Eleven people were wounded in three bomb explosions in Baghdad on Thursday morning

Eleven people were wounded in three bomb explosions in Baghdad on Thursday morning, an Interior Ministry source told Xinhua.

In downtown Baghdad, a roadside bomb went off near a police patrol in an intersection in Bab al-Mu'adham area, damaging a police vehicle and wounding two policemen aboard, the source said on condition of anonymity.

Three civilians were also wounded by the blast, along with damaging several nearby civilian cars, the source said.

In a separate incident, a roadside bomb targeted a police patrol in al-Nidhal Street in Baghdad's central district of Karrada, wounding four passers-by, the source added.

In western Baghdad, a roadside bomb ripped through Iskan neighborhood, wounding two civilians, he said.

The attacks are part of wave of attacks against Iraq's government officials, security forces and civilians during the past few months.

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Israeli forces arrested four Palestinian officials from Hamas and President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah party during raids in different parts of the West Bank

 Israeli forces arrested four Palestinian officials from Hamas and President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah party during raids in different parts of the West Bank, Palestinian security sources said Thursday.

The arrest of the officials took place near Tulkarem cities and in Nablus.

The detainees included Abdul-Rahman Zidan, a Hamas lawmaker, and Hossam Khader, a former lawmaker from Fatah, according to the sources, adding the four officials were arrested from their houses.

Zidan is the second Hamas lawmaker arrested this week. By now, Israel holds 16 legislators in its prisons, including 13 from Hamas, two from Fatah and one from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.

During the overnight raids, Israel also arrested four ordinary Palestinians.

Israel Radio said the detainees were wanted by security and intelligence services.

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The death toll of the attack by militants on a police check post in upper Dir area of northwestern Pakistan rose to 27

The death toll of the attack by militants on a police check post in upper Dir area of northwestern Pakistan rose to 27, local media reported Thursday.

According to earlier reports, seven security officials were killed and several injured when about 300 Afghanistan-based militants attacked and over ran a joint police and levies check post in Upper Dir, about 20 kilometers inside the Pakistani territory from the Afghan border.

Following the attack the militants occupied the check post and a number of houses.

Gunship helicopters were sent to the spot to carry out heavy bombardment to repulse the attack, and fresh reinforcements of security forces, including army, police and levies, rushed to the spot.

According to Xinhua sources in Dir, skirmishes are still going on in the area and local people of the affected area have been evacuated to safer places.

The attack took place Wednesday when hundreds of militants from Afghanistan tried to enter Pakistan through the Upper Dir district which borders Afghanistan.

Meanwhile, two schools and one bridge were reportedly blown up by unknown militants in the same district. It is not known whether these attacks are coordinated actions or not.

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Russia has banned the import of all fresh vegetables from all European Union member states because of an outbreak of the E.coli bacteria

Russia has banned the import of all fresh vegetables from all European Union member states because of an outbreak of the E.coli bacteria, the country's sanitary watchdog Rospotrebnadzor said Thursday.

According to the sanitary chief Gennady Onishchenko, the ban was imposed starting from Thursday due to the sharp rise of E. coli infection cases in a number of EU countries, primarily Germany.

"We are imposing the ban due to the fact that during a month's time the situation has not been brought under control," he was quoted by RIA Novosti news agency as saying.

Rospotrebnadzor has already sent relevant instructions to the Russian Customs Service.

Russia had previously banned vegetable imports from Germany and Spain only.

Over 1,000 people, mainly in Germany, have been infected by the E. coli bacteria. The European Commission has reported 10 deaths in nine countries.

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Recall the first generation Toyota Prius cars in New Zealand

Toyota New Zealand is recalling at least 132 first generation Prius hybrid cars due to a steering fault, local media reported Thrusday.

The Japanese vehicle manufacturer is recalling 106,000 Prius hybrids worldwide after it found loose nuts in the electric-power steering could cause the vehicle, if operated over a long time, to steer with too much force.

Toyota NZ spokesman Spencer Morris said the company imported 132 used Prius hybrids but others had been imported by third parties, the New Zealand Press Association reported.

A single minor accident thought to have been related to the steering fault has been reported in the United States, but Morris said New Zealand customers should not be concerned.

