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Tin price unchanged Posted: 18 Feb 2014 07:10 PM PST [unable to retrieve full-text content]On the Kuala Lumpur Tin Market, business was done today at US$23,100 per tonne (ex-smelter), unchnaged from yesterday, on a turnover of 35 tonnes.-- Bernama

MAS said to weigh 100-plane order Posted: 18 Feb 2014 07:15 PM PST [unable to retrieve full-text content]Malaysian Airline System Bhd plans to order as many as 100 planes, a person familiar with the matter said, as the carrier seeks new aircraft to fend off competition that contributed to three straight annual losses. The state-run company is looking at a range of short-haul and long-haul models from both Airbus Group NV and Boeing Co, said the person, who asked not to be identified because the information is private. A decision on the purchase may be taken by the end of first half of this year, the person said. Malaysian Air seeks to start taking deliveries of the new planes from late 2016 or early 2017, the person said yesterday, as it works to upgrade its fleet over the next decade. The carrier needs new fuel-efficient jets to cut costs amid rising competition from discount airlines such as AirAsia Bhd, which have ordered hundreds of planes to tap Asia's rising travel. "Malaysian Air is playing catch-up with other airlines," Mohshin Aziz, an analyst at Kuala Lumpur-based Maybank Investment Bank Bhd, said in a telephone interview. "It's the right thing to do given the competition in the industry." Najmuddin Abdullah, a spokesman for Malaysian Air, didn't answer a call made to his mobile phone today. He didn't respond to an e-mail sent yesterday. Shares of Malaysian Air dropped 4.8 per cent to 29.5 sen as of 9.16am in Kuala Lumpur trading, underperforming the benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI Index, which decreased 0.1 per cent to 1,823.28. About 15 low-fare carriers started flying in Asia-Pacific over the past decade as the region's increasing urbanization and growing middle class fuel a surge in travel. Asia's growth contrasts with the mature markets of the US and Europe, where over-capacity has led to a consolidation. AirAsia, the region's biggest discount carrier, already has about 140 A320 planes in operation plus 335 on order. Indonesia's PT Lion Mentari Airlines has a 105-strong fleet and a mammoth 650 Airbus and Boeing narrow-bodies yet to come. VietJet Aviation Joint Stock Co, Vietnam's only privately owned airline, last week signed an order for 100 Airbus planes. Close to half the world's air traffic growth will involve Asian routes over the next 20 years, Boeing marketing chief Randy Tinseth has said, with carriers from the region acquiring 12,820 more aircraft, or 36 percent of the global total. Competitor Airbus puts the figure at 11,000 planes.-- Bloomberg

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Former US congressman arrested in Zimbabwe - USA TODAY Posted: 18 Feb 2014 08:21 AM PST Ray Faure and Gillian Gotora, Associated Press 10:24 a.m. EST February 18, 2014 Former U.S. Rep. Melvin Reynolds announces on Nov. 28, 2012, that he's running for the 2nd District seat vacated by Jesse Jackson Jr.(Photo: M. Spencer Green, AP) Story Highlights It is illegal in Zimbabwe to possess any material of a sexual nature Reynolds allegedly brought models and other women to his hotel room where he took photos and videos This is the latest of several legal problems for Reynolds HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Melvin Jay Reynolds has been arrested in Zimbabwe on suspicion of possessing pornography and an immigration offence. Reynolds is being held in custody and is expected to appear in court soon, immigration official Ario Mabika told The Associated Press. Reynolds, 62, was arrested Monday by police detectives and immigration officials at a Harare hotel, according to the state-controlled newspaper, The Herald. He brought several Zimbabwean models and other women to his hotel room where he took photographs and videos, the newspaper reported. As Reynolds was being escorted to a government vehicle he demanded that officials give him his mobile phone and laptop computer, according to The Herald, whose reporter arrived at the hotel as the arrest was taking place. Reynolds complained that he was not expecting such treatment when he had brought investors to the country, according to the newspaper. He said he had been to Zimbabwe 17 times and had called for U.S. sanctions to be dropped against President Robert Mugabe and his top associates. This is the latest of several legal problems for Reynolds, an Illinois Democrat, who once was a Rhodes scholar. Reynolds resigned from his congressional seat in 1995 after he was convicted of 12 counts of statutory rape, obstruction of justice and solicitation of child pornography. While in prison he was also convicted of bank and campaign fraud. He was in jail until his sentence was commuted by President Bill Clinton in Jan. 2001. Regarding Reynolds' new arrest in Zimbabwe, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Embassy, Karen Kelley, said the embassy could not comment as it was a private matter and the embassy did not did not have a privacy waiver. Reynolds also has accumulated hotel bills worth $24,500 which he has not yet paid, reported The Herald. Reynolds could face up to two years' imprisonment or a