President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan yesterday batted away charges that his regime was complicit in the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, but admitted he was dissatisfied with progress in the controversial investigation.
“No intelligence organisation of Pakistan is capable of indoctrinating a man to blow himself up,” he told reporters in response to accusations against the Inter Services Intelligence agency. “Would I or the government gain from this?”
Instead Musharraf placed the blame on Islamist militants with al-Qaida links who are battling government forces in North-West Frontier Province.
– The Guardian
Of the most popular social networking websites, Bebo is today named in a report as the top performer, beating its rivals Facebook and MySpace.
Computing Which? publishes the results of an independent test assessing the 10 most popular sites for ease of setting up and using the site, the range of features, and the way the sites protected privacy and security, including how easy it is to remove personal details.
Bebo and Facebook achieved the highest scores of 79% and 74% respectively, and were rated easier to use than MySpace and best for socialising. Bebo, which is used predominantly by the 13- to 24-year-old age group, is praised for working hard to encourage responsible networking. “Users can restrict who sees their information, and block users, and there’s plenty of advice on security risks and how to avoid these,” says the magazine.
– The Guardian
Nearly a quarter of 3,500 credit cards issued to Scotland Yard detectives have been withdrawn following an inquiry into suspected fraud.
Around 800 cards have been cancelled since concerns surfaced last autumn over millions of pounds of “unreconciled” spending by officers in some of the Metropolitan Police’s security and specialist crime departments.
– The Telegraph