BioSentral

Circumcision problems impair HIV prevention: study - GENEVA (Reuters) - African health workers need more training and better tools to circumcise men and boys safely for HIV prevention, according to a World Health Organisation (WHO) study chronicling "shocking" rates of complications. [Reuters Health News]

New video game depicts Venezuela mercenary attack - CARACAS (Reuters) - A video game depicting mercenaries storming Venezuela, which has been criticized in the oil-rich South American country as a blueprint for an invasion, will be released by a U.S. company this weekend. [Reuters Technology]

KU staffer suspected of making drug in school lab - A University of Kansas staff member was arrested in Lawrence this week for allegedly making a drug in a campus lab, the KU Public Safety office said. The 28-year-old research aide was suspected of making methylenedioxyamphetamine or MDA, which is similar to ecstasy. [Kansascity.com]

Researchers offer new way to avoid bogus Web sites
(AP) - AP - Intercepting Internet traffic, and spying on the communication between two computers, is a gold mine for hackers. Now Carnegie Mellon University researchers hope software they've built will make it harder for criminals to hit that jackpot. [Yahoo! News]

Sudan: Living on handouts, and exporting food - Even as it receives a billion pounds of free food from international donors, Sudan is growing and selling vast quantities of its own crops to other countries. [International Herald Tribune]

Pirates attack British ship off Yemen's coast - Yemeni authorities say pirates have attacked and possibly hijacked a British-flagged commercial ship off the Gulf of Aden. [The Boston Globe]

Report: RI Internet is the fastest in the U.S. - A study by the Communications Workers of America places Rhode Island at the top when it comes to Internet download speeds. [Fox 12 Rhode Island]

Fliers without ID placed on TSA list - The Transportation Security Administration has collected records on thousands of passengers who went to airport checkpoints without identification. [USAToday.com]

Police: 11 year old pulls off armed robbery - An 11-year-old boy was taken into custody after police said he robbed a Walgreens store with what looked like two handguns. [Tampabays10.com]

Gun-Control Activist Eyed As NRA Spy - A gun-control activist who championed the cause for more than a decade is suspected of working as a paid spy for the National Rifle Association, and now those organizations are expelling her and sweeping their offices for bugs. [CBS U.S. News]