Greatest Russian CyberCrime group completely vanishes

Security experts belive that the top notch Cyber Crime Organization, RBN (Russian Business Network) has disappeared and chances are will re-emerge in China putting a huge amount of pressure on the Chinese government.

They are dubbed 'the mother of cybercrime'.


To sum it up:

1. They provide web hosting to online criminals
2. They have been accused of creating up to a dozen fake anti spy ware and virus removal tools
3. They are leaders in the Cyber Crime industry
4. The U.S. Treasury says 'Cyber Crime industry' accumulates more profit than the illegal drug
5. Cyber Crime industry estimated accumulates more than 100$ billion a year
6. Some analysts say they are tied with the Russian government
7. They might even play a part in the recent 'Cyber Attacks' on Estonian cyberspace
8. Russian Authorities HAVE made a attempt to impose tougher penalties for cyber criminals and This just might be the reason for them leaving
9. There have been a reported unusual bulk registries of THOUSANDS of Web addresses in China
10. This is the common trend and practice of the RBN leading even more speculation that this will be the new home
11. VeriSign has accurately labeled them 'the baddest of the bad'

China confirms bird flu outbreak

By Jason Pilbin

URL: China confirms bird flu outbreak

China has confirmed a new outbreak of the H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus.

More than 11,000 poultry have died because of the virus inside Shijiping village near Yiyang city has said the Agriculture Ministry.

Yiyang was founded in the Qin Dynasty, Mainly consisting of farmlands inside its radius. Yiyangs primary crop is rice.

All tho yet there are no human infections in the latest outbreak, A total of 15 people have all ready lost there life to the H5N1 virus, and millions of birds have been culled as well.

Officials say they are working to vaccinate billions of domestic poultry by the end of May, in preparation of the northward migration of the wild birds in the summer says Xinhua news. Since the H5N1 virus has emerged from South East Asia in late 2003 the has claimed more than180 lives with Indonesia being the hardest hit with more than 70 deaths.

People and Scientists fear the virus could mutate to a form that is easily passed from human to human triggering pandemic.

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China and Africa best friends forever

After

A address in concern of the African Development Bank in Shanghai,

Wen Jiabao

urges rich nations to help with debt relief, trade, and to provide the continent with general aid.


China has then suffered criticism that it is only interested in the continent for its value in raw materials,

But analysts say China shows growing support with the effort of holding the first ever annual ADB meeting in Asia.

"Africa needs to rely on itself to sustain development but international support and systems are also indispensable,"

...

"We call on the international community to deliver on aid pledges to Africa and reduce and cancel African debt."

Mr Wen told delegates the first part of the meeting on Wednesday.

"We are truly sincere in helping Africa speed up economic and social development for the benefit of the African people and its nations,"


China Receives nearing one third of there oil and other raw material resources from Africa.

They have helped feed the country's economic transformation with more than 700 Chinese companies that are active in Africa, and trade that has quadrupled in the past six years to a estimated $55 billion.


China has already written off $1.5 billion in debt towards Africa and says will do such similar action again.


For further reading here is a link to the BBC NEWS article.