News Headlines - 02 February 2015

▽BBC News - Japan hostage killing: Critical test for PM Shinzo Abe

Sunday's announcement of the killing of Kenji Goto, the second of two Japanese hostages captured by Islamic State (IS) militants, represents a major political challenge for the Japanese administration of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

▽Obama budget: Tax on overseas profits to pay for U.S. roads and bridges - The Washington Post

President Obama's budget request set for release Monday includes plans for a six-year, $478 billion public works program that would be paid for with a one-time 14 percent tax on overseas corporate profits.

▽Egyptian court reaffirms death penalty for 183 people - LA Times

Reviving a judicial practice that has come under strong international criticism, an Egyptian criminal court has reaffirmed a mass death sentence handed down to 183 people accused in a deadly attack on a police post.

▽Sex offence trial of ex-IMF head Strauss-Kahn opens | Reuters

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former IMF chief tipped to become French president before a New York hotel maid accused him of sexual assault in 2011, went on trial in France on Monday in a separate case of alleged procuring of prostitutes.

▽Raspberry Pi 2 on sale now at $35 | Raspberry Pi

Let’s get the good stuff out of the way above the fold. Raspberry Pi 2 is now on sale for $35 (the same price as the existing Model B+), featuring:
A 900MHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A7 CPU (~6x performance)
1GB LPDDR2 SDRAM (2x memory)
Complete compatibility with Raspberry Pi 1
Because it has an ARMv7 processor, it can run the full range of ARM GNU/Linux distributions, including Snappy Ubuntu Core, as well as Microsoft Windows 10.