hefty fine if found guilty of possessing pornographic material and deportation for breaching Zimbabwean immigration laws. It is illegal in Zimbabwe to possess any material of a sexual nature. Before his arrest, Reynolds had gained prominence in Zimbabwe for being involved in attracting investment for the $145 million construction of a Hilton Hotel and office complex in Harare, reported The Herald. Construction is expected to begin in April and be finished in last 2016, said the newspaper. "He toured the construction site back then in the company of government ministers Walter Mzembi, Webster Shamu and Ignatius Chombo, and businessman Mr Farai Jere," according to the paper. At one time Reynolds was considered a rising star in the Democratic party. A Harvard graduate, Reynolds unseated U.S. Rep. Gus Savage in 1992, two years after a House ethics committee determined that during an official trip to Africa Savage had made improper sexual advances to a female Peace Corps volunteer. But then Reynolds was convicted in his own sex case and sent to prison in 1995. Later, while still behind bars, he was convicted of fraud for concealing debts to obtain bank loans and diverting money intended for voter registration drives into his election campaign. In 2001, President Bill Clinton commuted the sentence for bank fraud and Reynolds served his remaining time in a halfway house. Reynolds's arrest comes a little more than 14 months after he tried to resurrect his political career, running for the congressional seat vacated by Jesse Jackson Jr., who resigned from office and pleaded guilty to misusing campaign funds on personal items. Jackson is now serving a 2 1/2 year prison term. Reynolds was never really considered a serious candidate and that run ended in defeat, as did a 2004 run when in the Democratic primary he received just 6 percent of the vote. Announcing his run in late 2012 Reynolds, who said he had his own consulting firm and some business in Africa, campaigned with posters that proclaimed "Redemption." ___ AP writer Don Babwin contributed to this report from Chicago. Copyright 2014 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Deadly Clashes Flare Anew in Kiev - Wall Street Journal Posted: 18 Feb 2014 09:12 AM PST Updated Feb. 18, 2014 11:07 a.m. ET KIEV, Ukraine—Weeks of stalemated talks between the government and westward-leaning protesters ended with an outburst of violence in the capital of Kiev on Tuesday, killing at least three people and prompting a warning from the government that it might take "tough" but unspecified measures to end the disorder. Protesters hurled broken bricks and Molotov cocktails at police guarding Ukraine's parliament, who responded with stun grenades and rubber bullets. There were unconfirmed reports of shootings, and small arms were visible among some protesters. Three protesters were killed in the violence, the medical unit for the opposition reported. Ukraine's emergency services confirmed at least one dead in a building of the pro-presidential party that was attacked by government critics. As protesters lit fires and threw up new barricades in the capital, Ukraine's security services issued a statement that "extremists from the opposition have crossed the limit—people have been killed on the streets of the capital of Ukraine." The statement, signed by the head of Ukraine's security service and interior ministry, said the government would use "all legal means" at its disposal. The statement didn't specify what kind of action the government may take, but the government appeared to be taking steps to seal off the center of Kiev, where thousands of protesters have encamped behind barricades and set up a tent city. Kiev's metro system was shut down Tuesday afternoon and there were unconfirmed reports from opposition officials that police were also sealing off roads leading to the capital. Critics of the government are demanding that parliament enact changes to the constitution that would weaken the powers of President Viktor Yanukovych, but it has so far failed to schedule debate on the matter. The violence Tuesday broke an uneasy truce of several weeks. Tension had eased in recent days after authorities offered an amnesty for many demonstrators, and protesters had partially opened a street and left government buildings in Kiev and regional capitals. Protests began in Kiev late last year when Mr. Yanukovych shelved an integration pact with the European Union, instead sealing a $15 billion bailout from Russia. Demonstrators have occupied Kiev's central square and some nearby buildings for over two months, manning barricades on surrounding roads. Russia said Monday it was ready to resume aid and buy $2 billion of Ukraine's Eurobonds by the end of this week. The Kremlin suspended the bailout last month after Mr. Yanukovych fired his pro-Russian prime minister, saying it would wait for a new government to be formed. The opposition has said it is ready to form a government supported by Western loans to carry out an economic overhaul. Mr. Yanukovych has offered the prime minister's post to opposition leader Arseniy Yatsenyuk, but he refused as the post has limited powers. Parliamentary speaker Volodymyr Rybak, an ally of Mr. Yanukovych, said he "hopes that issues related to constitutional changes can be considered on Feb. 20." He said all constitution-related proposals need to go through committee hearings on Wednesday, before they come up for a debate in Ukraine's parliament, known as the Rada. U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey Pyatt expressed concern about the first violence in three weeks in Kiev. "After weekend progress in Kyiv, sorry to see renewed violence. Politics needs to happen in the Rada, not on the street," he wrote on his Twitter TWTR +1.31% Twitter Inc. U.S.: NYSE $58.19 +0.75 +1.31% Feb. 18, 2014 12:28 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 6.60M P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap $31.89 Billion Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee $332,445 02/13/14 Twitter Employees' First Oppor... 