Venezuelas president Hugo Chávez har avlidit efter två års kamp mot cancer, meddelade vicepresident Nicolás Maduro i ett tv-sänt tal.

Frankrike säger att tiotals militanta islamister har dödats under den senaste tiden i Mali, men kan inte bekräfta att terrorledaren Mokhtar Belmokhtar finns bland dem.

Venezuelas president Hugo Chávez är död, meddelar vicepresident Nicolás Maduro.

En 58-årig man fick livshotande skador i en trafikolycka på E 18 utanför Karlskoga på tisdagskvällen.

An anonymous reader writes "In an interview with Reuters, 'father of the internet' Vint Cerf spoke about Google's past push for requiring real names from their users — a stance they later backed down from after public outcry. Google+ and many other services work just fine with pseudonyms, Cert says, and it's better to let users pick the option that works best for them. 'Using real names is useful. But I don't think it should be forced on people, and I don't think we do.' That said, he also firmly believes some services do need true identities from both sides: 'Anonymity and pseudonymity are perfectly reasonable under some situations. But there are cases where in the transactions both parties really need to know who are we talking to. So what I'm looking for is not that we shut down anonymity, but rather that we offer an option when needed that can strongly authenticate who the parties are.' Still, the matter of pseudonyms on Google+ seems to be settled internally, at least for the moment. Cerf said, 'There was a debate on this subject and it was resolved. ... Our conclusion was that choice is important.'"

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Venezuela leader Hugo Chavez has died after a two-year battle with cancer, ending the socialist leader's 14-year rule.

After several rounds of chemotherpay and surgery in Cuba, Venzezuela's president finally succumbs to cancer.

A look back at the life and career of one of South America's most popular and controversial leaders.

theodp writes "The anarchist dictum when it comes to grand juries, explains Salon's Natasha Lennard, is a simple one: 'No one talks, everyone walks.' It's a lesson journalist Quinn Norton tragically learned only after federal prosecutors got her to inadvertently help incriminate Aaron Swartz, her dearest friend and then-lover. Convinced she knew nothing that could be used against Swartz, Norton at first cooperated with the prosecutors. But prosecutors are pro fishermen — they cast wide nets. And in a moment Norton describes as 'profoundly foolish,' she told the grand jury that Swartz had co-authored a blog post advocating for open data (the Guerrilla Open Access Manifesto), which prosecutors latched onto and spun into evidence that the technologist had 'malicious intent in downloading documents on a massive scale.' Norton sadly writes, 'It is important the people know that the prosecutors manipulated me and used my love against Aaron without me understanding what they were doing. This is their normal. They would do this to anyone. We should understand that any alleged crime can become life-ruining if it catches their eyes.' Consider yourself forewarned."

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