"This problem is not going to cause sudden and catastrophic failure of the steering, it's something that will manifest itself just as a heavier feel to the steering initially and if somebody experiences that then we would recommend that they contact their dealer as soon as possible," he said.

Morris said the fault would be fixed in all vehicles, including those imported by third parties, free of charge.

Over the last two years, Toyota has announced recalls of more than 14 million vehicles, dealing a blow to its reputation.

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With the Pakistani security forces killed at least 40 militants

At least 40 militants were killed in an on-going clash with Pakistani security forces that broke out since Wednesday in the country's northwest Upper Dir district bordering Afghanistan, reported local English TV channel Express on Thursday.

According to the report, some 300 militants from Afghanistan stormed a checkpoint at the Brawl area of the afore-said district early Wednesday morning. During the two-day clashes in the area, the militants killed 27 people including seven security personnel, destroyed three schools and one bridge. The fight is still going on there, said the report.

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Germany's decision to abandon nuclear energy by 2022 has obviously brought pressure on its neighbor France

 Germany's decision to abandon nuclear energy by 2022 has obviously brought pressure on its neighbor France, even more directly than the nuclear crisis in Japan's Fukushima.

But it remains unrealistic for France to do the same given different national conditions.

FRANCE'S CONFIDENCE

German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced Monday to shut all 17 nuclear reactors by 2022, a move described by French media as "a big bang" and "historic change."

In the following two days, a number of French officials stood out to reaffirm their confidence in nuclear power, after similar moves following the Fukushima nuclear accident caused by the devastating earthquake and ensuing tsunami on March 11.

"We respect this (Germany's) decision but it does not lead us to change our policy," French Prime Minister Francois Fillon told the BFM TV on Tuesday.

"Currently, there is no alternative which allows to meet European commitments without heavy reliance on nuclear industry," Fillon said, referring to the need of clean energy.

Fillon was supported by Industry Minister Eric Besson, who told the Liberation daily that "The EPR (Evolutionary Power Reactor that France is using) is the safest nuclear reactor in the world."

French leading power supplier EDF is developing a new nuclear plant in Flamanville in Normandy and planning another one in Penly in northern France.

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Google said that Chinese hackers had stolen the password for Gmail

Google on Wednesday announced that a covert operation from China, with its Gmail e-mail part of the user as the goal, the purpose is to steal passwords to monitor these accounts.
Google said in a blog post, this action is obviously from China, Jinan, the intruder stole a number of senior U.S. government officials, political activists in China, many Asian countries, officials, military personnel and journalists Gmail account .
This was the second division in China Google is the source of the invasion. Google last year, a careful investigation of the attack complex, the track hackers from China. The allegations caused it to rupture relations with the Chinese government, Google has decided not to cooperate with the Chinese government to filter search. Google search engine then it moved to Hong Kong.
An Jinan, the capital city of eastern China, a major military base, but also the military-funded Lanxiang location of the school. The invasion last year, investigators found the actions of Google as part of the system from the school. Xiang, the Chinese government strongly denied and blue, the Foreign Ministry also said that the Chinese government and linked to the invasion, was "not unreasonable, irresponsible, and ulterior motives." Currently a government spokesman could not be reached to comment on Google's The latest news.
Northrop Grumman Defense outsourcing company in 2009, on China's war plan made by the network research points out that this program located in six regions of China, and Jinan is one of them.
Google said the latest attack apparently in order to monitor the user's mail. Intruder steal password once these mailboxes will be able to change the settings to automatically forward incoming mail to another address. Google says it has stopped the action and notify the victims. Google has also reported the attack to the U.S. government's case.
Google's executives refused to comment on Bowen more than content. It recommended that Gmail users to add some security steps, including Google provides a "two-stage authentication" service, to make mail more difficult to be penetrated. But it also emphasized the user's password is not stolen because the Gmail system, due to a security vulnerability.
Earlier this year, Google said users can not log in from China, Gmail, and pointed out that the Chinese government is behind. It said this problem occurs, when China was initiated in North Africa and the Middle East with the same protest.
This year the Chinese government stepped up surveillance of the Internet to improve the content of the news and review blog site. Apparently paralyzed many government virtual private network (VPN). Many Chinese and foreigners to use these networks to log E-mail, or visit the website shielded by the government, such as YouTube, Facebook and Twitter.

