News Headlines - 08 November 2013
One of the most powerful storms ever recorded battered the central Philippines today, bringing winds of up to 235mph and leaving a trail of devastation.
▽Evidence does not prove Arafat poisoning: Russian report | Reuters
A Russian report quoted by Palestinian investigators on Friday said there was insufficient evidence to support the theory that Yasser Arafat died in 2004 by polonium poisoning. The findings were far weaker than those of a Swiss laboratory announced with fanfare on Wednesday by Arafat's widow and Qatar-based al-Jazeera television.
▽Snowden persuaded other NSA workers to give up passwords -sources - The Washington Post
Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden used log-in credentials and passwords provided unwittingly by colleagues at a base in Hawaii to access some of the classified material he leaked to the media, sources said.
Only one in every 67 reports of illegal immigration result in a person being booted out of the country, a damning report by MPs reveals today. Incredibly, in 94 out of every 100 cases, immigration officials are not even bothering to properly follow-up on tip offs from concerned members of the public.
▽Twitter shelves London relocation after Facebook move - Telegraph
Twitter has shelved plans to move into a new office in London’s Euston area, just days after Facebook announced plans to move into the same building... It is understood that the timing of Facebook’s move into the office is merely coincidental, and that given Twitter’s faster-than-expected expansion plans following its flotation, it needed extra room.
