Russia, China alliance wants greater government voice in Internet oversight

DUBAI (Reuters) - A Russia-led proposal calling for sweeping new governmental powers to regulate cyberspace could enable countries to block some Web locations and wrest control of allotting Internet addresses from a U.S.-based body.The proposal, co-signed by Russia, China, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Sudan and the United Arab Emirates, added to fears in some Western countries of a stalemate midway through...

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Father fatally shoots son outside Pennsylvania gun store

(Reuters) - A seven-year-old boy was shot to death by his father on Saturday in the parking lot of a gun store in western Pennsylvania in an apparent accident, state police told Reuters.Craig Allen Loughrey was shot in the chest by a handgun his father, Joseph V. Loughrey, 44, was holding as they were getting into the family vehicle at Twig's Reloading Den in Mercer, about 60 miles north of Pittsburgh,...

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Vietnam holds rare protests against China over sea disputes

HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam held rare but brief protests against China in its two major cities on Sunday after Beijing demanded that Hanoi stop unilateral oil exploration in disputed waters and not harass Chinese fishing boats. China's demands on Thursday raised tensions in a protracted maritime territorial dispute between the two neighbors. About 30 people gathered opposite Hanoi's opera house,...

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Supreme Court takes up same-sex marriage for first time

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court stepped into the gay marriage  debate for the first time on Friday by agreeing to review two challenges to federal and state laws that define marriage as a union between a man and a woman.The high court agreed to review a case against a federal law that denies married same-sex couples the federal benefits heterosexual couples receive. It also unexpectedly...

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Boxing-Pacquiao gets Romney pep talk before Marquez bout

LAS VEGAS, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Defeated U.S. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney gave Manny Pacquiao a brief pep talk before the Filipino's non-title welterweight bout against Juan Manuel Marquez on Saturday.Romney, who with his wife Ann was a ringside guest of Nevada State Athletic Commission chairman Bill Brady, visited Pacquiao in his dressing room during one of the fights on the undercard...

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