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IE browser was found to have Cookie hijacking (Cookiejacking) Vulnerability

IE browser was found to have Cookie hijacking (Cookiejacking)Vulnerability

Browse the Web using IE? Beware hackers you reached into yourcookie jar (cookie jar).

Rosario Valotta, an Italian computer security experts discovered asecurity vulnerability in IE, hackers can exploit this vulnerability to steal browser data file - that is commonly referred to as "cookies" -and use them to visit, like facebook, twitter this Loginpassword-protected website.

Valotta Earlier this month (of May) to the Hack in the Box and theSwiss Cyber ​​Storm released a security conference of thevulnerability. He pointed out that the windows platform, all versions of IE browser zero-day attacks are present in the vulnerability thathackers can steal any sites left by the cookie.

"Any website, any cookie. you might imagine. "Valotta said.

The implementation of this attack, hackers need to know the web site user name. To get it, hackers had to trick computer users todrag an object display. Valotta by Facebook to create a jigsaw puzzle (for the beauty of the game allows users to "change clothes") confirmed the vulnerability.

"I put the game less than 3 days posted to Facebook, there aremore than 80 cookie sent to my server, but only 150 of my friends. "Valotta said.

However, Microsoft said the vulnerability will not have too great athreat to the user.

"Taking into account the level of user interaction required to attack, we do not believe that remote code execution would cause too much risk of the user. " Microsoft spokesman Jerry Bryant in a statement sent to CNET said.

"To complete the attack, the user must access a secure site, and was persuaded by clicking and dragging an object on the page, but the attacker must know the user has login the website. "declaration, "we encourage all users Avoid clicking on suspicious links and e-mail to guard against potential threats, while improvingnetwork security level. "

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Google Wallet open platform-level products, Google "favorite"open

Google Wallet is free and open platform to ensure that consumer interests will not be affected, any business can participate in, Google will not charge them fees.

Leading smart phone platform Android is an open product strategy, Google seems to love open, perhaps with the Google executive Eric Schmidt, Chairman and Executive experience and strategic thinking, have a great relationship.

Open-class platform for business collaboration, Google (Google Checkout payment products they have), Citigroup, MasterCard, First Data and Sprint were in support of Google Wallet, that I will have more card companies, payment networks, operators, sales Outlets and other companies and various business organizations will join an open platform for cooperation program. (wow! really use Android strategy)

Of the business is, Google Wallet may provide an opportunity to strengthen customer relationships, because the company can use the related transactions, promotions and events to reward loyal customers to provide faster, more convenient shopping experience.

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HTC Flyer Tablet PC price reduced to £ 400 may be clear inventory

HTC will be the company's first Tablet PC Flyer's 16GB Wi-Fi version of the price to £ 400 models below the likely reason is that HTC hope to low-cost clean-up inventory. It is reported, HTC Android company's 10-inch flat-panel computer Puccini on sale soon.

It is reported that Britain's Phones4U have the price down to about £ 400, while the official recommended retail price is 480 pounds. In contrast, Samsung has the same size 7-inch Wi-Fi version of Galaxy Tab price down to 270 pounds.

HTC Flyer's 32GB 3G version of the model in the Amazon price is £ 565 on, which is a main selling point for the digital recording device or tablet PC is clearly the price is too high. HTC will be positioned as a digital pen Flyer, that is just a transitional product, it may be to clear the stock price, because the 10-inch flat-panel computer Puccini Android on sale soon.

Currently, HTC Flyer not only to endure the oppression from the Apple iPad 2, but also to withstand the pressure of Samsung Galaxy Tab. So it is not hard to see the HTC Flyer Although Qualcomm has 1.5GHz processor, 1GB RAM, and 7-inch 1024 × 600 resolution screen, powerful configuration, only by the price cuts to try to get more of the consumer.

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Symantec said that malicious software eyeing Apple and Google mobile applications

According to Bloomberg, Enrique Salem, Symantec's CEO recently pointed out, smart phones and Tablet PC applications can be downloaded counter the virus threat has become a new front.

Salem yesterday, an interview with Bloomberg News in San Francisco, said Apple's App Store and Google Android in the market are vulnerable to hacker attacks, the hacker would like to know the phone, Tablet PC user's personal information. Allegedly, Apple's application store has 350,000 applications, and Google applications Atradius market also more than 20 million.