02/11/14 Corrections & Amplifications 02/10/14 Twitter's Big Battle Is Indiff... More quote details and news » account, using an alternative spelling for Ukraine's capital. Write to Alan Cullison at alan.cullison@wsj.com

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Gold down 17 sen Posted: 17 Feb 2014 06:23 PM PST [unable to retrieve full-text content]The physical price of gold as at 9.30am stood at RM135.52 per gramme, down 17 sen from RM135.69 at 5pm yesterday.-- Bernama

Short-term rates to remain stable Posted: 17 Feb 2014 06:27 PM PST Short-term interbank rates are expected to remain stable today on Bank Negara Malaysia's intervention to absorb excess liquidity from the financial system. The central bank estimated today's liquidity at RM25.680 billion in the conventional system and RM4.549 billion in Islamic funds. Bank Negara will conduct a Al-Wadiah tenders of RM2.1 billion for two to 45 days, as well as a Commodity Murabahah Programme of RM300 million for 28 days. It will also call for a repo tender of RM200 million for 120 days. The central bank will also call for four conventional money market tenders comprising RM2.0 billion for three days, RM1.5 billion for 28 days and RM1.0 billion each for seven days and 14 days, respectively. At 4pm, Bank Negara will conduct an up to RM20.0 billion in conventional overnight tender and a RM2.5 billion Al-Wadiah overnight tender.-- Bernama

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Co-pilot who hijacked Ethiopian plane threatened to crash it, passenger says - Fox News Posted: 17 Feb 2014 08:48 AM PST A passenger onboard an Ethiopian Airlines jet that was hijacked by a co-pilot – who guided the plane to Geneva instead of Rome – said the co-pilot threatened to crash the plane if the pilot kept trying to get back into the cockpit. The Italian news agency ANSA quoted passenger Francesco Cuomo as saying the pilot was demanding that the hijacker open the door and tried to break it down without success. Cuomo, 25, was quoted as saying the hijacker, speaking in poor English on a loudspeaker, threatened to crash the plane in response and then the oxygen masks came down. The hijacker surrendered to police after landing in Switzerland and all passengers were safe. Police escorted the plane's passengers out one by one, their hands over their heads, from the taxied plane to waiting vehicles. Urs Holderegger, a spokesman for the Swiss Federal Office of Civil Aviation, confirmed that the plane landed in Geneva at approximately 6:05 a.m. local time Monday. At a press conference, Geneva police said that the co-pilot had surrendered to police and requested asylum in Switzerland. Geneva airport chief executive Robert Deillon told reporters that the co-pilot was an Ethiopian man born in 1983, while Ethiopia's communications minister, Redwan Hussein, identified him as Hailemedhin Abera. When the plane landed, police said the co-pilot used rope to exit through the cockpit window. It wasn't immediately clear why the co-pilot wanted asylum. It also was unclear why he chose Switzerland which, unlike Italy, isn't a member of the 28-nation European Union and where voters recently demanded curbs on immigration. Geneva prosecutor Olivier Jornot said Swiss federal authorities were investigating the hijacking and would press charges that could carry a prison sentence of up to 20 years. The Geneva airport was briefly closed while authorities investigated the plane, but departures and arrivals have since resumed. The plane first sent a distress message while flying over Sudan's airspace en route to Europe, according to Hussein. "From Sudan all the way to Switzerland, the co-pilot took control of the plane," he said. Two Italian fighter jets then were scrambled to accompany the plane. Redwan said Abera worked for Ethiopian Airlines for five years. He said Ethiopia will ask for his extradition. "His action represents a gross betrayal of trust that needlessly endangered the lives of the very passengers that a pilot is morally and professionally obliged to safeguard," Redwan said. Passengers on the plane — 139 Italians, 11 Americans, 10 Ethiopians, five Nigerians and four French citizens, among others — were unaware at the time that it had been hijacked, officials said. Redwan said the plane was carrying 200 people including seven crew. Swiss authorities at first thought the Ethiopian plane just wanted to land in Geneva for an emergency refueling before realizing it was being hijacked, Geneva police spokesman Eric Grandjean said. Jornot said the hijacker's chances of winning asylum were slim. "Technically there is no connection between asylum and the fact he committed a