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British embassy analyst faces prison sentence (Times Online)

A respected Iranian political analyst employed by the British embassy in Tehran is facing a lengthy prison sentence after he was charged yesterday with “acting against national security”.

Australian gamer blackballed over virtual world 'fraud' (Sydney Morning Herald)

Facing real world debts, a trusted figure in a popular online game stole money from the virtual bank he ran and exchanged it for cash through the black market.

Gamer steals from virtual world to pay real debts (CIOL)

TORONTO, CANADA: Facing real world debts, a trusted figure in a popular online game stole money from the virtual bank he ran and exchanged it for cash through the black market.

Myrtle Beach area students swap buses for modems (The Myrtle Beach Sun News)

Seventeen-year-old Lindsay Hickman of Myrtle Beach will be able to do it all when classes begin in late August - travel to Georgia and Florida, keep up with her Web design business, take classes at Horry-Georgetown Technical College and finish classes for her high school diploma.

Trusted Gamer In Virtual Cash Embezzlement Scam (redOrbit)

A trusted figure in the EVE Online game stole money from the virtual bank he managed, and exchanged it for real-world cash via the black market.The embezzlement took place in the popular game EVE Online, which has more than 300,000 subscribers who pay $15 a month to play. The game has players earning their wealth through hard work, market manipulation, or offing competitors in a distant future ...

Aussie tech worker steals from virtual world (iTNews)

To pay real world debts.

Aussie tech worker steals from virtual world to pay real debts (iTNews)

Causes run on the bank.

Gamer steals from virtual world to pay real debts (Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News)

By JaShong King

Commentary: Waiting for al-Qaida's Godot (UPI)

By ARNAUD DE BORCHGRAVE UPI Editor at Large WASHINGTON, July 2 (UPI) -- Homegrown terrorism and transnational terrorism are not birds of a feather. They don’t flock together and can’t be killed with one stone.

Alexandra author puts 300th published title on the shelf (Otago Daily Times)

Alexandra author Pauline Cartwright has just clocked up her 300th title to be published - her latest children's novel Inside the Game. Mrs Cartwright described the book, which was set in a virtual computer world, as ‘‘a rattling good adventure'' which was ‘‘a lot of fun to write''.