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• Key US military command's Twitter, YouTube sites hacked
• Top Asian News at 12:30 a.m. GMT
• Key military command's Twitter site hacked
• Pro-IS hackers take over US Centcom social media accounts
• ‘Cybervandalism’: ISIS Supporters Hijack US Military Social Media Accounts
• Defiant Charlie Hebdo puts Mohammed on first cover since attack
• Apparent Islamic State backers hack U.S. military Twitter feed
• #Foxnewsfacts, fiction, and hysteria in the wake of Paris terrorist attacks
• Turkey says Boumeddiene crossed to Syria, insists not at fault
• 'ISIS' Hijacks Military Twitter, YouTube Accounts
• EU divisions could limit post-Paris terror measures
• Why did France attacks mobilise so many around the globe?
• At Yazidi shrine, Iraqis recount Islamic State battle
• Afghan officials: Islamic State group operating in south
• Hack of U.S. military Twitter feed not a security threat: officials
• Kerry to visit Taliban-hit school, government steps up terror fight
• U.S. Military’s Twitter, YouTube Accounts Apparently Hacked by ISIS
• France steps up security after week of trauma and defiance
• Iran summons newspaper over Saudi king death headline
• Paris Hebdo attacks: Could French authorities have stopped them?
• Veteran Iranian militiaman killed fighting Islamic State in Iraq
• Paris attacks suspect entered Syria on Jan 8: Turkish minister
• Attack vigils restore French pride - but now what?
• After ISIS video threat, NYPD tells officers to remain 'vigilant'
• Vatican denies reports of attack warnings
• Extremist threat pits law enforcement against civil rights
• AP PHOTOS: Editor selections from the Middle East
• British anti-terror drills to study Paris attacks
• Islamic State hit with 27 air strikes: U.S. military
• German intel chief urges Turkey to prevent extremist travel
• Officials say suicide bombing kills 12 people in Iraq
• Reuters Sports Schedule at 1400 GMT on Monday, Jan 12
• Winter storm death toll hits 11 in Syria: monitor
• 1,400 from France have joined jihadis or 'want to go to Syria or Iraq'
• Saudi says Myanmar female child-killer executed
• Auto industry's past and future collide in Detroit
• Saudi says al-Qaida gunman involved in Iraq border attack
• Defending champion Japan, Iraq open with Asian Cup wins
• Soccer-Magical goal sees Iraq beat Jordan 1-0 at Asian Cup
• Palestinian newcomers outclassed by Japan at Asian Cup

Key US military command's Twitter, YouTube sites hacked Posted: 12 Jan 2015 04:34 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — Hackers claiming to work on behalf of Islamic State militants seized control of the Twitter and YouTube sites of the military's U.S. Central Command on Monday. The Pentagon swiftly suspended the sites and said it appears that no classified material was breached.

Top Asian News at 12:30 a.m. GMT Posted: 12 Jan 2015 04:32 PM PST PANGKALAN BUN, Indonesia (AP) — Divers retrieved one black box Monday and located the other from the AirAsia plane that crashed more than two weeks ago, key developments that should help investigators unravel what caused the aircraft to plummet into the Java Sea. The flight data recorder was pulled from beneath a piece of the aircraft's wing and brought to the sea's surface, and the cockpit voice recorder was found hours later, said Suryadi Bambang Supriyadi, operation coordinator for Indonesia's national search and rescue agency.

Key military command's Twitter site hacked Posted: 12 Jan 2015 04:17 PM PST The twitter site of the military's U.S. Central Command was taken over Monday by hackers claiming to be working on behalf of the Islamic State militants. American and coalition fighters are launching airstrikes ...

Pro-IS hackers take over US Centcom social media accounts Posted: 12 Jan 2015 03:33 PM PST A group declaring support for Islamic State jihadists hacked US Central Command's social media accounts on Monday, forcing the military to take down the command's Twitter feed. In an embarrassing propaganda setback for the US military, a black-and-white banner with the words "CyberCaliphate" and "I love you ISIS" replaced Central Command's usual logo on Twitter and YouTube before the pages were suspended. "Our initial assessment is that no classified information was posted and that none of the information posted came from CENTCOM's server or social media sites," the command said in a statement. The command has notified law enforcement agencies about "the potential release of personally identifiable information and will take appropriate steps to ensure any individuals potentially affected are notified as quickly as possible," it said.