crime to come here," he said. "But I think his chances are not very high." Both Italy and Switzerland, however, do not extradite those who may face the death penalty at home. This is at least the second attempted hijacking in the past month. On February 7, a Ukrainian man attempted to hijack a Turkish passenger plane and fly it to Sochi, site of the Winter Olympics. The pilot instead flew the plane to Istanbul, and the man was taken into custody. Ethiopian Airlines is owned by Ethiopia's government, which has faced persistent criticism over its rights record and alleged intolerance for political dissent. Human Rights Watch says Ethiopia's human rights record "has sharply deteriorated" over the years. The rights group says authorities severely restrict basic rights of freedom of expression, association, and assembly. The government has been accused of targeting journalists, and opposition members, as well as the country's minority Muslim community. There have been numerous hijackings by Ethiopians, mostly fleeing unrest in the East African nation or avoiding return. An Ethiopian man smuggled a pistol onto a plane and hijacked a Lufthansa flight going from Frankfurt to Addis Ababa in 1993. He demanded it be flown to the U.S. because he was denied a visa. In 1996 a flight from Ethiopia to Ivory Coast via Kenya was seized by hijackers who then demanded to be flown to Australia. That flight ran out fuel and crashed off the island nation of Comoros, killing 125 people, according to the Aviation Safety Network. In 2002 two passengers armed with small knives and an explosive device attempted to hijack a domestic flight but were shot and killed by in-flight security, the Aviation Safety Network reported. The Associated Press contributed to this report.

UN's North Korea report: Main findings - BBC News Posted: 17 Feb 2014 08:39 AM PST 17 February 2014 Last updated at 11:11 ET A United Nations panel has accused North Korea of crimes against humanity, including systematic extermination, torture, rape, forced abortions and starvation. It is recommending prosecution of the country's top leaders by the International Criminal Court. Below are extracts from the report, outlining its main findings. Violations of freedom of thought, expression and religion The commission finds that there is an almost complete denial of the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion, as well as of the rights to freedom of opinion, expression, information and association. The state operates an all-encompassing indoctrination machine that takes root from childhood to propagate an official personality cult and to manufacture absolute obedience to the Supreme Leader, Kim Jong-un. Virtually all social activities undertaken by citizens of all ages are controlled by the Workers' Party of Korea. The state is able to dictate the daily lives of citizens through the associations run and overseen by the party. Citizens are obliged to be members of these associations. People are denied the right to have access to information from independent sources: state-controlled media are the only permitted source of information in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Discrimination It is a rigidly stratified society with entrenched patterns of discrimination... Discrimination is rooted in the songbun system, which classifies people on the basis of state-assigned social class and birth, and also includes consideration of political opinions and religion. Songbun intersects with gender-based discrimination, which is equally pervasive. The songbun system used to be the most important factor in determining where individuals were allowed to live; what sort of accommodation they had; what occupations they were assigned to; whether they were effectively able to attend school, in particular university; how much food they received; and even whom they might marry. This traditional discrimination under the songbun system was recently complicated by increasing marketisation in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and by the influence of money, including foreign currency, on people's ability to have greater access to their economic, social and cultural rights. Violations of the freedom of movement and residence The systems of indoctrination and discrimination on the basis of social class are reinforced and safeguarded by a policy of isolating citizens from contact with each other and with the outside world, violating all aspects of the right to freedom of movement. The state decides where citizens must live and work, violating their freedom of choice... This has created a socioeconomically and physically segregated society, where people considered politically loyal to the leadership can live and work in favourable locations, whereas families of persons who are considered politically suspect are relegated to marginalised areas. The state imposes a virtually absolute ban on ordinary citizens travelling abroad, thereby violating their human right to leave the country. Violations of the right to food and related aspects of the right to life The state has used food as a means of control over the population. It has prioritised those whom the authorities believe to be crucial to maintaining the regime over those deemed expendable. The state has practised discrimination with regard to access to and distribution of food based on the songbun