Symantec CEO said: "The full review of all software is extremely difficult, but safety and security of mobile devices is still at an early stage. " He also said that Symantec will spend this year, up 8.6 billion for the acquisition, To help the company expand mobile services market. Symantec cloud other development objectives that provide computing services via the Internet, in addition to the server can run virtualization software more effectively.

Anti-virus software companies said that with businesses and consumers slow down the speed of personal computer purchases, Symantec is to shift the focus of its business smart phones, tablet PCs, and Cloud computing, high-speed growth.

Salem stressed that Apple users, the threat is not limited to mobile devices, hackers, as Mac laptops and desktops continued popularity of the threats to these devices is also increasing.

Symantec's statement about Apple spokesman did not immediately respond, Google spokesman did not immediately reply to requests for an interview.

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First to use Google Chrome price of $ 499 laptop

First to use Google Chrome the operating system on yournotebook computer sales site is now Gilt price to $ 499 on sale.

It is reported that Samsung Chromebook 5 series of notebook computers are now on sale at Gilt Men Web site, this site is the world's famous personal sales website.

Samsung 5 Series Chromebook equipped with a 12-inch display,Intel's dual-core processor, Wi-Fi and 3G network connectivity,high-definition camera.
It is said that Samsung will be officially on June 15 offered to the public Chromebook, but through the Gilt will be purchasedChromebook June 8 to 14 begin shipping between the delivery.

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O'Neill announced his retirement, farewell NBA

The history of the greatest NBA center Shaquille O'Neal - today announced his retirement. NBA TV commentator Ahmed Mahmoud O'Neill retired on his views about. Mahmoud Ahmed basketball career that ended after O'Neal will join showbiz, start a new life. Suddenly heard, "O'Neill retired " when the news, Mahmoud Ahmed looked surprised, he said, "If this is true, NBA lost a great player, lost a player with a great personality. O'Neill Was a success, but also an entertainer, a good leader and he love the people in this world, he is too prominent a. "Mahmoud Ahmed said, " I wish him luck. I think, after retirement, He will face the first thing that may increase the weight of five pounds, the second thing is that he might become a movie star, he always wanted to be a movie star. This will be cruising down the Sharks, and this is only his Basketball career ended it, he will bring to people in other places fun and happy. "

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China News: Xinjiang - Urumqi plant explosion

 Four people have been confirmed dead and two remained missing in a factory explosion Wednesday evening in Urumqi, the capital city of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, local authorities said Thursday.

Rescuer workers were still combing the debris for the two missing workers, the Urumqi city publicity department said in a press release.

A furnace exploded at 7:45 p.m. Wednesday at aluminium alloy production workshop of Xinjiang Yuansheng Technology Development Co. in Urumqi's High-tech Development Zone when more than 30 people were at work.

Body parts were found 50 meters away from the factory, according to reporters on the scene.

The blast also severely injured three workers and lightly injured another 13.

The explosion was not man-made, an initial investigation showed.

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Microsoft released "Windows 8"

 Microsoft on Wednesday gave a preview of its next-generation operating system code-named "Windows 8."

The software giant introduced the successor to Windows 7 at the ninth edition of The Wall Street Journal's Digital: All Things Digital in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, some 48 km south of Los Angeles.

With an interface quite different from legacy Windows, Windows 8 looks more like Windows Phone 7 and features an app management from Windows mobile operating system. It is the first major attempt by Microsoft to expand a mobile operating system to desktop status, and is expected to be touch-friendly and work seamlessly on desktops, laptops and tablet computers.

For legacy Windows users, they need to swipe up from the bottom of the screen to get to the Windows 7-based view. Microsoft said the new system will be compatible with all Windows 7 logo PCs, software and peripherals.

During the demonstration, Steven Sinofsky, Microsoft's head of Windows, also said the importance of not abandoning the established technologies from the traditional PC. "The mouse and the keyboard aren't evil. They're just tools. There are a number of applications that require the greater precision offered by the mouse." said Sinofsky.

Sinofsky did not say when Windows 8 would be available.

Although there are some tablets running Microsoft's current Windows 7 operating system, the software giant has been criticized for failing to adequately respond to the fast growth of tablet computers, like Apple's iPad.