‘Cybervandalism’: ISIS Supporters Hijack US Military Social Media Accounts Posted: 12 Jan 2015 03:23 PM PST Two YouTube and Twitter accounts belonging to the U.S. military were hijacked by ISIS supporters today, in an incident the military commander referred to as "purely a case of cybervandalism."The Twitter account for U.S. Central Command, which is the section of the military whose area of responsibility includes Iraq and Syria, was apparently taken over by a group calling themselves CyberCaliphate for less than an hour. The group replaced CENTCOM's logo with a message that says "i love you isis."Central Command spokesperson Col. ...

Defiant Charlie Hebdo puts Mohammed on first cover since attack Posted: 12 Jan 2015 03:16 PM PST French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo defied the attackers in last week's bloodbath by putting a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed on its next cover, as the government on Monday announced the deployment of 10,000 soldiers to boost security. The weekly released the front page of what it called the "survivors' issue", due out Wednesday, featuring a crying Mohammed in a white turban and holding a sign that reads "Je suis Charlie" under the words: "All is forgiven". The issue will be the first since two Islamist gunmen stormed Charlie Hebdo's Paris office on January 7 and massacred 12 people, saying they were taking revenge for previous publications of Mohammed cartoons -- considered deeply offensive to many Muslims. Charlie Hebo has become an international symbol of free speech since the massacre and a second attack two days later at a Jewish supermarket.

Apparent Islamic State backers hack U.S. military Twitter feed Posted: 12 Jan 2015 02:57 PM PST By David Alexander and Jim Finkle (Reuters) - The Twitter and YouTube accounts for the U.S. military command that oversees operations in the Middle East were hacked on Monday by people claiming to be sympathetic toward the Islamic State militant group being targeted in American bombing raids. "American soldiers, we are coming, watch your back, ISIS," the hackers posted on the U.S. Central Command Twitter feed, using an acronym for the hardline Islamist group, which has taken control of parts of Syria and Iraq. U.S. ...

#Foxnewsfacts, fiction, and hysteria in the wake of Paris terrorist attacks Posted: 12 Jan 2015 02:52 PM PST Steven Emerson, a man often called a "terrorism expert," appeared on Fox News on Sunday to put the Paris terror attacks in context. What followed was a sharp lesson in considering your source.

Turkey says Boumeddiene crossed to Syria, insists not at fault Posted: 12 Jan 2015 02:50 PM PST Turkey on Monday said that the wanted partner of one of the gunmen behind the terror attacks in France crossed into Syria last week, insisting it was not at fault for failing to detain her. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Hayat Boumeddiene had crossed into Syria on January 8, the same day that her partner Amedy Coulibaly is suspected of shooting dead a policewoman outside Paris on the second day of the Paris attacks. "She entered Turkey on January 2 from Madrid.

'ISIS' Hijacks Military Twitter, YouTube Accounts Posted: 12 Jan 2015 01:37 PM PST Someone purporting to be "ISIS" hijacked the Twitter and YouTube accounts of U.S. Central Command today (Jan. 12), but it's unlikely the miscreants did any lasting damage, or were affiliated with the Islamic State at all.

EU divisions could limit post-Paris terror measures Posted: 12 Jan 2015 01:22 PM PST European nations have pushed for tighter anti-terror controls after last week's Islamist attacks in Paris, but concerns about civil liberties and intelligence sharing may limit their arsenal, analysts said Monday. Security ministers from several EU nations, the US and Canada pushed for urgent steps to counter the jihadist threat as they met in Paris on Sunday amid the shockwave from the carnage in the French capital. The ministers called for a European Union-wide database of passenger travel information, increased Internet surveillance and even changes to Europe's Schengen border-free travel area. Many of the mooted changes are not new initiatives, but have stalled for years in the face of resistance from some member states in the 28-nation bloc, which jealously guard their intelligence.

Why did France attacks mobilise so many around the globe? Posted: 12 Jan 2015 01:13 PM PST The Madrid, London and 9/11 attacks saw more people die than the Paris killings, not to mention recent bloodbaths in Pakistan and Nigeria, but millions in France and abroad took to the streets in defiance. The worst Islamist attack on European soil in nearly a decade, the three-day massacre that left 17 people dead in France was widely perceived as an assault on freedom of expression in a country known for "liberty, equality, fraternity", experts say. Millions marched on Sunday in an unprecedented show of defiance for a nation already well versed in protests, joined by dozens of world leaders in a historic display of solidarity.

At Yazidi shrine, Iraqis recount Islamic State battle Posted: 12 Jan 2015 12:44 PM PST SHARAF AL-DEEN, Iraq (AP) — As thousands of Yazidis fled up the rocky slopes of Mount Sinjar to escape the Islamic State group during its rampage across northern Iraq last summer, 18 men armed with assault rifles remained behind to face the extremists and defend a holy site.