system. In addition, it privileges certain parts of the country, such as Pyongyang, over others. Even during the worst period of mass starvation, the state impeded the delivery of food aid by imposing conditions that were not based on humanitarian considerations. While acknowledging the impact of factors beyond state control over the food situation, the commission finds that decisions, actions and omissions by the state and its leadership caused the death of at least hundreds of thousands of people and inflicted permanent physical and psychological injuries on those who survived. While conditions have changed since the 1990s, hunger and malnutrition continue to be widespread. Deaths from starvation continue to be reported. Arbitrary detention, torture, executions and prison camps The police and security forces of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea systematically employ violence and punishments that amount to gross human rights violations in order to create a climate of fear that pre-empts any challenge to the current system of government and to the ideology underpinning it. The institutions and officials involved are not held accountable. Impunity reigns. The use of torture is an established feature of the interrogation process in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, especially in cases involving political crimes. Persons who are found to have engaged in major political crimes are "disappeared", without trial or judicial order, to political prison camps (kwanliso). In the political prison camps of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the inmate population has been gradually eliminated through deliberate starvation, forced labour, executions, torture, rape and the denial of reproductive rights enforced through punishment, forced abortion and infanticide. The commission estimates that hundreds of thousands of political prisoners have perished in these camps over the past five decades. As a matter of state policy, the authorities carry out executions, with or without trial, publicly or secretly, in response to political and other crimes that are often not among the most serious crimes. Abductions and enforced disappearances from other countries Since 1950, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea has engaged in the systematic abduction, denial of repatriation and subsequent enforced disappearance of persons from other countries on a large scale and as a matter of state policy. The Democratic People's Republic of Korea used its land, naval and intelligence forces to conduct abductions and arrests. Family members abroad and foreign states wishing to exercise their right to provide diplomatic protection have been consistently denied information necessary to establish the fate and whereabouts of the victims. Family members of the disappeared have been subjected to torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment. They have been denied the right to effective remedies for human rights violations, including the right to the truth. Parents and disappeared children have been denied the right to family life.

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Mistrial Declared on Murder Charge in Loud-Music Trial Jurors - NBCNews.com Posted: 16 Feb 2014 07:46 AM PST Jurors on Saturday found a white Florida man guilty of three counts of attempted murder and one other charge for the fatal shooting of a black teenager over loud music, but a mistrial was declared on the most-serious charge against the defendant — first-degree murder. After deliberating for more than 30 hours over four days, the jury convicted Michael Dunn, 47, of three counts of attempted murder in the second degree and one count of firing a deadly missile into an occupied vehicle, but deadlocked on the first-degree murder charge, prompting the judge in the case to declare a mistrial on that charge. Florida State Attorney Angela Corey indicated she would seek a retrial on that count. Sentencing on the other charges was set for March 24. Dunn still faces at least 60 years in prison on the lesser counts. He could face a sentence of life in prison if he was convicted on the first-degree murder charge on retrial. Dunn argued he was acting in self-defense when he shot at an SUV 10 times while parked next to four teens at a Jacksonville, Fla., gas station in November 2012 after an argument about loud rap music emanating from the vehicle. The shots killed Jordan Davis, 17, of Marietta, Ga. Dunn showed no emotion as the verdicts were read. Davis' parents left the courtroom in tears. But Dunn's attorney, Cory Strolla, said later that his client was stunned by the results. "He basically said, 'How is this happening?'" he said. "It has not settled in." "It's been a long, long road and we're so very happy to have just a little bit of closure,'' Davis' mother, Lucy McBath, told reporters later. "It's sad for Mr. Dunn that he will live the rest of his life in that sense of torment. I will pray for him. I will ask my family to pray for him. But we are so grateful for the charges that have been brought against him, we are so grateful for the truth, we are so grateful that the jurors were able to understand the common sense of it all.'' On Dunn's potentially lengthy sentence, Davis' father, Ron Davis, said: "He's going to learn that he must be remorseful for the killing of my son, that