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US girl who took on transplant rules gets new lungs

Agence France-Presse | Thursday June 13, 2013

A 10-year-old American girl whose dire need for a lung transplant catapulted her into the political spotlight underwent potentially life-saving surgery Wednesday after a donor was found.

South Africa ready to let go of Nelson Mandela: analysts

Agence France-Presse | Tuesday June 11, 2013

Nelson Mandela's lengthy absence from the spotlight has forced his adoring country to envisage what their hard-won and often fraught multi-racial democracy means without the man who forged it.

Computex 2013 kicks off with spotlight on wearable technology

Agence France Press | Monday June 3, 2013

Wearable computing, the next great frontier in consumer electronics, is expected to draw crowds to Taipei's Computex trade fair.

The curious case of the missing Sana Khan

Mid-Day.com | Thursday May 30, 2013

Tinsel town has been buzzing with rumours ever since Sana Khan came under the spotlight for her alleged role in an attempted kidnapping case. Soon Sana Khan went underground prompting people to wonder aloud about her whereabouts.

Riots put Sweden's open-door immigration policy in spotlight

Reuters | Monday May 27, 2013

Sweden's worst riots in years might benefit a far-right party in elections next year if scenes of immigrants burning cars and smashing up buildings cause voters to rethink their traditional welcome to foreigners.

British security services in spotlight after soldier murder

Reuters | Saturday May 25, 2013

Britain's security services faced questions on Friday over whether they could have done more to prevent the murder of a soldier hacked to death in a busy London street after it emerged that his suspected killers were known to intelligence officers.

WikiLeaks documentary spotlights complexity of Julian Assange

Reuters | Friday May 24, 2013

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange may claim to be a champion of transparency, but when an Oscar-winning filmmaker wanted to shine a light on his rise to fame after publishing secret U.S. diplomatic cables on his website, Assange was none too pleased.

Killing of British soldier stirs tension in poor corner of London

Reuters | Thursday May 23, 2013

The gory killing of a British soldier at the hands of two suspected Islamist militants has shone a spotlight on Woolwich, the London district where it happened, stirring racial tensions in one of the most ethnically diverse parts of Britain.

ATM heist: India's IT sector in unwelcome spotlight

Sunday May 19, 2013

A breach of security at two payment card processing companies in India that led to heists at cash machines around the world has reopened questions on the risks of outsourcing sensitive financial services to the Asian nation.

India's IT sector in unwelcome spotlight after $45 million dollar ATM heist

Reuters | Wednesday May 15, 2013

Indian IT firms, led by outsourcers such as Tata Consultancy Services and Infosys, argue that security breaches are rare.

ATM heist: India's IT sector in unwelcome spotlight

Wednesday May 15, 2013

A breach of security at two payment card processing companies in India that led to heists at cash machines around the world has reopened questions on the risks of outsourcing sensitive financial services to the Asian nation.

At Lalu Prasad's 'parivartan' rally today, spotlight on his sons and daughter

Reported by Manish Kumar, Edited by Abhinav Bhatt | Wednesday May 15, 2013

Lalu Prasad plans a grand comeback at a "parivartan" in Patna today. His party, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), says it is aimed at bringing change in Bihar. His rivals say it's an excuse to install his two sons, Tejpratap and Tarun, in positions of ...

US Doctor found guilty of murder in Philadelphia abortion trial

Reuters | Tuesday May 14, 2013

A Philadelphia doctor was found guilty on Monday of murdering three babies during abortions at a clinic serving low-income women in a case that cast a national spotlight on the controversial practice of late-term abortions.

Boston attacks trip up Reddit in its turn in spotlight

Leslie Kaufman, The New York Times | Monday April 29, 2013

Reddit went from a font of crowdsourced information to a purveyor of false accusations, to the subject of a reprimand by the president of the United States himself.

Margaret Thatcher's death puts David Cameron's leadership in spotlight

Reuters | Monday April 15, 2013

Margaret Thatcher's funeral this week may be the costliest political advert in history, if critics are to be believed - but her death is reminding Conservatives that their current prime minister pales against her ideological conviction and power.