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Mwandishi wa habari wa Somalia aachiliwa

 17 Machi, 2013 - Saa 14:49 GMT
Mahakama makuu ya mjini Mogadishu Somalia yamemwaachilia huru mwandishi wa habari ambaye alifungwa kwa sababu ya kumhoji mwanamke aliyesema amebakwa.
Abdiaziz Abdinuur akionekana mahakamani
Katika kesi iliyolalamikiwa kimataifa, mwandishi huyo, Abdilaziz Abdinuur, awali alipewa hukumu ya kifungo cha mwaka mmoja kwa kumhoji mwanamke ambaye alisema alibakwa na wanajeshi wa serikali.
Mwanamke huyo piya alihukumiwa kifungo cha mwaka mmoja lakini kesi yake ilifutwa kwenye rufaa awali mwezi huu.
Jaji wa mahakama makuu - Aidid Abdulahi Ilkahanaf - alisema mashtaka yote dhidi ya mwandishi huyo wa habari sasa yamefutwa.
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Pakistani prime minister candidate fractures spine after dramatic fall

From Saima Mohsin, CNN
May 8, 2013 -- Updated 1046 GMT (1846 HKT)
Watch this video

Imran Khan injured in dramatic fall


STORY HIGHLIGHTS
  • Imran Khan and his guards tumbled about 20 feet near a rally stage
  • Khan is one of two frontrunners for prime minister
  • Saturday's election will mark Pakistan's first democratic transition of power
  • The run-up to Pakistan's elections has been beset by violence, particularly by the Pakistani Taliban
Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- Famed politician and Pakistani cricket star Imran Khan suffered spinal fractures and a head injury after a dramatic fall on the campaign trail, officials said.
Khan is one of two frontrunners for Pakistani prime minister. He was injured Tuesday, just four days before the country's historic election -- Pakistan's first democratic transition of power.
Khan and at least two guards were riding on a forklift up to a stage in Lahore, where Khan was to hold a rally. The men apparently lost their balance near the side of the stage and fell about 20 feet, clinging on to one another.
Khan struck his head on a metal bar jutting out of machinery on the way down. His guards were not seriously injured.

Cricket star turned politician takes fall

2012: Imran Khan takes on U.S. drones
Dr. Faisal Sultan of Shaukat Khanum Hospital said Khan suffered two fractures to his spine and needs to rest, but there's no sign of any neurological damage.
From his hospital bed, Khan urged citizens to vote in Saturday's election. His injuries cut short a grueling schedule of 50 rallies across Pakistan in eight days.
His main opponent, Nawaz Sharif, decided to postpone campaigning out of respect for Khan.
Pakistan's democratic elections to select a new government have been plagued by deadly violence in recent weeks, and the Pakistani Taliban has claimed responsibility for several hits on candidates' campaigns.
At least 16 people died Tuesday in two attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province; one attack targeted a Pakistan People's Party rally, and the other targeted a candidate for the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazal Ur Rehman group, police said.
And on Monday, an explosion killed 18 people at a rally for Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazal Ur Rehman, a right-wing religious party with sympathies for the militant Taliban movement.
Incidentally, the Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for that blast. It said it attacked because one of the candidates, Munir Orakzai, has handed over members of the mujahedeen to the United States.
"We will never forgive him nor leave him alive," a statement from Pakistani Taliban spokesman Ihsan Ullah Ihsan said.
The anti-Taliban Awami National Party and the Muttahida Quami Movement and their personnel also have been targeted recently.
On Saturday, three people were killed in back-to-back explosions near the MQM headquarters in Karachi, police said.
The MQM, one of Pakistan's largest and most liberal parties, is firmly opposed to the Islamist militant group.
Ihsan, the Pakistani Taliban spokesman, called CNN and said his group claimed responsibility for the Karachi explosions.
CNN's Nasir Habib and Shaan Khan contributed to this report.







Pakistani prime minister candidate fractures spine after dramatic fall

From Saima Mohsin, CNN
May 8, 2013 -- Updated 1046 GMT (1846 HKT)
Watch this video

Imran Khan injured in dramatic fall


STORY HIGHLIGHTS
  • Imran Khan and his guards tumbled about 20 feet near a rally stage
  • Khan is one of two frontrunners for prime minister
  • Saturday's election will mark Pakistan's first democratic transition of power
  • The run-up to Pakistan's elections has been beset by violence, particularly by the Pakistani Taliban
Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- Famed politician and Pakistani cricket star Imran Khan suffered spinal fractures and a head injury after a dramatic fall on the campaign trail, officials said.
Khan is one of two frontrunners for Pakistani prime minister. He was injured Tuesday, just four days before the country's historic election -- Pakistan's first democratic transition of power.
Khan and at least two guards were riding on a forklift up to a stage in Lahore, where Khan was to hold a rally. The men apparently lost their balance near the side of the stage and fell about 20 feet, clinging on to one another.
Khan struck his head on a metal bar jutting out of machinery on the way down. His guards were not seriously injured.