it was not just another day at the office." The case has been compared to that of George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer who was acquitted of murder in the shooting death of unarmed black teen Trayvon Martin in Florida. Like the Zimmerman trial, the case has drawn international attention due to racial overtones and its connection to gun and self-defense laws. Bob Mack Small memorials to Jordan Davis are planted outside the courthouse in Jacksonville, Fla., on Tuesday. The signs were quickly removed. Judge Russell Healey sent the jurors back to continue deliberations earlier Saturday when they indicated a deadlock on the murder charge, saying he wanted them to return to the jury room and express the weakness of each of their arguments. The sequestered jury of eight whites, two blacks, one Asian and one Hispanic also had asked the judge on if they could rule whether self-defense was applicable to any of the five counts individually. Healey answered that "self-defense or justifiable use of deadly force applies separately for each count." "Each count has to, by law, be considered separately," Healey said, adding that he realized, "It's not easy to compartmentalize these things." NBC legal expert and former U.S. Attorney Kendall Coffey said the jury's question showed they were divided about whether Dunn's claim of self-defense justifies his shots at the other three teens. Some jurors might feel Dunn assumed Davis presented danger, but the other three individuals in the car did not, Coffey added. Bob Mack Judge Russell Healey explains his answers to three related jury questions to defense attorney Cory Strolla, center, and defendant Michael Dunn, right, before bringing the jury into the courtroom on Saturday in Jacksonville, Fla. Dunn, a software engineer who has a concealed weapons permit and no prior convictions, was waiting in his car while his fiancée was buying snacks inside the gas station convenience store when he got into a verbal fight with Davis and his friends over the volume of their music. While testifying in his own defense on Tuesday, Dunn said that he started shooting because he felt threatened when he thought he saw the barrel of a gun emerge from the back window as Davis allegedly started getting out of the Dodge Durango. Police said they didn't find a weapon in the SUV the teens were in, and prosecutors said Davis — who had no police record — never exhibited a physical threat. Prosecutors also said forensic evidence proved that Davis never left the SUV. Still, defense lawyer Cory Strolla argued Wednesday that Dunn "had every reason to stand his ground," using language pointing to a controversial self-defense law allowing people to use deadly force in lieu of retreating if they feel endangered by another person. But Assistant State Attorney Erin Wolfson said, "This defendant does not get to claim self-defense." "This defendant may have forever silenced Jordan Davis, but he cannot silence the truth," Wolfson added. Davis' 19th birthday would have been Sunday. NBC News' Elizabeth Chuck and Reuters contributed to this report. First published February 15 2014, 10:50 AM

Tony Abbott: Spy Intelligence Was Not Used 'To The Detriment Of Other Countries' - Business Insider Australia Posted: 15 Feb 2014 09:47 PM PST Prime Minister Tony Abbott has denied the government has ever used intelligence "to the detriment" of other countries, following reports Australian spies shared intelligence about trade negotiations with their US counterparts. While Abbott said he could not comment on "operational intelligence matters", he did say Australia did not use intelligence "to the detriment of other countries" or for "commercial purposes". He told reporters, while in Bourke visiting drought affected regions, "We use it for the benefit of our friends. We use it to uphold our values. We use it to protect our citizens and the citizens of other countries." Tension between the Australian and Indonesian governments is expected to heighten after documents, obtained by former US NSA analyst Edward Snowden, were today published in The New York Times and revealed Australia had been involved in spying activities and intelligence-sharing with the US. Opposition leader Bill Shorten has criticised Abbott for the worsening of the countries' relationship. "I am concerned that in the course of five-and-a-half months Tony Abbott's taken our relationship with Indonesia from hero to zero," he said. Now Read: REPORT: Australian Spies Hold 1.8 Million 'Master Keys' For Private Communications In Indonesia Follow Business Insider Australia on Facebook and Twitter

