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Email spam levels drop below 50 percent for the first time in 12 years

49.7 percent of anything may sound like a lot, but it’s a historical low for spam email levels – it’s the lowest share recorded by Symantec since September 2003, so progress is being made. Back then, Tony Blair was the UK PM and Apple was about to release Mac OS X Panther. The world was still waiting for the final Matrix film and bopping along to the Black Eyed Peas’

Golf-Latest British Open leaderboard

July 19 (Infostrada Sports) – Latest leaderboard in the third round from the British Open at the par-72 course on Sunday in St Andrews holesplayed rounds -10 Charl Schwartzel (South Africa) 12 67 72 Jordan Spieth (U.S.) 13 67 72 Dustin Johnson (U.S.) 4 65 69 Danny Willett (Britain) 5 66 69 -9 Steven Bowditch (Australia) 11 70 69 Anirban Lahiri (India) 11 69 70 Padraig Harrington (Ireland) 15 72

Spieth into joint lead at Open

Jordan Spieth on Sunday brought closer to reality an historic third straight major title as he moved into the joint lead on ten under at the Open Championship with overnight leader Dustin Johnson and South African Charl Schwartzel. Johnson had been clinging to his one shot lead on ten under during the third round of the tournament before Spieth reeled off six birdies in 12 holes to move level and

Spieth birdie blitz gives him joint lead at Open

By Martyn Herman ST ANDREWS, Scotland (Reuters) – Jordan Spieth roared up the British Open leaderboard in ominous fashion with a burst of birdies helping the American catch leader Dustin Johnson on Sunday. Apart from a bogey five at the ninth, Spieth was unstoppable while Johnson opened with four consecutive pars. Spieth responded to that setback with three consecutive birdies at the 10th, 11th and 12th to move into a

Obama sends Iran deal to wary Congress, Israel urges rejection

By Gernot Heller and Doina Chiacu TEHRAN/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s administration sent a nuclear agreement with Tehran to Congress on Sunday and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged U.S. lawmakers to reject a deal he said would only feed an “Iranian terror machine”. In a first concrete sign of European determination to quickly rebuild economic and political ties with Iran after a 12-year standoff, German Economy Minister Sigmar

Greek banks ready to open Monday, expect long queues

Greek banks expect long queues but no major problems when they reopen on Monday for the first time in three weeks, although withdrawals will still be limited and capital controls will remain, senior banking officials said on Sunday. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is trying to turn a corner after bailout terms he reluctantly accepted prompted a rebellion in his leftist Syriza party. The government on Saturday issued a decree ordering

Briton jailed in U.S. for supporting Taliban is released

A British man who was last year sentenced by a U.S. court to 12-1/2 years in prison after pleading guilty to running a website that supported the Taliban, has been released, his family said on Sunday. Babar Ahmad’s sentence included 10 years he had already served. U.S. prosecutors had said his crimes included recruiting fighters for the Taliban and al Qaeda in the run-up to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks

Syria's army says battles rebels near president's homeland

Syria’s army said on Sunday it had stepped up air strikes and retaken villages in a new offensive on Islamist insurgents in areas close to President Bashar al Assad’s ancestral homeland in the northeastern coastal province of Latakia. Latakia province – home to Syria’s biggest port and a stronghold of Assad’s Alawite sect – has been a key battleground of the conflict, which is now in its fifth year. Sunni

PM Cameron says he wants Britain to do more to fight IS in Syria

By Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister David Cameron wants Britain to do more to help the United States destroy Islamic State in Syria, he said in an interview broadcast on Sunday. Britain conducts regular strikes against IS militants in Iraq but has so far limited its Syrian involvement to flying surveillance missions to gather intelligence. Cameron failed to get parliamentary approval for military action against the forces of

Ukraine, rebels trade blame over shelling of central Donetsk

The Ukrainian military and pro-Russian separatists accused each other on Sunday of shelling residential districts of separatist-held Donetsk overnight, the first attack on central parts of the city since a February ceasefire agreement. More than 6,500 people have been killed since the conflict broke out in eastern Ukraine in April last year. Ukrainian military observers said they witnessed rebel missile systems “turned towards Donetsk, shelling residential areas of Donetsk, then