Afghan officials: Islamic State group operating in south Posted: 12 Jan 2015 12:43 PM PST CAMP SHORABAK, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan officials confirmed for the first time Monday that the extremist Islamic State group is active in the south, recruiting fighters, flying black flags and, according to some sources, even battling Taliban militants.

Hack of U.S. military Twitter feed not a security threat: officials Posted: 12 Jan 2015 12:33 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Images published during the hack of a U.S. military Twitter feed on Monday did not appear to include any classified information or pose a security threat, two U.S. defense officials told Reuters, speaking on condition of anonymity. The U.S. Central Command's Twitter and YouTube accounts were apparently hacked by supporters of Islamic State, which controls large swathes of Syria and Iraq. Central Command helps oversees U.S. military operations in the Middle East, including air strikes directed against the group. (Reporting by Phil Stewart; Editing by Doina Chiacu)

Kerry to visit Taliban-hit school, government steps up terror fight Posted: 12 Jan 2015 12:19 PM PST Washington is to unveil Tuesday some $250 million in aid to back Pakistan's fight against militants and develop its unruly tribal areas as top diplomat John Kerry reportedly plans a visit to a Taliban-hit school in Peshawar. Last month's attack on the school, which killed 150 people mostly schoolboys, has "unified the country in a way that they repeatedly describe as Pakistan's 9/11," a senior State Department official told reporters travelling with Kerry. Washington has pressed Islamabad for years to wipe out the militant sanctuaries in lawless tribal areas such as North Waziristan, which have been used to launch attacks on NATO forces in neighbouring Afghanistan. Many believe Pakistan's security services see the Haqqanis as an "asset" and maintain close links with them.

U.S. Military’s Twitter, YouTube Accounts Apparently Hacked by ISIS Posted: 12 Jan 2015 10:45 AM PST The U.S. Central Command's official Twitter account was apparently hijacked on Monday by hackers claiming to be affiliated with ISIS, who issued a series of threats aimed at the U.S. military and their ...

France steps up security after week of trauma and defiance Posted: 12 Jan 2015 10:19 AM PST France announced an unprecedented deployment of thousands of troops and police to bolster security at "sensitive" sites including Jewish schools Monday, a day after marches gathering nearly four million people countrywide. Prime Minister Manuel Valls said one of the Islamists responsible for last week's attacks that rocked France -- Amedy Coulibaly who gunned down a policewoman and four Jewish shoppers at a kosher supermarket -- likely received help from others. The alert level in shell-shocked France remained at its highest possible as the interior minister announced the deployment of nearly 5,000 police to guard Jewish schools and places of worship. Bernard Cazeneuve said he was putting in place a "powerful and durable" system of protection for France's Jewish community, the largest in Europe.

Iran summons newspaper over Saudi king death headline Posted: 12 Jan 2015 09:01 AM PST An Iranian newspaper was told Monday it faces a court hearing over an article which is allegedly offensive to Saudi Arabia's ailing King Abdullah. Iranian newspapers are running daily reports on his health, partly explained by an often tense relationship -- most recently over falling world oil prices -- between the Sunni kingdom and Tehran's Shiite regime. Vatan-e-Emrooz, a conservative daily, has been summoned over a front page story on January 6 headlined with a Persian expression often interpreted as "may I hear the news of his death". The official IRNA news agency said Vatan-e-Emrooz was summoned because its report may have "violated national interests," but it did not say when a court hearing would take place.

Paris Hebdo attacks: Could French authorities have stopped them? Posted: 12 Jan 2015 08:48 AM PST Five days after the attacks on satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris, more information is coming out about the past criminal and terrorist records of brothers Cherif and Said Kouachi, and Amedy Coulibaly. While no group has claimed responsibility for last week's terrorist attacks in Paris, evidence now shows that the trio were a known threat to authorities.

Veteran Iranian militiaman killed fighting Islamic State in Iraq Posted: 12 Jan 2015 07:48 AM PST DUBAI (Reuters) - An Iranian militiaman with a long record of battles in Iraq and Syria has died fighting Islamic State militants in Samarra, a major battleground north of Baghdad, Iranian newspapers reported on Monday. Mehdi Noruzi, a member of Iran's Basij militia nicknamed 'Lion of Samarra' by his fellow militiamen, was killed on Sunday while "defending the oppressed people of Iraq and holy shrines against revisionist terrorists in Samarra", Fars said. ...

