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WORLD / NEWS Fri Apr 11, 2008 @ 8:15am neoform

CNN -- Israeli defense officials say they have identified an unlikely new threat to national security -- Facebook. A new list of rules announced Thursday aims to prevent soldiers and Defense Ministry employees from revealing classified information on social netw.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Fri Sep 21, 2007 @ 9:42am neoform

News.com.au -- SIX Egyptian men died one after another as they descended into a rural septic tank in a failed attempt to rescue a 17-year-old who had entered the tank to fix a drainage problem, security sources and a family member said. The youth, Ayman Mohamed Gumaa.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Fri Sep 7, 2007 @ 8:20am neoform

BBC News -- Members of an Australian television comedy show have been arrested and charged after breaching the tightest security the city has ever seen. The team from the satirical show The Chaser's War on Everything were stopped within yards of the hotel where US.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Tue Aug 28, 2007 @ 8:14am neoform

SF Gate -- Ten suspects, including Russian police and security officials, have been arrested in the killing last year of crusading investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya, the country's top prosecutor announced Monday. "I would like to point out that regretfu.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Tue Jul 31, 2007 @ 2:13am neoform

USA Today -- Britain and France have stripped more harsh language from a U.N. Security Council draft resolution that would authorize a 26,000-strong peacekeeping force for Darfur in an attempt to win passage for the proposal this week. The draft resolution, obtaine.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Tue Jul 3, 2007 @ 4:42pm neoform

CNN -- London's Heathrow airport has reopened a busy, international terminal after a security scare led to the cancellation of more than 100 flights. Thousands of passengers were evacuated from Terminal 4 Tuesday after a suspect bag was found shortly before midd.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Thu Jun 28, 2007 @ 10:52am neoform

BBC News -- Iran's top security body has ordered local journalists not to report on problems caused by petrol rationing, a day after its surprise introduction. Angry motorists have reacted violently to the curbs, attacking up to 19 petrol stations in the capital,.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Sun Jun 3, 2007 @ 12:33am neoform

Washington Post -- A federal judge yesterday ordered the military to temporarily refrain from awarding the largest security contract in Iraq. The order followed an unusual series of events set off when a U.S. Army veteran filed a protest against the government practice of h.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Sun Apr 29, 2007 @ 9:15pm neoform

BBC News -- Iran says it will attend a key meeting on Iraq's security situation. A delegation headed by Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki will attend the conference later this week in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh. US Secretary of State Condoleezza R.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Sun Mar 25, 2007 @ 8:12pm neoform

CNN -- Iran on Sunday announced it was partially suspending cooperation with the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency while hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said the latest U.N. Security Council sanctions would not halt the country's nuclear enrichment "even for a.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Sun Mar 11, 2007 @ 11:54am neoform

Reuters -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wants to brief the U.N. Security Council about his country's civilian nuclear plans, which the West says is a covert attempt to make bombs, state media reported on Sunday. The five permanent members of the Council.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Wed Feb 7, 2007 @ 8:10am neoform

BBC News -- Microchips in Britain's new ePassports only have two-year warranties, a National Audit Office report says... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Sun Dec 24, 2006 @ 6:15pm izgood

New York Times -- Iran vowed today to continue to develop its nuclear program and to reconsider its relations with the international nuclear monitoring agency, taking a defiant stance in response to the Security Council’s approval on Saturday of sanctions intended to cur.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Sat Dec 2, 2006 @ 7:11pm neoform

BBC News -- Serious questions have been raised over Britain's border security after a BBC journalist entered the UK twice on fake and stolen passports... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Sat Nov 18, 2006 @ 11:33pm neoform

Yahoo News -- The Dutch government agreed on Friday a total ban on the wearing of burqas and other Muslim face veils in public, justifying the move on security grounds... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Sun Oct 22, 2006 @ 2:22am neoform

The Register -- The government is is funding the roll out of fingerprint security at the doors of pubs and clubs in major English cities... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Mon Apr 14, 2008 @ 8:13am neoform

CNN -- The Olympic torch arrived Monday in Oman amid tight security and expectations of a smooth relay of the flame on the Middle Eastern leg of its round-the-world tour. Officials said the flame arrived at Oman International Airport from Tanzania and was receiv.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Mon Mar 10, 2008 @ 8:13am neoform

CNN -- Beijing Olympic organizers said Monday they are confident of security for the Summer Games, one day after an official said authorities had uncovered a plot by Islamic terrorists targeting the event. "An efficient Olympic security command system is in plac.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Wed Feb 20, 2008 @ 8:13am neoform

CNN -- Egyptian security forces have raided the houses of Muslim Brotherhood members and arrested more than 90 people from the banned political group, the Muslim Brotherhood said Wednesday on its Web site. The Islamic group said the raids happened in six prov.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Thu Dec 6, 2007 @ 8:25am neoform

SF Gate -- Less than a year ago, Israeli soldiers pumped six bullets into Rabiya Hamed in a botched assassination attempt that left four others dead and more than 30 wounded. Hamed has since signed a controversial amnesty pact with Israel along with 177 other mem.. Read More