Issue: June 12, 2012   (Archive)
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Hate burns in Burma state
Security forces tried to restore order to a Burmese state placed under emergency rule after a wave of deadly religious violence, as the United Nations evacuated foreign workers.



Brown hits back in Murdoch `war'
Former British prime minister Gordon Brown yesterday accused media tycoon Rupert Murdoch of misleading a government-sponsored inquiry into press ethics with incorrect testimony alleging Brown had threatened war against Murdoch's company.

Pyongyang suspected in media cyber attack
A South Korean newspaper says it has been the victim of a major cyber attack, less than a week after North Korea threatened it and other Seoul media.

US official on crash course
The US commerce secretary was cited for felony hit-and-run after two Los Angeles-area traffic crashes that left him injured and unconscious, police said yesterday.

Israel warned of Syrian poison gas threat
Syria has the "biggest chemical weapons arsenal in the world," which it could use to threaten the Jewish state, an Israeli official warns.

Putin opponents get show of force
Russian police searched the homes of prominent opponents of President Vladimir Putin yesterday in a clear warning he is losing patience with dissenters a day before a rally that could draw tens of thousands of people challenging his rule.



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