Posts Tagged ‘Security’

Syria massacre toll passes 100

Sunday, May 27th, 2012

An emergency meeting of the UN Security Council called to discuss a massacre in Syria hears that 108 people were killed and 300 injured.

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Syria massacre toll passes 100

Syria Denies Responsibility in Brutal Attack

Sunday, May 27th, 2012

The United Nations Security Council was set to meet over the killings of more than 90 villagers, including 32 children, which its top officials have sharply denounced.

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Lady Gaga cancels Indonesia gig

Sunday, May 27th, 2012

Lady Gaga cancels a concert in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, citing “security” concerns, after protests by religious groups.

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Lady Gaga cancels Indonesia gig

Anti-GM wheat crop action planned

Sunday, May 27th, 2012

Security around an experimental crop in a Hertfordshire field is increased to prevent damage during a day of action by opponents.

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Salafists clash in Tunisian town

Saturday, May 26th, 2012

Hundreds of ultra-conservative Salafists clash with security forces, attack a police station and damage shops selling alcohol in a Tunisian town.

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Brother of Chen Guangcheng Escapes Guarded Village

Thursday, May 24th, 2012

Chen Guangfu, a brother of Chen Guangcheng, slipped through a security cordon and went to Beijing, said a lawyer who met him there.

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Brother of Chen Guangcheng Escapes Guarded Village

Syria army ‘behind rights abuses’

Thursday, May 24th, 2012

The Syrian army and security forces are responsible for most of the serious rights abuses committed since March, say UN-mandated investigators.

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Syria army ‘behind rights abuses’

US drone ‘kills 8′ in Pakistan

Thursday, May 24th, 2012

The second US drone strike in 24 hours kills eight people in a volatile tribal area of north-west Pakistan, security officials say.

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U.S. hacks Web sites of al-Qaeda affiliate in Yemen

Thursday, May 24th, 2012

State Department cyber experts recently hacked into Web sites being used by al-Qaeda’s affiliate in Yemen and substituted the group’s anti-American rhetoric with information about civilians killed in terrorist strikes, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday. Read full article > >

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U.S. hacks Web sites of al-Qaeda affiliate in Yemen

Secret Service Chief Testifies About Scandal

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012

Mark Sullivan said there was not a breach of national security because agents didn’t have specifics about the president’s Colombia trip.

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Secret Service agents ‘reckless’

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012

Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan told a Senate committee Wednesday that the prostitution scandal in Colombia caused no security breach and steps have been taken to prevent a similar episode.

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Secret Service agents ‘reckless’

VIDEO: ‘Morgan warned me to protect voicemail’

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012

Piers Morgan warned Jeremy Paxman that he would be a fool if he did not use the security settings on his mobile phone to protect his voicemail messages, according to the Newsnight host.

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VIDEO: ‘Morgan warned me to protect voicemail’

Nations need food security goals

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012

The biggest environmental summit for a decade needs to deliver meaningful progress on global food security sustainable agriculture, say researchers.

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Nations need food security goals

Passenger’s implant claim triggers flight diversion

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012

A passenger who said she had a surgically implanted device inside her prompted a security scare that led to the diversion of a North Carolina-bound jet, officials said.

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Dover mortuary officials punished for retaliating against whistleblowers

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012

The Air Force said Monday that it had fined the former commander of the Dover Air Force Base mortuary $7,000 and suspended his top deputy for 20 days without pay for retaliating against whistleblowers, but it allowed both men to keep their jobs. Read full article > >

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