Local Time Line

Chip giant says it was targeted by sophisticated attack in January but that it wasn’t connected to the attacks on Google and others.

After seven frustrating years probing the deadly 2001 anthrax mailings, investigators have formally closed the case after concluding a government researcher acted alone in the attacks.

Criticism is mounting over Washington’s refusal to say anything about missile strikes against Taliban and al-Qaida fighters in Pakistan’s northwest.

The Christian Science Monitor reports there is a China link in one of the attacks on three oil firms in 2008 that involved e-mails containing hyperlinks to spyware.

Some Google China staff put on leave or transferred in the wake of the attacks on Google’s network, according to reports.