News in Brief

Mauritius won't host 2015 CHOGM
Afp, London

Mauritius will not host the next Commonwealth summit in 2015 as planned because of its boycott of this weekend's meeting in Sri Lanka, Prime Minister Navin Chandra Ramgoolam told British television on Friday.
Rangoolam defended his decision not to attend the heads of government meeting (CHOGM) in Colombo, saying there was "total lack of accountability" about human rights abuses during the Sri Lankan ethnic conflict.

India gets it's second aircraft carrier
Afp, Moscow

Russia yesterday ceremonially handed over a refurbished ex-Soviet aircraft carrier to India after a refit that overran by five years.
INS Vikramaditya will be India's second aircraft carrier. The ship is due to set sail on November 30 and arrive in India early next year. The refurbished ship is 284 metres long and is designed to carry 30 aircraft including MiG-29K fighters. The 44,500 ton-carrier has 1,600 crews.

US won't prosecute Greenwald
Afp, Washington

The US Justice Department has no plans to prosecute the journalist who facilitated Edward Snowden's leaks about US surveillance practices, Attorney General Eric Holder said in an interview published Friday.
Glenn Greenwald, an American, is based in Brazil and has written several news stories based on documents he received from Snowden.

Anonymous hacker gets 10-yr sentence
Afp, New York City

A computer programmer linked to the online hacktivist group Anonymous who pleaded guilty to hacking the intelligence firm Stratfor was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison, prosecutors said.
Jeremy Hammond, 28, also was part of a group which broke into the FBI computer network and later delivered documents to WikiLeaks, according to investigators.

$10m US bounty for Benghazi attackers
Afp, Washington

The State Department revealed Friday it has been quietly offering a $10 million reward to help track down the militants behind last year's deadly attack on a US mission in Libya.
The brazen assault in Benghazi cost the lives of four Americans, including ambassador Chris Stevens, with the fatalities and disputes about what unfolded at the diplomatic base causing fury in Washington.