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S Korea, U.S. begin joint investigation of sites within Camp Carroll

A South Korea-U.S. joint inspection team on Thursday began inspections of sites within a U.S. military base in the southeastern part of South Korea where large amounts of the toxic defoliant Agent Orange were allegedly buried over three decades ago.

The team will use ground-penetrating radars to survey the helipad as well as camp sections 41 and D in Camp Carroll in Chilgok, some 300 kilometers southeast of Seoul, local media reported. The team will also collect samples of groundwater at Camp Carroll.

The joint investigation within Camp Carroll came after a meeting of the environment committee under the two countries' Status of Forces Agreement on Wednesday.

During the meeting, officials from the two sides agreed to use ground-penetrating radars, and underground water analysis within Camp Carroll to verify whether Agent Orange was buried.

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There are about 12,500 cases of breast cancer identified in Australia each year, and about 10 percent of these are basal.

A new Australian discovery could lead to the first ever drug treatment for people battling the most aggressive form of basal breast cancer, Australian scientists said on Thursday.

Basal breast cancer is a particularly aggressive form of the disease. It is typically found in younger women, and unlike other types of breast cancer there is no targeted treatment for it, so about all doctors can offer sufferers is chemotherapy.

In a world first, researchers at Australia's The Garvan Institute identified the "hedgehog" molecule, which, despite its innocent name, is to blame for the spread of basal breast cancer.

According to researcher and clinical Associate Professor Sandra O'Toole, scientists tested on 279 women with basal-like breast cancer revealed those packed with hedgehog molecules "did very badly".

Further trials on mice indicated that, if injected with high levels of the hedgehog molecules, the cancer was more aggressive and spread further.

However, Prof O'Toole said when the hedgehog was blocked, tumors were smaller and did not spread as far.

"(Basal breast cancer) does tend to affect younger women and the outcome for those patients, not always, but sadly too often, is quite bad," O'Toole was quoted by Australia Associated Press on Thursday.

"There's a real need to try and identify specific changes in those types of cancers that we can then target with drugs."

There are already clinical trials of drugs for silencing hedgehog in other types of cancer, and Professor O'Toole said the scientists are hopeful that those drugs might be able to be used in trials for the basal breast cancer.

She said the scientists are hoping a trial will be up and running within two or three years.

There are about 12,500 cases of breast cancer identified in Australia each year, and about 10 percent of these are basal.

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A Chilean P3 Orion aircraft made an emergency landing at a New Zealand airport after having to shut down one of its engines

A Chilean P3 Orion aircraft made an emergency landing at a New Zealand airport Thursday after having to shut down one of its engines, the Marlborough Express newspaper reported.

The flight crew declared an emergency at 1:31 p.m., but the plane landed safely at Blenheim Airport, in the north of the South Island, 15 minutes later, airport manager Dean Heiford told the newspaper.

"It was a perfect landing," he reportedly said.

Warrant Officer John Bray told the paper the nearby Woodbourne Air Force base was put on standby and two fire engines and an ambulance were sent to the runway.

Two scheduled Eagle Air flights were delayed for a short time, but flights had since resumed.

Safe Air general manager Heather Deacon confirmed the Orion had been in Blenheim this week for maintenance with Safe Air, an Air New Zealand subsidiary.

"My engineers will be looking at it now," she told the paper. She refused to release any other details without the permission of aircraft's owner.

The report said the aircraft was carrying 11 naval officers.

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Libya's oil chief, Shokri Ghanemm, has confirmed his defection from Muammar Gaddafi's government

 Libya's oil chief, Shokri Ghanemm, has confirmed his defection from Muammar Gaddafi's government. He explained that he chose to leave because of the country's conflict.

He said, "Best youths and our best men getting killed on the day. With this situation, which is unbearable, one cannot continue working and therefore I left the country and I decided also to leave my job and to join the choice of the Libyan youth to create a modern constitutional state, respecting the human rights and building for a better future for all Libyans. "

Ghanemm made the statement at a news conference in Rome organized by the defected Libyan ambassador. He told reporters that he still saw some possibility of a peaceful settlement to Libya's crisis. He did not formally pledge to work with the rebel movement, saying it was still too early to say. But he confirmed that in the future he will not be representing Libya at OPEC meetings. Ghanem also expressed worries over Libya's oil production, which is coming to a halt because of the international embargo.

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