CNN – Mobile users at risk for phishing scams

CNN: Mobile users at risk for phishing scams
http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/mobile/04/06/email.breach.gahran/index.html?iphoneemail

• Epsilon, the largest permissions-based e-mail marketing company, was hacked
• Mobile users are more at risk of falling prey to phishing scams, according to a security firm
• Users should be skeptical of e-mails from companies they do business with

CNN – China says Ai Weiwei held for economic crimes

CNN: China says Ai Weiwei held for economic crimes
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/04/07/china.dissident.artist/index.html?iphoneemail

• NEW: Dissident artist’s mother and lawyer don’t have any information about him
• Official acknowledges Ai is being “held”
• He says other countries should respect China’s laws
• Ai Weiwei helped design the 2008 Olympics Bird’s Nest stadium but later called for a boycott

CNN – Japan

CNN: Town near nuclear plant rejects ‘token’ offer
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/04/05/japan.nuclear.money/index.html?iphoneemail

• NEW: “Everything we’ve built is gone,” the mayor of Namie says
• Tokyo Electric offers 20 million yen to residents of 10 communities near the plant
• The utility company says more money to those affected will likely come in the future
• One estimate is that Tokyo Electric will pay $12 billion to $121 billion in compensation

CNN: Radioactive water from power plant plugged
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/04/06/japan.nuclear.reactors/index.html?iphoneemail

Libya

NY Times: 4 Foreign Journalists Kidnapped in Libya
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/08/world/africa/08journalists.html?_r=1&ref=world
By ELIZABETH A. HARRIS 47 minutes ago, 4/8/2011
GlobalPost, an online news publication, said the whereabouts of four journalists captured this week by forces loyal to Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi were unknown.

CNN: 2 dead as air attack pounds Libyan rebels
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/04/07/libya.war/index.html?iphoneemail

• NEW: Four journalists will be released, senior Libyan government official says
• Former GOP congressman still hopes to meet with Moammar Gadhafi
• Airstrikes on rebels in the east kill four, a rebel commander says
• Four journalists, including two Americans, are seized by pro-Gadhafi forces

CNN:  Alleged rape victim grateful for support
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/04/06/libya.rape.case/index.html?iphoneemail

CNN – Official: Ivory Coast

CNN: Official: Fighting continues at Gbagbo’s home
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/04/07/ivory.coast.unrest/index.html?iphoneemail

• Ouattara asks citizens to rebuild, commit no acts of revenge
• Foreign guests evacuated from Abidjan hotel
• Thousands of people spill into Liberia in last 24 hours, Oxfam says
• Laurent Gbagbo’s fighters attacked the Japanese ambassador’s home, French say

 

 

CNN:  Ouattara forces storm Gbagbo’s stronghold