Paris attacks suspect entered Syria on Jan 8: Turkish minister Posted: 12 Jan 2015 07:45 AM PST By Humeyra Pamuk ISTANBUL (Reuters) - The suspected female accomplice of Islamist militants behind attacks in Paris was in Turkey five days before the killings and crossed into Syria on Jan. 8, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu was cited as saying on Monday by state-run Anatolian news agency. French authorities launched a search for 26-year-old Hayat Boumeddiene after French anti-terrorist police killed her partner Amedy Coulibaly in storming a Jewish supermarket where he had taken hostages. They described her as armed and dangerous. ...

Attack vigils restore French pride - but now what? Posted: 12 Jan 2015 07:39 AM PST By Mark John PARIS (Reuters) - France will never be quite the same again after last week's Islamist attacks, Prime Minister Manuel Valls predicted in the hours that followed. But as one lone banner at Sunday's mass vigil in Paris for the victims asked: "Now what?" In a display of public emotion and solidarity not witnessed since the capital's 1944 liberation from Nazi Germany, 1.5 million French people poured onto the streets of Paris to mourn the 17 killed in three attacks on satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, a Jewish deli and a policewoman on patrol. ...

After ISIS video threat, NYPD tells officers to remain 'vigilant' Posted: 12 Jan 2015 07:30 AM PST "We take these threats very seriously," said New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton, who ordered his officers to stay vigilant after a video released by Islamic State militants over the weekend called for the killing of police officers in Australia, Canada, France and the United States.

Vatican denies reports of attack warnings Posted: 12 Jan 2015 07:21 AM PST By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican denied press reports on Monday that it had received specific warnings from Israeli and U.S. intelligence services that it was a probable next target of an Islamist attack. La Repubblica, Corriere della Sera and other Italian papers reported on Monday that the CIA and Mossad had warned Italian and Vatican authorities that the Vatican may be a target. Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi said there were normal contacts among security services but the Holy See had been given no "concrete and specific" information over any risk. ...

Extremist threat pits law enforcement against civil rights Posted: 12 Jan 2015 07:15 AM PST CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The threat of Islamic extremism has justice officials balancing tougher law enforcement against the need to protect civil liberties, and that balance is struck in myriad ways around the world. The FBI's collection of demographic data on U.S. communities has drawn criticism from civil liberties groups, while Australia has been accused of reversing the onus of proof by demanding that travelers prove they have legitimate reason for visiting a terrorist hotspot.

AP PHOTOS: Editor selections from the Middle East Posted: 12 Jan 2015 06:55 AM PST A winter storm swept through the Middle East last week, covering some areas in snow, slamming the coastlines with high waves and killing seven people. The cold was particularly bitter for war refugees in Iraq and Lebanon, where two Syrians, 7-year-old Majed Badawi and shepherd Ammar Kamel, died in a snow storm as they made the dangerous trek across the border through the rugged, snow-covered mountains from Syria.

British anti-terror drills to study Paris attacks Posted: 12 Jan 2015 06:32 AM PST London (AFP) - Britain will seek to learn from last week's attacks in Paris as part of future security exercises, the government said after Prime Minister David Cameron met security and intelligence chiefs Monday.

Islamic State hit with 27 air strikes: U.S. military Posted: 12 Jan 2015 06:21 AM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and its allies targeted Islamic State forces in 27 air strikes in Iraq and Syria in a 24-hour period, the Combined Joint Task Force said on Monday. In Syria, the air raids, which ran from Sunday morning to Monday morning, hit Islamic State units and destroyed fighting positions and buildings near the city of Kobani while a strike near Dawr az Zawr hit an oil refinery and another near Abu Kamal destroyed an excavator, a task force statement said. ...

German intel chief urges Turkey to prevent extremist travel Posted: 12 Jan 2015 06:14 AM PST BERLIN (AP) — Germany's domestic intelligence chief on Monday urged Turkey to do more to prevent extremists crossing into Syria to join the Islamic State group and other terrorist organizations.

Officials say suicide bombing kills 12 people in Iraq Posted: 12 Jan 2015 06:11 AM PST BAGHDAD (AP) — A suicide car bomb killed 12 Shiite militiamen and Iraqi soldiers Monday in a town north of Baghdad, authorities said, sparking a battle between security forces and fighters with the extremist Islamic State group.