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Hockey: US tops Russia in OT thriller - CNN Posted: 15 Feb 2014 08:42 AM PST STORY HIGHLIGHTS Team USA beats Russia in a thrilling game The U.S. won in a shootout The loss does not knock Russia from contention (CNN) -- In a heart-pounding finish, Team USA punched a victory Saturday against Russia, in what is one of the hockey world's greatest rivalries. Tied 2-2 at the end of regulation, the game went into a shootout, where American T.J. Oshie scored four times on six tries to ensure a U.S. victory. The finish was dramatic and the victory clutch, but it was also controversial. The Russians scored what appeared to be a game-winning goal in the third period, but it was disallowed because the net had moved from where it was supposed to be. The U.S.-Russia match-up was one of the most anticipated matches at the Sochi winter games. Both hockey giants stepped onto the ice with 1-0 records in the tournament and are contenders for the gold. While the game had a thrilling conclusion, the loss does not push Russia out of contention. The shootout performance by Oshie, who plays professionally for the National Hockey League's St. Louis Blues, made it look like he had nerves of steel, but that's not the whole story. "My hands are a little tingling, my feet are tingling," Oshie said after the game. "It was pretty nerve-racking out there. We knew it would take 65 minutes and then some [to win]." When the game was on the line, the United States put the match in his hands. "I did [feel pressure] a little bit, but then the puck hits your stick and you start skating," he said. "It's just you and the goalie. I was fortunate enough to keep him guessing." The Russian goalie whom he kept guessing was Sergei Bobrovsky, who also plays in the NHL for the Columbus Blue Jackets. "Obviously I'm very disappointed. It was a shootout; we wanted more. It is heartbreaking," Bobrovsky said. Oshie also complimented USA goalie Jonathan Quick., who plays for the Los Angeles Kings. The atmosphere inside the Bolshoy Ice Dome was intense. A report by NHL.com described the sounds of air horns blasting through the arena in what was mostly a pro-Russian crowd. Russian flags and chants of "Russ-ee-ya" echoed throughout, according to the report. Russian President Vladimir Putin was in attendance. "It was loud, crazy, a circus-like environment," NHL.com reported. "It was the Olympics at their finest." The victory gives Team USA a chance to win Group A and earn a bye into the quarterfinals. It's been 34 years since the United States performed its "Miracle on Ice" against Russia at Lake Placid, and match-ups between the two always carry an exciting air around them. "Everything is OK, nothing terrible has happened," Russian forward and former NHL'er llya Kovalchuk said. "We played good and showed our character by equalizing the game at the end and now we will be getting ready for the future." Russia's two goals in regulation were scored by Pavel Datsyuk, who plays for the Detroit Red Wings. After the Russian goal had been disallowed following a video review, the United States nearly won the game on a shot by Patrick Kane who got loose on a breakaway, but the Russian goalie blocked the shot. In international rules, during a shootout, a team is allowed to use the same shooter after the first three rounds. Oshie took and scored on the United States' first round. The Americans would be stopped by the Russians in the next two rounds, at which point U.S. coach Dan Bylsma decided to stick with Oshie. The performance lifted Oshie to hero status on social media. "T.J. Oshie put his country on his back! Unreal," one Twitter post said. 0 Comments » SHARE THIS Print Email More sharing

Brahimi: UN peace talks 'not good for Syria' - BBC News Posted: 15 Feb 2014 08:52 AM PST Media playback is unsupported on your device Brahimi: UN peace talks 'not good for Syria' 15 February 2014 Last updated at 16:51 GMT The UN mediator Lakhdar Brahimi has apologised to the Syrian people after peace talks in Geneva ended without making progress. He had held final discussions with both sides in Geneva in a last-ditch bid to break the stalemate between the Syrian government and opposition. Mr Brahimi said a key sticking point was the government's refusal to talk about a transitional governing body. No date has been set for a third round of talks.

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Athletics-Pistorius talks of sorrow a year after Steenkamp shooting - Reuters Posted: 14 Feb 2014 09:18 AM PST Feb 14 (Reuters) - South African Olympic and Paralympic track star Oscar Pistorius on Friday broke his months-long silence about the shooting of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, calling her death at his hands a year ago a "devastating accident". Pistorius, who goes on trial on March 3, says he shot Steenkamp after mistaking her for an intruder at his high-security home last Valentine's Day. State lawyers say he killed her in cold blood. "No words can adequately capture my feelings about the devastating accident that has caused such heartache for everyone who truly loved, and continues to love, Reeva," Pistorius said in a brief statement posted on his website. "The loss of Reeva and the complete trauma of that day, I will carry with me for the rest of my life," said the athlete, who is on bail but could face life in prison if convicted. The 27-year-old double-amputee, known as "Blade Runner" for the prostheses he wears in competition, was one of South Africa's most revered sportsmen but his shooting of Steenkamp has divided national opinion on whether it was premeditated. It has also highlighted South Africa's high rate of violent attacks on women, including rape, which rights groups say are often perpetrated by partners or other people known to them. On Friday, the women's league of the ruling ANC party led a march in the capital Pretoria to commemorate Steenkamp's death, with many participants holding up posters denouncing violence against women. "Pistorius must rot in jail," one poster read. In a statement, the league said its march was intended to make communities aware of the "barbaric conduct against women and children" in the country. Private news channel eNCA ran an anniversary documentary in which Steenkamp's friends and family recounted how the law graduate turned model was vocal about such issues. Police say 107 witnesses are expected to testify for the prosecution in Pistorius's trial. The state's case is that he intended to kill Steenkamp when he shot her in the head, arm and hip. Last October, prosecutors said the Paralympic medallist, who also competed in the 2012 Olympics, would face two additional gun-related charges related to prior incidents in which he allegedly fired a gun in a public space. (Additional reporting by Dinky Mkhize; Editing by Janet Lawrence)

