the U.S. National Security Agency on the display of an iPhone in Berlin, June 7, 2013. REUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski An undated aerial handout photo shows the National Security Agency...
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    Intel in Unfamiliar Territory as Mobile Underdog

    <iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/jMBefCzATlk?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="560"></iframe> The world's biggest chipmaker has a small problem: its smartphone market share is barely a blip. Mobile chief Hermann Eul explains his strategy to get Intel inside...
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    FBI and Microsoft take down $500m-theft botnet Citadel

    6 June 2013 Last updated at 10:50 GMT FBI and Microsoft take down $500m-theft botnet Citadel Citadel spread by being included with pirated versions of Windows The FBI and Microsoft have broken up a huge network of hijacked home computers responsible for stealing more than $500m (£323m) from...
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    From factory to five-star hotel for Bangladesh's 17-day survivor

    From factory to five-star hotel for Bangladesh's 17-day survivor Reshma Begum, 19, rescued from the rubble of the Rana Plaza building 17 days after the building collapsed, speaks during a media conference at Savar Combined Military Hospital in Savar May 13, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Khurshed...
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    Former Slovenian PM gets two years for bribery

    Former Slovenian PM gets two years for bribery AFP Updated June 5, 2013, 9:46 pm LJUBLJANA (AFP) - Former Slovenian premier Janez Jansa was on Wednesday sentenced to two years in prison after being found guilty of giving and receiving backhanders in the eurozone country's biggest-ever...
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    VIDEO : Deadly 56-vehicle crash in China

    <iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/KBSDeOmx3DQ?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="560"></iframe> June 5 - At least nine die in a 56-vehicle crash on an expressway in central China. Paul Chapman reports
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    The Secret of Timbuktu's Manuscript Rescue

    Page of an illuminated and gilded biography of the prophet.
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    The Secret of Timbuktu's Manuscript Rescue

    A blackboard meant for teaching children in Koran schools in Timbuktu and the desert. They write on the board with pieces of charcoal that can then be wiped clean - the text are verses from the Koran that children memorize.
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    The Secret of Timbuktu's Manuscript Rescue

    Typical family library in Timbuktu.
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    The Secret of Timbuktu's Manuscript Rescue

    Box of books - typically found in libraries deep in the desert.
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    The Secret of Timbuktu's Manuscript Rescue

    Text on musicology.
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    The Secret of Timbuktu's Manuscript Rescue

    Beyond the reports of beatings, hand-choppings and other grim Shari’a punishments carried out in the ten months Islamists held the historic Malian city of Timbuktu, the fear that gripped many observers in the outside world was of what would happen to the contents of the city’s ancient...
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    The Secret of Timbuktu's Manuscript Rescue

    THE SECRET OF TIMBUKTU'S MANUSCRIPT RESCUE An army of coin-geek hating non-numismatists is heading to your town. How will you save your numismatic library? Take some tips from the town of Timbuktu, whose private bibliophiles have been protecting their ancient manuscripts for centuries. Here are...
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    Zynga slashes work force by a fifth, shares dive

    Zynga slashes work force by a fifth, shares dive Player avatars from Zynga's FarmVille 2 are seen on a stairway at the entrance to Zynga headquarters in San Francisco, California April 23, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Robert Galbraith By Gerry Shih SAN FRANCISCO | Mon Jun 3, 2013 6:58pm EDT...
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    Ford kicks in $10 million for workers as CEO prepares for crisis talks on car industr

    Ford kicks in $10 million for workers as CEO prepares for crisis talks on car industry ABC Updated June 4, 2013, 12:51 pm Ford says it will contribute $10 million to help workers who will lose their jobs when the company winds up its Australian manufacturing operations. The car company...
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    Taiwan's Acer unveils tablet running on Windows 8

    Taiwan's Acer unveils tablet running on Windows 8 AFP June 4, 2013, 12:23 am Taiwan s Acer unveils tablet running on Windows 8 TAIPEI (AFP) - Leading Taiwanese computer vendor Acer on Monday unveiled the industry's first 8.1-inch tablet running on Microsoft's Windows 8 software, a move...
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    Czech 'supermum' Alexandra Kinova gives birth to quintuplets

    Czech mother, 23, gives birth to the country's first naturally conceived quintuplets and doctors say they have a '95% chance of growing up healthy' Alexandra Kinova, 23, gave birth to four boys and a girl today Doctors in Prague said the birth went 'without any complications' She gave...
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    Beijing's crackdown on official extravagance begins to affect US travel agencies

    Beijing's crackdown on official extravagance begins to affect US travel agencies Staff Reporter 2013-06-02 11:09 A Chinese delegation visits the Stonecutters Island Sewage Treatment Works in Hong Kong. (File photo/CNS) The recent crackdown on corruption and official extravagance in China...
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