Reuters Sports Schedule at 1400 GMT on Monday, Jan 12 Posted: 12 Jan 2015 06:01 AM PST Reuters sports schedule at 1400 GMT on Monday: - - - - SOCCER Asian Cup, Australia (to 31) Group D Japan v Palestine, Newcastle (0700) Jordan v Iraq, Brisbane (0900) Japan crush Palestine in Asian Cup opener NEWCASTLE, Australia - Holders Japan enjoyed a Monday stroll in the Newcastle breeze as they swatted aside the meagre challenge of outsiders Palestine to kick off their Asian Cup title defence with a 4-0 victory. ...

Winter storm death toll hits 11 in Syria: monitor Posted: 12 Jan 2015 05:57 AM PST Five more people have died of freezing temperatures in Syria, bringing to 11 the country's death toll in a week-long storm battering the region, a monitoring group said Monday. Seven children, including twin baby girls, were among the dead, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. "The snowstorm that hit large swathes of Syria on Sunday caused the death of seven people," the Observatory said, updating an earlier toll. "Both twins have now died because of the cold," Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman told AFP.

1,400 from France have joined jihadis or 'want to go to Syria or Iraq' Posted: 12 Jan 2015 05:55 AM PST Some 1,400 people living in France have either joined the jihadist cause in Syria and Iraq or are planning to do so, Prime Minister Manuel Valls said Monday. "There are 1,400 individuals who are involved in the departures for jihad, for terrorism, in Syria and in Iraq," Valls told BFMTV. "There are close to 70 French citizens or residents in France who have died in Syria and Iraq in the ranks of the terrorists," he added. The two gunmen who slaughtered 12 people at satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, Cherif Kouachi and his brother Said, were likely among those who had left the country to "to be trained to kill and to sow terror".

Saudi says Myanmar female child-killer executed Posted: 12 Jan 2015 05:38 AM PST Saudi Arabia said on Monday it beheaded a Myanmar female child-killer, bringing to seven the number of death sentences carried out this year in the conservative Muslim kingdom. After a trial, Layla bint Abdul Mutaleb Bassim was executed for killing her husband's daughter Kalthoum bint Abdul Rahman bin Ghulam Gadir, aged six, the interior ministry said, quoted by the official Saudi Press Agency. Authorities identified Bassim -- executed in the holy city of Mecca -- as holding "Burmese nationality", using the former name for Myanmar, but did not specify if she was from its Rohingya Muslim community. Buddhist-majority Myanmar views its population of 800,000 Rohingya as illegal Bangladeshi immigrants and denies them citizenship.

Auto industry's past and future collide in Detroit Posted: 12 Jan 2015 05:34 AM PST By Paul Ingrassia DETROIT (Reuters) - For Detroit's first auto show of the 21st Century in January 2000, General Motors announced "the largest auto show exhibit ever in North America" to usher in the new Millennium. Company publicists declared that if the exhibit's 230 tons of steel were melted into beams and laid end-to-end they would stretch seven miles, equivalent to crossing the Ambassador Bridge between Detroit and Canada four times each way, or running the length of a soccer field 105 times. GM's press release added that the steel would rise three times higher than Mt. ...

Saudi says al-Qaida gunman involved in Iraq border attack Posted: 12 Jan 2015 05:23 AM PST RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia's Interior Ministry said that one of the attackers who launched a deadly assault on a security patrol near the Iraqi border last week was a Saudi national who belonged to a "deviant group," the phrase commonly used by officials to refer to al-Qaida.

Defending champion Japan, Iraq open with Asian Cup wins Posted: 12 Jan 2015 05:13 AM PST BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Keisuke Honda and Shinji Kagawa helped engineer Japan's 4-0 rout of tournament newcomer Palestine and Iraq edged Jordan 1-0 on Monday as the last two winners of the Asian Cup won their Group D openers.

Soccer-Magical goal sees Iraq beat Jordan 1-0 at Asian Cup Posted: 12 Jan 2015 05:08 AM PST (Adds quotes) By Julian Linden BRISBANE, Jan 12 (Reuters) - A magical goal from midfielder Yaser Kasim gave Iraq a crucial 1-0 win over a 10-man Jordan in the Asian Cup on Monday. Kasim, who plays for Swindon Town in the third tier of English football, scored the winner in the 77th minute with a touch of Messi magic and a little slice of luck. Taking the ball from outside the Jordan box, the 23-year-old dribbled his way past three defenders, then unleashed his shot at goal. ...

Palestinian newcomers outclassed by Japan at Asian Cup Posted: 12 Jan 2015 05:07 AM PST NEWCASTLE, Australia (AP) — The Palestinian players had plenty of support in their Asian Cup debut, even though Japan scored all the goals.

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