5 April 2013 Last updated at 07:56 GMT
Now that wars are also being fought on digital battlefields, experts in international law have established rules for cyberwar. But many questions remain unanswered. Will it be appropriate to respond to a cyber attack with military means in the future?
Recipients who opened the emails also opened the door to the enemy, because it was in fact an attack from the Internet. Instead of the expected credit card information, the recipients actually downloaded a time bomb onto their computers, which was programmed to ignite on Wednesday at 2 p.m. Korean time.
Japan's Nikkei tops 13,000 for first time since 2008
Japan's stock market has hit its highest level in almost five years, after a central bank stimulus plan raised hope of economic revival.
The main Nikkei 225 stock index climbed as much as 4.7% to 13,225.62, its highest since August 2008.
The Bank of Japan said on Thursday it would double the country's money supply to spur growth and halt falling prices.
The step was much bigger than expected and signalled a more aggressive approach towards driving growth.
Romanian and Bulgarian migrants 'unlikely to head for UK' – report
Foreign Office study says Eastern Europeans are more likely to go to Spain or Italy than the UK
A Foreign Office-commissioned report has directly challenged claims by David Cameron and others that Britain faces a significant new wave of immigration from eastern Europe when labour movement restrictions onBulgaria and Romania are lifted next January.
The study by the National Institute of Economic and Social Research says that Britain is unlikely to be the preferred destination for Bulgarians and Romanians and says those who do come are not planning to exploit the benefits system and public services. The researchers say it is not possible to put an accurate or reliable figure on how many people will come to Britain but adds that those who do move are far more likely to go to Spain, Italy and to a lesser extent Germany.
CRIME
The secret world of tax havens
An anonymous source has provided extensive insights into a worldwide network of tax evaders. Media in more than 30 countries are currently sifting through a mountain of data.
260 gigabytes of documents - that's the printed equivalent of 500,000 copies of the Bible. This is the massive amount of data that was passed on more than a year ago by an anonymous whistleblower to the International Consortium for Investigative Journalism (ICIJ) in Washington. More than two million emails and other confidential documents sketch a picture of a dubious shadow world. More than 130,000 people from 170 countries are alleged to have secreted their money in tax havens. Analyzing the data is a mammoth task that is still nowhere near completion.
Arming for Virtual Battle: The Dangerous New Rules of Cyberwar
By Thomas Darnstaedt, Marcel Rosenbach and Gregor Peter Schmitz
Now that wars are also being fought on digital battlefields, experts in international law have established rules for cyberwar. But many questions remain unanswered. Will it be appropriate to respond to a cyber attack with military means in the future?
The attack came via ordinary email, when selected South Korean companies received messages supposedly containing credit card information in the middle of the week before last.
Death of prisoner sparks anger in Hebron
April 5, 2013 - 7:28AM
Ruth Pollard in Hebron
In a display of anger and grief, thousands of Palestinians took to the streets in Hebron and the northern West Bank to mourn the deaths of three men and protest against the ongoing detention of more than 4600 prisoners in Israeli jails.
Sparked by the death of 64-year-old Maysara Abu-Hamdiya, who was buried in Hebron's Martyr's Cemetery on Thursday, the clashes raised fears the resentment that has been simmering across the West Bank could erupt into large-scale violence.
Mr Hamdiya, who was serving a life sentence for attempted murder for a failed bombing attack on a café in Jerusalem, died from throat cancer in Israel's Soroka Hospital, triggering allegations that he had been denied appropriate treatment and endured considerable pain for some time.
CAR rebels recruit troops for new national army
The Seleka rebels who staged a successful coup in the Central African Republic last month are recruiting troops for a new national army, though nobody has the means to pay them.
"Attention! Twenty men come out of the ranks," Corporal Valentin William Saba shouts at a group of about 100 men. Less than two weeks after taking power on March 24, the rebels are sifting out volunteers.
This week queues of several hundred people gathered outside barracks in the capital Bangui. Youths from all ethnic groups are being selected by the Seleka coalition.
Officially, the authorities claim that they are grouping soldiers into barracks ahead of a demobilisation, disarmament and social reinsertion (DDR) programme.
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