Vulnerable computers and networks are vital components of the garden-variety spammer who relies on negligent system administrators to improperly configure or fail to maintain computers and networks. …
Somalia: FAA Warning Raises Regional Concern Over Anti-Aircraft Fire
Recently, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a statement prohibiting US air carriers and commercial aircraft from flying at altitudes lower than 6,000 meters while in Somali airspace. …
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Iraqi leader meets with Japan’s emperor
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki met with Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko on Monday, starting off a four-day visit that was delayed after Iran refused to allow his plane to fly over …
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Billionaire Blasts Off on Russian Rocket
A Russian rocket carrying the American billionaire who helped develop Microsoft Word and two cosmonauts blasted off late Saturday from the Baikonur cosmodrome en route to the international space …
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Africa: Looming Water Crisis
March 22, 2007, marked the 15th celebration of ‘World Water Day,” an initiative that grew out of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNICED). This annual event is used …
US: New Study Released on LNG Tankers
A new study was recently released by the US Government Accountability Office (GAO), which focused on the consequences of a possible terrorist attack on a tanker carrying liquefied natural gas (LNG). …
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Venezuela says new spy technology to fight drugs
Blamed by Washington for a surge in narcotics shipments through its territory, Venezuela said on Friday it was arming itself with Chinese satellite technology and Russian Sukhoi-30 jets to help crack …
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Plot against Britain’s Internet Infrastructure
According to a report in London’s Sunday Times, March 11, 2007 edition, last year Scotland Yard disrupted an al-Qaeda plot to attack the Internet infrastructure in Britain (source). Evidence …
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ZIMBABWE: More arrests, tension rises
Zimbabwean police arrested 240 more pro-democracy supporters on Monday as they protesed the killing of an opposition party member and the crackdown on civil rights groups and political parties. More …
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US working on satellite defenses in the shadow of a Chinese test
The US military has been quietly working on an array of defenses against attacks on its satellites, including tiny new satellites that could one day be armed for wars in space, analysts say. That may …
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