Israel has partially re-opened the main goods crossing into the Gaza Strip after closing it for more than two weeks because of "security alerts". The closure of the Karni crossing meant basic food …
Panel: Industry crucial to fighting cybercrime
It is certainly true that the private sector will be the ?tip of spear? in detecting and identify cyber threats. It is also true that many of these threats may originate from outside the United …
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Yemen al Qaeda debacle worries US and Europeans
The escape of dangerous al-Qaeda terrorists last week from a prison in Yemen could represent a setback in efforts to secure maritime routes in the area. Yemeni intelligence authorities have said …
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Paul Pilar Speaks
(Yes, I stole the title from Steve Hayes) ;- ) Under normal circumstances blue-collar IOs like myself would never go up against an NIO, but seeing as how we can both append “former” to our old titles …
Danish Aid Groups Stop Chechnya Operations
An aid group that provides food to tens of thousands of people in war-ravaged Chechnya suspended its operations on Tuesday after Chechen officials banned all Danish organizations because of the …
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Central African Republic: Thousands of Civilians Flee As Army Fights Bandits
At least 2,000 villagers in two provinces in the northwest of the Central African Republic are hiding in the bush without food while an equal number has fled to neighbouring Chad recently to avoid …
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Three Muslims killed in restive Thai south
Militants shot three Muslim security volunteers at point-blank range at a market in Thailand's restive south on Monday, police said, the latest of more than 1,100 deaths in the two-year separatist …
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Lebanon arrests 13 al Qaeda suspects
The presence of a network linked to Abu Musab al Zarqawi in Lebanon has long been known and pre-dates the Iraq war. It goes back to about 2000-2001, when Zarqawi was running his own terrorist …
Australian terror suspects launch hunger strike
Ten Muslim men facing terrorism charges in Australia have launched a hunger strike in prison to press for the right to pray together, their lawyer said. The suspects, who are being held in solitary …
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UN reduces staff in West Darfur
The United Nations has decided to significantly reduce UN staff in parts of Sudan's volatile West Darfur region because of increasing insecurity and the growing possibility of a war between Sudan and …