INTERNATIONAL NEWS REPORTING WITH A CONTINENTAL FLARE
Sony Corporation has warned that credit card data from PlayStation users around the world could have been stolen by hackers. The incident forced Sony to shut down its PlayStation Network for the past week, disconnecting 77 million users.
Frost & Sullivan's Satish Lele told the BBC's Asia Business Report that the company will have to work hard to regain consumer trust.
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State police rescue crews at Heron Lake in northern New Mexico were searching for the wreckage and any victims on Sunday when they found packages of cocaine floating in the lake.
"Right now we have recovered several packages containing cocaine, and we have a crime scene active at this point," state police spokesman Lt. Eric Garcia told KOAT television.
Crews found a few dozen bundles of blow the size of tissue boxes, the station said.
It was unclear where the plane came from or where it was headed.
Witnesses at the lake, about an hour south of the Colorado border, reported seeing a small plane plummet into the water at around 11:00 a.m. in a violent storm, cops said.
Heavy rains, wind and lightning forced investigators to stop searching for the plane on Sunday evening. It was unlikely anyone survived, cops said.
"It's obvious there was a pilot in there, but we don't know if there were any passengers with the pilot himself," Garcia said.
Cops said the plane sunk and that dive teams would have to go at least 100 feet below the surface to find it.
Crews resumed searching the lake on Monday.
Bahrain is seeking death penalty for a group of protesters accused of killing two policemen during anti-government demonstrations in the Gulf island kingdom, state media reported on Monday.
The government has stamped the demonstrations in a security crackdown since February when mainly Shi'ite protesters took to the streets demanding more say in the Sunni-ruled country's affairs.
Security forces have arrested hundreds of people since then and a number of them died while in official custody. Hundreds of mostly Shi'ite workers have been sacked from government jobs and state-linked companies, rights and opposition groups say.
On Sunday, Bahrain News Agency (BNA) said the military prosecutor would seek the death sentence for seven men accused of killing the policemen at the Lower National Safety Court.
It quoted the prosecutor as saying the men had "committed their crime for terrorist reasons." It gave no other details of the incident.
BNA added the defendants pleaded not guilty and that the case would be heard again on April 28.
At least 13 protesters and four police were killed during the clashes.
A hospital source told Reuters last month that at least two of the four policemen killed had been run over by cars on March 16. The government says it has only targeted those who committed crimes during the protests.
The state banned protests when it imposed martial law in March and invited troops from Sunni-led Gulf neighbors to help quash the unrest.
The state news agency said three more men also were charged with attempting to kill policemen in separate court cases.
Swazi Foreign Minister Lutfo Dlamini on Tuesday defended King Mswati III's decision to attend the royal wedding of Britain's Prince William and Kate Middleton, despite protests in the kingdom.
"On the day the king was crowned, England's royalty was invited to the country and were present. Therefore, there is nothing wrong with the king's invitation because the relationship between the two countries is a healthy one," Dlamini said in the Swazi Times.
The king's jet-set lifestyle, with 13 wives and a fortune estimated at $100m, has become increasingly controversial in Swaziland where the government wants to slash salaries for civil servants to cope with a crippling budget crisis.
In a country where nearly 70% of people live on less than a dollar a day, he has built million-dollar palaces for each of his wives, giving them BMWs and personal staff and sending them on overseas shopping sprees by private jet.
Discontent erupted into street protests earlier this month, with police detaining, beating and tear-gassing demonstrators.
The number of Spanish people who chose to emigrate increases. In the first quarter moved total 14.108 Spanish people out of the country, which were 3.291 more than the same period last year. Meanwhile, the number who moved back from abroad only 7.875. The figures from the statistics institute INE do not specify the reasons for the rise in emigration. Many highly educated, however, choose to seek their fortune abroad because of the record high unemployment in Spain.
Every fifth person on the Costa del Sol is a foreigner
Every fifth person registered for census purposes in Malaga province is a foreigner. The proportion of foreigners on the Costa del Sol continues to rise. Of the 14.588 people who registered last year was just over 60 percent foreigners. They were totally at year-end 321.582 people, of a total of 1.624.145 inhabitants in Malaga province. The percentage is equal to 20 percent, significantly higher than the national average, which are 12.1 percent foreigners. Although the average age in the province is increasing steadily. Over 60 percent of those who registered last year were in fact older than 65 years.
Spain wants to “encourage” unemployed immigrants to return home
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Spanish Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba said that the changes in the regulation of immigration will “encourage” immigrants in Spain who have lost their jobs to return to their home countries. “It is true that many people are reluctant to return because they have worked for many years in Spain and did not want to lose everything. It is unfair to the people who have worked in Spain and contributed to economic growth, then have to move. Therefore, it introduced a measure that respects their time in Spain if they come back so they are easier to obtain permanent residence or citizenship, “said Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba.
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Another issue that Rubalcaba highlighted is the legal protection for victims of domestic violence. Women should not have to be afraid to go to the police station and report abuse and then risk being expelled. Rubalcaba said that the revised regulation of immigration is an important law which is based on a broad consensus. Council of Ministers has approved the regulation of immigration, the Regulations on Extranjería.
