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The Rise Of The Houthis: A Brief History Of Yemen’s New Power Brokers

The past week has seen heavy fighting in the capital Saana, where the Houthis have gained almost complete control.

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A Houthi Shiite rebel poses for a picture as he guards a street in Sanaa, Yemen. Yemenís embattled President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi rushed to reach a cease-fire with the countryís most potent Houthi rebels after hours of gunbattles and firing of mortar shells in heavy clashes near Yemenís presidential palace Monday, Jan. 19, 2015. Photo: Hani

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Anonymous Hits Back Over UK’s Attacks On The Guardian

Hackers posted personal information of U.S. officials as “vital anti-terror surveillance information.”

Anonymous hackers behind the @OpLastResort twitter account have hacked U.K. and Chinese government websites in response to the nine-hour detention of Brazilian national David Miranda, partner of Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald, at London’s Heathrow Airport. Miranda was held by British authorities under a counterterrorism law after visiting

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Tor Browser Malware Has Online Privacy Advocates Worried

Researchers are trying to determine the source of a piece of malware that identified users of the private Tor network.

Hackers, researchers and security experts are desperately trying to determine the source of a piece of malware that, using vulnerability in the Firefox browser, identified users of the private Tor network. The Tor network is comprised of a number of proxy nodes through which a user’s connection is routed, creating randomly generated private

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