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(AP) ISLAMABAD – Pakistani lawmakers elected a ruling party loyalist as the new prime minister Friday, despite corruption allegations and his failure to end the country’s energy crisis — setting in motion what is likely to be a short and turbulent premiership. The election of Raja Pervaiz Ashraf is unlikely to reduce tensions among Pakistan’s jostling power centers that are destabilizing the nuclear-armed country, 속초콜걸 which is considered crucial to American hopes of winding down the war in neighboring Afghanistan. The latest round of turmoil was triggered earlier this week when judges at the activist Supreme Court disqualified former Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani for refusing to initiate a corruption investigation against his boss, President Asif Ali Zardari. U.S. Gen.: Afghan hotel attack likely Haqqani The court, considered by many to be hostile to Zardari, is likely to make the same demand of Ashraf, and many are predicting he will meet the same fate as Gilani within months. Ashraf, a minister in the ousted government, was originally put forward as a backup candidate but got the nod after the first choice was hit with an arrest warrant following his nomination on Thursday. The warrant was issued by an anti-narcotics force run by the military, which wields political power and has staged three coups in Pakistan’s short history. Ashraf was elected prime minister by Zardari’s Pakistan People’s Party and its...

(AP) NEW YORK – Two dozen people on four continents have been arrested in an elaborate sting targeting a black market for online financial fraud, federal officials in New York said Tuesday. U.S. officials called the crackdown in United States, Europe, Asia and 무안출장업소 Australia the largest enforcement effort ever against hackers who steal credit card, bank and other information on the Internet – a practice known as “carding.” The officials claimed the two-year FBI sting protected more than 400,000 potential victims and prevented losses of around $205 million. The arrests “cause significant disruption to the underground economy and are a stark reminder that masked IP addresses and private forums are no sanctuary for criminals and are not beyond the reach of the FBI,” Janice Fedarcyk, head of the FBI’s New York office, said in a statement. According to a criminal complaint unsealed on Tuesday in federal court in Manhattan, the suspects bought and sold hacking programs and stolen information via secure websites. In June 2010, undercover investigators set up their own website “as an online meeting place where the FBI could locate cybercriminals, investigate and identify them and disrupt their activities.” The complaint charges one alleged hacker using the name “OxideDox” with fraud. Undercover agents bought stolen data related to 15 American Express, MasterCard and Discover accounts from the defendant, the complaint said. In one instance, an undercover...

Updated at 12:41 p.m. ET (CBS/AP) PARIS – French investigators searched former President Nicolas Sarkozy’s home and office on Tuesday as part of a probe into suspected illegal financing of his 2007 presidential campaign by France’s richest woman, an official said. The searches happened while the former president was on vacation in Canada, Sarkozy lawyer Thierry Herzog told the Reuters news agency. Potential legal troubles have threatened Sarkozy since he lost the presidency to Socialist Francois Hollande in May elections. Sarkozy, who lost his immunity from prosecution June 15, denies wrongdoing. Judge Jean-Michel Gentil and other investigators from the Paris financial crimes unit conducted Tuesday’s search of Sarkozy’s home and offices, the official said. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to be publicly named discussing an ongoing investigation. The probe centers on the finances of L’Oreal cosmetics heiress Liliane Bettencourt. A long-running family feud over her fortune ballooned in 2010 into a multi-layered investigation and political affair. Allegations emerged that Bettencourt provided illegal campaign cash to Sarkozy’s party during the 2007 campaign. Sarkozy has vigorously denied the claims. The allegations struck a chord with Sarkozy’s critics, who were frustrated with Sarkozy’s handling of the recession-hit economy and 토토 생중계 saw him as too cozy with the rich. An accountant for Bettencourt said in 2010 that she gave euro50,000 in cash in 2007 to...