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China’s deadliest high-speed train crash may hasten the breakup of a ministry that runs the world’s second-largest rail network, employs more people than the U.S. government and has debts larger than Denmark’s economy.

A surge in high-profile hacker attacks this year is demonstrating the limits of an older generation of security software from Symantec Corp. and McAfee Inc., putting pressure on them to revamp their product lines.

In a two-room shanty with no running water in northern Mumbai, Darshana Verma makes tea on a small stove. On a bench nearby, her 18-year-old son, Vishal, messages Facebook friends on the keypad of his Nokia smartphone.