News Headlines - 31 January 2013

▽Chinese Hackers Infiltrate New York Times Computers - NYTimes.com

For the last four months, Chinese hackers have persistently attacked The New York Times, infiltrating its computer systems and getting passwords for its reporters and other employees.

▽Israel ‘strike’ on Syria unacceptable, says Russia - Scotsman.com

RUSSIA has condemned reports of an air strike on Syrian territory by Israel as “unacceptable”. As Syrian military officials said that a scientific research facility in Damascus had been struck, Moscow said the attack was a “violation of the UN Charter.”

▽FSA reveals extent of swaps mis-selling - Channel 4 News

There's no doubt every one of them will breathe a sigh of relief this morning after the Financial Services Authority said it had concluded its review of a pilot scheme into 173 complex interest rate hedging products and found that 90 per cent of them were mis-sold by the banks

▽New 'poll tax' blow for UK's poorest - The Independent

Millions of low-income households face a rise in their council tax bills costing them up to ￡600 a year from April under a "poll tax bombshell", according to new study.

▽BBC Sport - Japanese women's judo head coach to resign

Japan's national women's judo head coach intends to resign after allegations emerged that he had beaten his athletes with wooden swords.