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Abu Dhabi Whispers: German Pols And Lobbyists Make Overtures To The Kremlin

Former German government ministers and lobbyists have been meeting Putin associates in the Gulf, preparing reciprocal visits that could undermine Berlin’s official Russia policy.

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Secret Abortion In The Arab World: A Lebanese Woman Shares Her Story

In Lebanon, as in many countries in the Arab world, abortion is criminalized, leaving women with few safe options to end a pregnancy. In the Beirut-based independent digital media Daraj, Nour, 20, shares her story of learning she was pregnant out of wedlock and seeking a secret medical abortion.

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Extra! Stern Magazine: Germans Don’t Trust Google

Stern, May 28, 2015 The relationship between Germany and Google continues to deteriorate, the German weekly Stern says in this week’s edition, with the cover headline: “The Secret World of Google.” According to a survey the magazine commissioned, only 26% of Germans deem the U.S. search engine “trustworthy,” while 78% consider it “omnipresent” and 38% […]

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What Your Passwords Say About Your Psychology

PARIS — On the other end of the line, the voice of the person from the IT maintenance service grows insistent. “Miss, I really need your password to unlock your computer.” You blush by yourself, try to be as inconspicuous as possible in the open office before whispering in the receiver: “lapinou69” (“bunny69”). A chuckle […]

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Geopolitics

Australian Spy HQ Allegedly Compromised By Chinese Hackers

REUTERS, BBC NEWS (UK), SBS, ABC (Australia) Worldcrunch CANBERRA – Australia’s Foreign Ministry said Tuesday that Chinese Hackers allegedly stole the digital blueprints of a $630 million spy agency headquarters, according to an ABC report. The news comes on the heels of the US reporting that classified military designs were compromised by Chinese hackers on […]

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Mussolini’s Last And “Most Secret” Bunker Found Below His Rome HQ

LA STAMPA (Italy) Worldcrunch ROME– Workers restoring Rome’s historic Palazzo Venezia have discovered what they are calling Benito Mussolini’s 12th and most secret bunker, reports La Stampa. There are no records or mentions of this bunker, which was abandoned and left incomplete. City superintendent Anna Imponente and architect Carlo Serafini made the discovery after they […]

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Chinese Military Linked To Cyber Espionage On US Firms

MANDIANT, NEW YORK TIMES, CNN (USA) Worldcrunch An American cybersecurity firm has linked more than 100 cyber attacks on U.S. companies to to the Chinese government. In a 60-page long document entitled APT1: Exposing One of China’s Cyber Espionage Units,, the Virginia-based firm Mandiant traced 147 cases of corporate cyber espionage over a six-year period […]

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Exclusive: Inside A Secret CIA Prison In The Polish Countryside

Documents reveal how American intelligence officers turned a secret training center for Polish security forces into one of the controversial “black site” prisons for terrorism suspects.

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