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Repeal cybercrime law rights group

Manila, Philippines – The Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 needs to be repealed or replaced, a human rights group said yesterday. Human Rights Watch argued that the law, signed by President Benigno S. Aquino III on September 12, drastically increases punishments for criminal libel and gives authorities excessive and unchecked powers to shut down websites and monitor online information. var... 

Tiger calls for penalty strokes for slow play

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida (Reuters) – Tiger Woods has called on the PGA Tour to punish slow play with penalty strokes rather than the current practice of handing out undisclosed fines. The pace of rounds has become a growing issue on the tour and came to the fore at the Players Championship this week where Kevin Na’s constant practice strokes and ‘waggles’ annoyed... 

Soldier sentenced

SEOUL (Reuters) — A South Korean court on Tuesday sentenced a US Army private to 10 years in prison for sexually assaulting a local teenage girl in one of the heaviest punishments handed to an American serviceman stationed on the divided peninsula. The soldier, a private in the 2nd US Infantry Division, had been indicted in September on charges of sexually assaulting the 18-year-old...