It's been more than a decade since "Amy," as she's known in court papers, was first sexually abused by her uncle. The abuse ended long ago and he's in prison, but the pictures he made when she was 8 or 9 are among the most ...

International war crimes judges dismissed the case against a Sudanese rebel leader Monday, ruling that prosecutors failed to provide enough evidence to put him on trial for the deaths of international peacekeepers. Bahar Idriss Abu Garda had been accused of planning and participating in an attack on ...

The number of international patent filings dropped last year for the first time since 1978 as companies hit by the global economic downturn sought fewer new protections on their intellectual property, the U.N. said Monday. Most patents filed in 2009 were for computer technology, followed by pharmaceuticals and ...

h1An explosion in smartphones, laptops, USB sticks and other portable devices has brought new security challenges, reports Greg Masters./h1
pThe rise of the smartphone has done more than bring convenience to the hundreds of millions of consumers who use them ...