Cricket star turned politician takes fall

2012: Imran Khan takes on U.S. drones
Dr. Faisal Sultan of Shaukat Khanum Hospital said Khan suffered two fractures to his spine and needs to rest, but there's no sign of any neurological damage.
From his hospital bed, Khan urged citizens to vote in Saturday's election. His injuries cut short a grueling schedule of 50 rallies across Pakistan in eight days.
His main opponent, Nawaz Sharif, decided to postpone campaigning out of respect for Khan.
Pakistan's democratic elections to select a new government have been plagued by deadly violence in recent weeks, and the Pakistani Taliban has claimed responsibility for several hits on candidates' campaigns.
At least 16 people died Tuesday in two attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province; one attack targeted a Pakistan People's Party rally, and the other targeted a candidate for the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazal Ur Rehman group, police said.
And on Monday, an explosion killed 18 people at a rally for Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazal Ur Rehman, a right-wing religious party with sympathies for the militant Taliban movement.
Incidentally, the Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for that blast. It said it attacked because one of the candidates, Munir Orakzai, has handed over members of the mujahedeen to the United States.
"We will never forgive him nor leave him alive," a statement from Pakistani Taliban spokesman Ihsan Ullah Ihsan said.
The anti-Taliban Awami National Party and the Muttahida Quami Movement and their personnel also have been targeted recently.
On Saturday, three people were killed in back-to-back explosions near the MQM headquarters in Karachi, police said.
The MQM, one of Pakistan's largest and most liberal parties, is firmly opposed to the Islamist militant group.
Ihsan, the Pakistani Taliban spokesman, called CNN and said his group claimed responsibility for the Karachi explosions.
CNN's Nasir Habib and Shaan Khan contributed to this report.







Pentagon says China using cyberattacks

@CRrileyCNN May 7, 2013: 11:13 AM ET
china hacking A Chinese soldier stands guard in Beijing.
HONG KONG (CNNMoney)

The Pentagon has accused China of trying to extract sensitive information from U.S. government computers, the latest in a series of rhetorical skirmishes between the two countries on the issue of cyberattacks.

The frank assessment, made in an annual report to U.S. lawmakers on Chinese military capabilities, is the harshest and most detailed set of accusations made thus far by the Obama administration.
"In 2012, numerous computer systems around the world, including those owned by the U.S. government, continued to be targeted for intrusions, some of which appear to be attributable directly to the Chinese government and military," the report said.
The Pentagon said China is carrying out the attacks in an effort to extract information from "diplomatic, economic and defense industrial base sectors that support U.S. national defense programs." The intellectual property and data is likely being used to bolster China's own defense and high tech industries, the report said.
Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said Tuesday that China is "firmly against any forms of cyberattacks." The government has in the past insisted that China is the victim of cyberattacks, most originating in the U.S.
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The information haul is not limited to the military and related contractors, the Pentagon says. China is also seeking similar information from the private sector, often through more legitimate avenues.
"China continues to leverage foreign investments, commercial joint ventures, academic exchanges, the experience of repatriated Chinese students and researchers, and state sponsored industrial and technical espionage to increase the level of technologies and expertise available to support military research, development, and acquisition," the report said.
China is not the only country believed to be involved in cyberattacks. The existence of several other state-sponsored cyberweapons has also been reported in recent years, with names like Stuxnet, Duqu and Flame. The U.S. government is widely believed to have played a role in developing some of those viruses, with an eye toward containing Iran.
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Yet China has drawn intense scrutiny in recent months after its military was linked by an American cybersecurity firm to one of the world's most prolific groups of computer hackers.
Virginia-based Mandiant said in February it had observed the group of hackers -- called the "comment crew" -- systematically steal hundreds of terabytes of data from at least 141 organizations across 20 industries worldwide since 2006.
Mandiant claims the activity can be traced to four networks near Shanghai -- with some operations taking place in a location that is also the headquarters of Unit 61398, a secret division of China's military.
The Mandiant report confirmed in dramatic and public fashion what many analysts had long suspected -- that China was engaging in cyberattacks on a significant scale -- and drew a response from President Obama.
"We have seen a steady ramping up of cybersecurity threats," Obama said. "We've made it very clear to China and some other state actors that, you know, we expect them to follow international norms and abide by international rules." To top of page


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