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Apple likely to invoke free-speech rights in encryption fight
Apple Inc (AAPL.O) will likely seek to invoke the United States' protections of free speech as one of its key legal arguments in trying to block an order to help unlock the encrypted iPhone of one of the San Bernardino shooters, lawyers with expertise in the subject said this week.
The company on Thursday was granted three additional days by the court to file a response to the order. Apple will now have until Feb. 26 to send a reply, a person familiar with matter told Reuters.
The tech giant and the Obama administration are on track for a major collision over computer security and encryption after a federal magistrate judge in Los Angeles handed down an order on Tuesday requiring Apple to provide specific software and technical assistance to investigators.
Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook called the request from the Federal Bureau of Investigation unprecedented. Other tech giants such as Facebook Inc (FB.O), Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) and Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O) Google have rallied to support Apple.
The victims of rape whose children will always be ‘half a terrorist’
Exclusive: A new report explores the horrific experiences of women and girls captured by the world’s deadliest jihadist group, Boko Haram – and how it doesn’t end when they are rescued
Captured by jihadi terrorists, forced into sexual slavery and raped, Lucy* was pregnant when she eventually escaped Boko Haram and returned home to her husband.
But such is the stigma against the former “wives” and children of fighters, Lucy's husband told her it "won't work" having the child of a Boko Haram fighter in his household.
Lucy was forced to abort the baby – but because the procedure is not legal in Nigeria, she had to pour chemicals into her womb.
The abortion was successful - but her husband divorced her anyway.
This is the story of one of more than a dozen victims of sexual violence who have been freed or escaped capture in northeast Nigeria – and become victims all over again when they returned to their communities. Their experiences form part of a new report into the victims of Boko Haram, entitled “Bad Blood”.
Iran's economic puppeteers
They may dress in clerical garb or call themselves the "Seals of the Prophet," but their focus is on a different kind of profit. Religious foundations and the Revolutionary Guard are running Iran's business.
Every traveler that lands in Tehran becomes a customer of Iran's Revolutionary Guard. That's because the elite troops of the Islamic republic operate the Imam Khomeini International Airport, making extremely lucrative business through entry and landing fees alone. With control of the country's other air and seaports, the Revolutionary Guard - also known the "Sepah Pasdaran" - monopolizes Iran's borders. They pay neither tolls nor taxes. They choose which goods to allow into the country. And they aren't questioned as to how many of these goods end up in the black market - or how much they have pocketed from them.
Businessmen in uniform
The Revolutionary Guard possesses land, sea and air forces, controls Iran's strategic weapons arsenal, and numbers more than an estimated 120,000 troops. It also runs a gigantic commercial enterprise. It operates eye clinics. It builds dams, vehicles, highways, train tracks and even subways. It is closely intertwined with the country's oil and gas business. It has its hand in mining.
Chelsea fans tear gassed in Paris: "The French police overreacted"
During the 46th minute of the PSG versus Chelsea football Champions League match at Paris’ Parc des Princes stadium Tuesday night, the visiting Chelsea supporters went wild and tension escalated. Chelsea midfeilder John Obi Mikel had just equalised (the match ended with PSG winning 2-1), kicking it in from close range after Paris Saint Germain failed to clear Willian’s corner.
In the stand occupied by Chelsea supporters, the goal-inspired euphoria was replaced with bewilderment and then horror as they witnessed an officer of the French riot police, the CRS, spray tear gas at fans.
In the stand occupied by Chelsea supporters, the goal-inspired euphoria was replaced with bewilderment and then horror as they witnessed an officer of the French riot police, the CRS, spray tear gas at fans.
“The riot police overreacted – we were just celebrating the goal!”
I was trying to film the action — after the corner, I thought that there might be a goal scored before half-time. My buddies and I are Chelsea fans and we came from the Cologne region in Germany to see this League of Champions match. When John Obi Mikel scored, the entire stand was celebrating.
A few rows ahead of me, I saw a fan grabbing onto the seat in front of him. I got the impression that he had tripped in the midst of all the excitement. His seat was behind the rows of empty seats that they always leave to separate the fans from the pitch and the security forces. Clearly, the police didn’t like what he was doing. I moved my phone away from the pitch and started filming what was going on in the stands. I saw the riot police going down the stairs. Then, I saw one of the officers tear gas a fan. You can hear the sound of the gas being released in the beginning of the video. I stopped filming pretty quickly because it was getting tense.
How ISIS recruits children, then kills them
Updated 0527 GMT (1327 HKT) February 19, 2016
Eleven-year-old Abu Imara al Omri kneels down to kiss his father's hand; a final blessing before the boy blows himself up in a truck full of explosives.
The disturbing goodbye was captured in a series of ISIS propaganda photos last month.
Supporters of the terror group claim the boy was used to help take the village of Ghazl near Aleppo, Syria.
But Omri is not alone. The use of child soldiers far predates ISIS, but what concerns researchers and policymakers is that ISIS' use of boys and girls does not follow the trends of previous conflicts.
ISIS does not use those under 18 because they provide specific technical advantage in combat or because they are short of fighters. Child soldiers are seemingly treated no differently than adult soldiers, according to a new study published Friday in the CTC Sentinel.
What this means in the self-proclaimed Islamic Caliphate is there simply is no sanctity accorded to childhood.
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