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NSA leak prompts calls for U.S. to reduce reliance on contractors By Deborah Charles WASHINGTON | Mon Jun 10, 2013 4:05pm EDT (Reuters) - The U.S. government may have to reconsider how much it relies on outside defense contractors who are given top security clearances, after an NSA...

E3 2013: Microsoft and Sony gear up for the new generation The interactive entertainment industry descends on Los Angeles for four days of consoles, games - and very loud noise Keith Stuart The Guardian, Monday 10 June 2013 Last year's E3 drew tens of thousands of video game industry...

Press Start: Call of Duty Ghosts details, Microsoft to show 20 games at E3 conference, and more Plus, new Just Dance leaked, Skylanders coming to next-gen machines, Nintendo justifies E3 scaledown Call of Duty: Ghosts – new details on the story, setting and... the dog! A selection of links...

7 June 2013 Last updated at 12:39 GMT Google facial password patent aims to boost Android security By Leo Kelion Technology reporter The patent envisages people pulling a series of facial expressions to unlock their phones Users could soon be asked to pull a series of faces to unlock...

Dutch high-speed train dream runs off the rails AFP June 9, 2013, 2:00 pm THE HAGUE (AFP) - Hundreds of millions of euros worth of trains standing idle outside Amsterdam testify to a dream of a Dutch high-speed rail link with Brussels has gone dramatically off the rails. The dream was to...

More bodies found after asylum seeker boat sinks near Christmas Island ABC Updated June 9, 2013, 2:30 pm At least 13 people are dead after an asylum seeker boat capsized near Christmas Island. Home Affairs Minister Jason Clare says authorities are continuing to search for survivors 74...

Francois Hollande mixes up Japan with China Francois Hollande, the French president, was left red-faced in Tokyo on Friday after confusing his Japanese hosts with the Chinese. Mr Hollande, left, made no attempt to correct his mistake Photo: AFP By AFP 3:24PM BST 07 Jun 2013 During a...

Britain to compensate tortured Kenyans Foreign secretary says Mau Mau fighters who suffered abuse for resisting colonial rule will receive $30.8m. Last Modified: 06 Jun 2013 15:55 Move your cursor over the video to see the play button<object id="flashObj" classid="clsid:D <embed...

6 June 2013 Last updated at 04:20 Anti-Putin protesters face trial over Bolotnaya clashes Activists protest in Moscow ahead of the trial Twelve Russians are set to appear in court in Moscow over clashes at an anti-Vladimir Putin rally in 2012. Critics of the president say the Bolotnaya...

6 June 2013 Last updated at 10:03 GMT EU tightens ban on shark finning These shark carcasses in Indonesia have had their fins removed The EU has agreed to tighten up an existing ban on "shark finning" - the practice of slicing off a shark's fins at sea for sale to Asian markets. The ban...