News Headlines - 03 January 2015

▽F.B.I. Employees With Ties Abroad See Security Bias - NYTimes.com

The F.B.I. is subjecting hundreds of its employees who were born overseas or have relatives or friends there to an aggressive internal surveillance program that started after Sept. 11, 2001, to prevent foreign spies from coercing newly hired linguists but that has been greatly expanded since then.

▽3 Suspects Arrested in India in Rape of Japanese Woman

Police in India have arrested three men accused of gang-raping a Japanese woman in the country's east.

▽Israel Freezes Tax Transfers to Palestinians Following ICC Bid

Israel has frozen about $125 million in tax revenues it collects for the Palestinians, in response to Palestinian efforts to join the International Criminal Court, an Israeli official said Saturday.

▽British nurse with Ebola in critical condition - hospital | Reuters

A British nurse being treated for Ebola in London is in critical condition after deteriorating over the last two days, her hospital said on Saturday.

▽Dollar Surges to 11-Year High Against Biggest Rivals - WSJ

Investors snapped up dollars, pushing the greenback to its highest level against major currencies since September 2003, as they ramped up bets the U.S. economy will pull ahead of the rest of the world this year, with the Federal Reserve in the driver’s seat.