NEWS A squabble between a group fighting spam and a Dutch company that hosts Web sites that are said to be sending spam has escalated into one of the largest computer attacks on the Internet, causing widespread congestion and jamming crucial infrastructure around the world. John Markoff and Nicole Perlroth report.
As the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday weighed the momentous question of whether gay and lesbian couples have a constitutional right to marry, six justices questioned whether the case, arising from a California ban on same-sex marriages, was properly before the court and indicated that they might vote to dismiss it. Adam Liptak reports from Washington.
Italy’s highest court on Tuesday ordered a new trial in the sensational case of Amanda Knox, an American student accused of murdering her 21-year-old roommate, Meredith Kercher of Britain, in 2007. Elisabetta Povoledo reports from Rome.
With time running out until Cyprus’s devastated banks must reopen their doors to the public, Cypriot and European officials are scrambling to put in place a set of measures that would allow jittery depositors access to their savings while preventing many billions of euros from fleeing the country. Landon Thomas Jr. reports from Nicosia.
A group of five emerging world economic powers met in Africa for the first time Tuesday, gathering in South Africa for a summit meeting at which they plan to announce the creation of a new development bank, a direct challenge to the dominance of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. Lydia Polgreen reports from Johannesburg.
European Union antitrust regulators have expanded their investigation into whether a small network of big banks unfairly controls the derivatives market. James Kanter reports from Brussels.
EDUCATION A growing number of graduate-level management courses are teaching sustainability, in and out of the classroom. Christopher F. Schuetze reports from The Hague.
With finance based on the principles of the Koran booming, its growth has pushed more educational institutions into creating degree programs in the field. Kristiano Ang reports from Kuala Lumpur.
ARTS The Berlin Philharmonic, which in May 2011 announced that after 45 years its 2012 Easter Festival in Salzburg would be its last, has duly taken up residence in the Festspielhaus of this idyllic spa town that lured it away. In Salzburg, meanwhile, quick action to engage the Dresden Staatskapelle orchestra and its conductor, Christian Thielemann, has allowed its Easter Festival to proceed apace. George Loomis reviews from Baden-Baden, Germany.
SPORTS In cricket, England hung on to draw with New Zealand in Auckland, ending a three-match series in a 0-0 stalemate. Huw Richards reports.
For all the goals that Michael Owen scored as a professional, his most spectacular came against Argentina at the 1998 World Cup. He was 18. Rob Hughes writes from London.
