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Entries from Shanghaiist tagged with 'benazirbhutto'

January 5, 2008

No, she hasn't been reincarnated, but yes, she's back, and this time as a virus! Reports are out that hackers have pounced on the news of Benazir Bhutto's assassination and within twelve hours of her death, viruses and malicious scripts appeared on the internet preying on surfers interested in additional information surrounding Bhutto's death. Well, guess who's responsible for the attack! CNet China has the details:据专家分析,由病毒的编写手法、来源网站、木马植入方式、病毒的危害对象等来看,此带毒网站可能与中国黑客有关。但是,由于在搜索引擎上搜索布托夫人英文名字的主要是国外人士,并且该网站在百度等国内搜索引擎的排名并不高,因此对中国用户的危害相应较弱。 Analysts have looked into the way the viruses are......

Continue Reading "Watch out for the Benazir Bhutto virus!"

December 29, 2007

UPDATE: New videos added after the jump The Chinese government has sent its message of condolence to Pakistan over the assassination and death of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto two weeks before its national elections. Shortly after a rally, Bhutto was shot in the neck and chest by her attacker, who then blew himself up. While we are by no means a blog on Pakistan politics, we felt the need for a moment of remembrance......

Continue Reading "Rest in Peace Benazir Bhutto"

November 14, 2007

Yen Falls as BOJ's Fukui Says No Preset Time for Rate Increase [Bloomberg] The yen fell against all 16 of the most-active currencies as Bank of Japan Governor Toshihiko Fukui said there was no set time for raising interest rates.Survey shows Singapore is Asia's most desirable city to live in [Channel News Asia] According to the latest Country Brand Index, Singapore is the top Asian city to live in. It was also ranked third globally......

Continue Reading "Around Asia: The 'most flexible' man, child sex and Asia's most desirable city"

October 10, 2007

.asia domain names approved [BetaNews] But don't start rushing for the domain names yet as registration will not begin for another six to nine months. As usual, trademark holders will first be awarded rights to domain names. India's success to help halve world poverty [Hindustan Times] Spectacular poverty-cutting gains made by India will help the United Nations meet its goal of halving world poverty by 2015, said Kishore Mabhubhani, a renowned Singaporean public policy specialist......

Continue Reading "Around Asia: Heart transplants, the Pakistani election and .asia domain names"

July 26, 2007

Kabul, Afghanistan - Taliban militia kidnap 23 South Korean Christians Taliban gunmen have threatened to kill a group of 23 South Korean Christians on a relief mission unless Seoul pulls out its 200 troops from Afghanistan. Already, the pastor of the group has been shot and tossed on the highway to Kandahar. Latest news from the AP suggest some of the hostages have been released. Reverend Park Eun-jo of the Saemmul Presbyterian Church has apologized......

Continue Reading "Around Asia: Islamism in Asia, female politicians and maid executions"

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