Billionaire who compared the Occupy protests to 'Kristallnacht' now thinks that ... - Daily Mail Posted: 14 Feb 2014 08:45 AM PST Tom Perkins, 81, said that those who pay more taxes should be entitled to have more say in how the government is run Gained notoriety for an op ed where he compared the 'progressive war on the one per cent' to the persecution of Jews in Nazi Germany Said the smashing of banks windows during the Occupy protests was similar to the coordinated attacks on Jewish businesses in 1938 The retired venture capitalist is worth $8billion By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 11:40 EST, 14 February 2014 | UPDATED: 11:45 EST, 14 February 2014 0 View comments A billionaire venture capitalist has made the controversial suggestion that people like him should be entitled to more votes while others shouldn't be allowed to have a say at all. Tom Perkins, whose personal net worth is believed to be around $8billion, has suggested that only American taxpayers should be allowed to vote in the U.S. and that those who pay more in taxes should be allotted more votes. 'The Tom Perkins system is: You don't get to vote unless you pay a dollar of taxes,' he said at an event in San Francisco on Thursday. Speaking his mind: Tom Perkins said that the rich deserve more voting rights than those who do not pay taxes Unrealistic: Perkins admitted that even he did not see it as a feasible plan, opting to provoke instead of propose 'But what I really think is, it should be like a corporation. You pay a million dollars in taxes, you get a million votes. How's that?' Mr Perkins admitted that even he did not see it as a feasible plan, opting to provoke instead of propose. 'I intended to be outrageous, and it was,' he said after his time on the stage was over, according to CNN Money. The latest suggestion is far from his first outrageous comment, as he gained infamy last month following an op-ed letter where he compared the Occupy protests to Kristallnacht- the series of coordinated attacks on Jewish businesses at the beginning of the Holocaust.  Perkins, 81, sparked criticism when he likened the Nazi party's war on Jews to what he called 'the progressive war on the American one per cent, namely the 'rich',' in a letter published Saturday in the Wall Street Journal. 'Kristallnacht was unthinkable in 1930,' he wrote, referring to the 1938 attack on Jews in Nazi Germany and Austria. 'Is its descendent 'progressive' radicalism unthinkable now?' Perkins has since apologized for the analogy, but did not distance himself from the point he was trying to make. In danger: The 'creative one per cent' says Perkins, is being threatened by raising taxes Comparisons: Mr Perkins referenced the Kristallnacht attacks on Jews in Germany in 1938 'I deeply apologize to you and anyone who has mistaken my reference to Kristallnacht as a sign of overt or latent anti-Semitism,' he said in an interview Monday on Bloomberg Television. 'This is not the case.' He reiterated his belief in the danger of discriminating against the richest Americans, whom he said were also the nation's leading job creators. 'Maybe you have to put up with a little techno-geek arrogance to get the results of those folks' thinking,' he said in response to questions about whether San Francisco's technology elite lived in a bubble. At the Thursday event, called Inforum held at San Francisco's Commonwealth Club, Perkins spoke more specifically about how the tendancy to look towards the rich could radically change the country's economic structure. 'The fear is wealth tax, higher taxes, higher death taxes -- just more taxes until there is no more 1%. And that that will creep down to the 5% and then the 10%,' he said. Protests: Mr Perkins also discusses the protests in San Francisco against Google buses and tech workers driving up the area's cost of living Lately, resentment toward that group has led to protests. The firm Perkins co-founded, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, tweeted that 'Tom Perkins has not been involved in KPCB in years. We were shocked by his views expressed today in the WSJ and do not agree.' 'They chose to throw me under the bus,' Perkins said on Monday about the firm, which has gone through a few years of lackluster returns and is battling a former partner in a gender-discrimination and retaliation lawsuit. 'As I've distanced myself form the firm, there's been a corresponding decline,' he said. Perkins, now retired, backed companies including Genentech and Tandem Computers, and his firm has backed Amazon.com Inc, Google Inc and others.

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