India successfully tested its nuclear-capable, short-range Dhanush ballistic missile, defence officials said. The locally-developed missile, a naval version of the surface-to-surface Prithvi, was …
Italian Agency Investigating Berlusconi
Italy's antitrust authority said Thursday it has opened an investigation to determine whether Premier Silvio Berlusconi violated conflict of interest rules when his government approved subsidies to …
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Hezbollah.com
Via Judeoscope: [Hezbollah] — regarded by many as even more sophisticated than al-Qaeda — has sharpened its counterintelligence expertise over the years by keeping a step ahead of Mossad, Israel’s …
Bigger Hurdles for U.S. In Iraq’s Next Phase
Against the backdrop of impressive voter turnout in Iraq ?particularly among the Sunni communities?two main issues: 1) the political participation and insurgent pacification of Sunnis, and 2) the …
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EU considers key role in Kosovo
The fact that the future status talks on Kosovo have been delayed until January 2006, plus discussions are ongoing within the European Union (EU) to take over certain functions from the United …
Haitian Priest Said to Need U.S. Doctor
A jailed Catholic priest who had been considered a potential candidate for Haiti's presidency may have cancer and should be released to seek medical treatment in the United States, his lawyer said …
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Women Legislators’ Reviews Mixed in Iraq
Mariam al-Rayes still remembers the words of a skeptical colleague at law school. "You cannot work as a lawyer because people do not trust women lawyers," he told her many years ago. Since then, …
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Terror threat to ‘crowded areas’
Through December, the UK's MI5 and various police forces have been working to disrupt al-Qaeda cells operating in country. As a result, on December 2, Scotland Yard issued an alert to 51 chief …
eBay pulls vulnerability auction
Online auction giant eBay shut down the bidding for a vulnerability in Microsoft's Excel spreadsheet program on Thursday, saying that the sale of flaw research violates the site's policy against …
Agencies must monitor insider network threats, expert says
A tremendous threat to an organization?s information security is from the external lone wolf hacker. These perceptions were created and reinforced during at the dawn of the information age when …
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