Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Facebook Lashes Out Against Criticism of its Privacy Policy

Facebook is lashing out against a report critical of its privacy policy. 

The report was produced a team of European academics, and commissioned by the Belgian Data Protection Agency.  

Our Silicon Valley correspondent Rachel Silverman has this report. 


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Obama lifts arms freeze against Egypt

U.S. President Barack Obama has lifted an arms freeze against Egypt, in an effort to boost Cairo's ability to combat the extremist threat in the region.

The U.S. aid was suspended after the 2013 military overthrow of the country's elected government.

Our Washington correspondent Kate Fisher reports

Kate Fisher reports from Washington.

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Iran nuclear talks to continue past deadline

Nuclear talks with Iran will continue in Lausanne on Wednesday, after the US said "sufficient progress" had been made to justify breaking a March 31st deadline.


US Secretary of State John Kerry is staying in the Swiss city although his spokeswoman said there are still difficult issues to resolve.


Our US Correspondent Simon Marks reports.


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Comedy Central defends comic Trevor Noah over racist & misogynistic Tweets

The American television channel Comedy Central is standing by its decision to appoint the South African comedian Trevor Noah to host its satirical news program "The Daily Show".


He's come under fire for racist and misogynistic comments that he's made in the past on Twitter.


Our US Correspondent Simon Marks reports.


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US: 'Iran Talks Extended Until Wednesday'


US officials say enough progress has been made at talks in Switzerland on an Iran nuclear deal to extend them until Wednesday, past the original self imposed deadline of midnight on Tuesday. 

Foreign ministers from six world powers, plus Iran, are discussing how to scale back Tehran's nuclear programme, in return for an easing and eventual lifting of international sanctions.

Lorna Shaddick reports from Washington. 

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UPDATE: US, Kuwait, UAE, EU, Saudi Arabia pledge $3.8 billion to Syria humanitarian effort

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Pledges are coming in the hundreds of millions at the Third International Pledging Conference for Syria, now taking place in Kuwait.

The figure so far is $3.8 billion dollars, but will the final tally be enough to meet the 8.4 billion dollars required to help more than 16 million Syrians?

Liling Tan reports.

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US Pledges to Cut Carbon Emissions 26-28% by 2025

The United States has pledged to the United Nations that it will cut
26-28 % of its carbon emissions in the next ten years.

The White House took to Twitter to make the announcement, using the
hashtag " Act On Climate", calling the targets "fair and ambitious"

Mimi Chiahemen reports from New York

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White House, Iran nuclear talks may go beyond Tuesday 'deadline'


The Iranian nuclear negotiations may be extended into Wednesday.  

Negotiators have been working to resolve differences before a deadline that was set for the end of march. 

The U.S.-led talks in Switzerland are aimed at prompting Iran to end its nuclear program. 

White House spokesman Josh Earnest said current efforts will continue if an agreement can be reached...

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British Haroon Aswat pleads guilty to terror charges

A British man has pleaded guilty in a New York court to charges that
he was part of a plot to create a terrorist training camp in the
American state of Oregon.

Prosecutors accused Haroon Aswat of conspiring with radical Muslim
cleric Abu-Hamza in setting up the camp some 15 years ago.

William Denselow reports from New York.

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Nigerians elect new president

INTRO:  Nigeria's opposition has unseated President Goodluck Jonathan's PDP party from power in the largest election in Africa. The opposition party's former military leader Muhammadu Buhari has declared victory with votes in only 1 state still outstanding. The opposition secured more than 15 million votes, compared to the ruling party's 12 million. Although some irregularities were reported, most foreign observers have praised Nigeria for concluding the elections without any major incidents of violence. Gary Alfonso reports ...


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Arkansas set to vote on controversial “religious freedom” bill

Lawmakers in the U.S. state of Arkansas are set to vote on a so-called "religious freedom" bill that critics say will allow businesses to discriminate against homosexuals.

This comes as the state of Indiana has come under fire for a similar bill it passed last week.

Mary MacCarthy reports:

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Third Syria Pledging Conference hopes to raise $8.4 billion

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Pledges are coming in the hundreds of millions at the Third International Pledging Conference for Syria, now taking place in Kuwait.


So far over 2 billion dollars have been pledged, but will the final tally be enough to meet the 8.4 billion dollars required to help more than 12 million Syrians.


Liling Tan reports.


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NSA incident appears to be partying gone wrong - FBI

The FBI says the incident at the gates of the National Security Agency, America's leading intelligence operations, does not appear to have anything to do with terrorism.

Instead, it appears to be a night of partying and an auto-theft gone wrong.

Our Washington correspondent Priscilla Huff reports:

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Indiana governor says religion law needs a "fix"

The governor of the US state of Indiana says his state's controversial Religious Freedom Restoration Act needs a "fix" to clarify it does not give businesses a licence to discriminate.

Governor Mike Pence says the bill was put in place solely to protect religious liberty.

Our US correspondent Rebecca Foster reports.

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Our US correspondent Simon Marks reports.

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Russia announces import ban relief for Greece, Cyprus

Russia announced it will resume the import of agricultural products from Greece, Cyprus and Hungary - after Moscow banned all EU imports last year due to tensions over the Ukraine crisis.

Meanwhile Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has criticized EU sanctions against Russia, as Athens seeks to strengthen its relationship with Moscow.

Europe correspondent Sandra Gathmann reports.

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Lufthansa cancels 60th birthday party

German airline Lufthansa has cancelled plans to host a party celebrating its 60th birthday. 

The company said the decision came as a result of last week's Germanwings plane crash in the French Alps that left 150 dead.

Ira Spitzer reports from Berlin. 

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Russia's Foreign Minister says, "good chance," of Iran nuclear deal

Russia's foreign minister has said he is rejoining talks on Iran's nuclear programme in Switzerland.


The international negotiations between Iran and six world powers are nearing a self imposed deadline.


Tom Barton reports.


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Americans support Iran deal

The majority of Americans support the international community forging a deal with Iran over its nuclear programme.

However, the new public opinion survey by the Washington Post and ABC News finds a lot of skepticism about whether the agreement will be effective.

Our Washington correspondent Priscilla Huff reports:

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Nigeria's Buhari pulls ahead in election

Nigeria's main opposition challenger,  former military ruler Muhammadu Buhari has a lead over incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan after more than half of Nigeria's 36 states have declared following Saturday's elections. 

General Buhari's All Progressives Congress is ahead by around two million votes.    A victory for General Buhari would make President Jonathan, who heads the People's Democratic Party, the first incumbent to lose an election in Nigeria.

More than 800 people were killed in violence that followed a previous election in 2011 between the two men.  

Election monitors have expressed concern over voter irregularities.   Hannah Roberts is deputy chief observer for the European Union. 


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Russia's Putin might attend UN General Assembly

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Russian President Vladimir Putin may speak at the opening of the 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York in September this year.  According to the Kremlin's spokesman the details are being considered. Julia Lyubova has more.



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