Archive for October, 2009

Reform Security Council: Tharoor – Times of India

Saturday, October 31st, 2009

RIA Novosti
Reform Security Council: Tharoor
Times of India
KOLKATA: A permanent seat may not be round the corner, but a strong campaign has been launched to make India a non-permanent member of the UN Security
Non-permanent UNSC seat in India's bag?The Day After
India expects to get non-permanent UNSC seatRIA Novosti
Confident of India winning non-permanent Security Council seat: TharoorSINDH TODAY
Press Trust of India -The Hindu -india-server.com
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UN says police, NATO slow to respond to attack – The Associated Press

Friday, October 30th, 2009

Telegraph.co.uk
UN says police, NATO slow to respond to attack
The Associated Press
As guests cowered inside their rooms or jumped from windows, two UN security officers fought with three militants who attacked the guest house at dawn
The UN Security Council has backed a call by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon BBC News
UN to boost Afghan security after Kabul attackReuters
UN builds security, protection for staff in Afghanistan – SummaryEarthtimes (press release)
AFP -Xinhua -PRESS TV
all 3,227 news articles »

Iraq arrests security officials over Baghdad blast? – Link TV

Friday, October 30th, 2009

Boston Globe
Iraq arrests security officials over Baghdad blast?
Link TV
Security officials detained 63 security personnel including 13 military officers with different rankings. They are undergoing investigations pertaining to
Iraq's VP calls on review of security file after Baghdad bloody bombingsXinhua
Religious leaders slam Iraq authorities over attacksAFP
Sectarianism and politicization of the Iraqi ArmyLong War Journal
Pittsburgh Post Gazette -Saudi Gazette -CBC.ca
all 168 news articles »

Friday Squid Blogging: Humboldt Squid in Canada

Friday, October 30th, 2009

They’re washing ashore on Vancouver Island. Scientists have begun attaching tracking devices to squid off the coast of Vancouver Island to find out why the marine animals have wandered so far from their traditional territory. They also hope to find out why the squid have been beaching themselves and dying by the hundreds this summer near the town of Tofino…

US: Further security breaches can reignite Lebanon-Israel hostilities – Daily Star – Lebanon

Friday, October 30th, 2009

Kyrgyzstan News
US: Further security breaches can reignite Lebanon-Israel hostilities
Daily Star – Lebanon
BEIRUT: The US Special Coordinator for Lebanon warned on Friday that any further security breaches from Lebanon and Israel could lead to a
Israeli violations of 1701Al-Ahram Weekly
South Lebanon incidents increase risk of conflict: UNAFP
Israeli attack on Lebanon 'imminent'tayyar.org
Ha’aretz -Baltimore News Net -Jewish Telegraphic Agency
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FBI reviews security video after LA shooting – The Associated Press

Friday, October 30th, 2009

Los Angeles Times
FBI reviews security video after LA shooting
The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES — The FBI was reviewing security camera footage Friday with police in the hunt for an unidentified gunman who wounded two men in a synagogue
Synagogue beefs up security after shootingNECN
FBI reviews security video after LA shootingThe Associated Press

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Article on Me

Friday, October 30th, 2009

Article on me from a Luxembourg magazine….

Hilton ’steps up security after burglary’ – Digital Spy

Friday, October 30th, 2009
Hilton 'steps up security after burglary'
Digital Spy
"Since then I have upped my security majorly, I have 24-hour security guarding my home and cameras and alarms everywhere so this will never happen again.

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Dresden courtroom stabbing trial opens in high security bubble – guardian.co.uk

Friday, October 30th, 2009

guardian.co.uk
Dresden courtroom stabbing trial opens in high security bubble
guardian.co.uk
The extraordinary security measures are now there to protect the life of Wiens, who has had a fatwa issued against him by an Egyptian sheikh.

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Attacking U.S. Critical Infrastructure

Friday, October 30th, 2009

Squirrel terrorists. We have a cognitive bias to exaggerate risks caused by other humans, and downplay risks caused by animals (and, even more, by natural phenomena.)…

N.Y. bank computer technician charged with ID theft

Friday, October 30th, 2009

A New York computer technician has been charged with stealing the personal data of Bank of New York Mellon employees.



Watchdog TV show slams hotspot security – V3.co.uk

Friday, October 30th, 2009
Watchdog TV show slams hotspot security
V3.co.uk
The BBC's Watchdog programme claims to have exposed security weaknesses in many of the UK's wireless hotspots. The consumer affairs show managed to hack
BBC Watchdog Reveals UK Wireless Hotspots Vulnerable to HackingISPReview UK

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So that the Goldstone Report Does not Get Buried at the Security Council – ??? ??????

Friday, October 30th, 2009

Brisbane Times
So that the Goldstone Report Does not Get Buried at the Security Council
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The majority of great powers are not alone in their chronic fear of the ICC, as it is also shared by many of the elected members of the Security Council,
Dispatch from J StreetHuffington Post (blog)
Gaza war crimes: Why did the PA stall the vote on the Goldstone Report?The Muslim News

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YouSendIt founder indicted

Friday, October 30th, 2009

The former CEO and co-founder of YouSendIt, a popular file transfer service, was indicted this week on four counts of mail fraud. Khalid Shaikh, who left the Campbell, Calif.-based company in November 2006, was charged with using the ApacheBench tool to launch four separate denial-of-service attacks, between December 2008 and June 2009, against YouSendIt’s servers, disabling the service for customers. Each count of mail fraud carries a maximum five-year prison term, three years of supervised release and a fine of $250,000. — DK



Facebook wins $711 million in damages against spam king

Friday, October 30th, 2009

Facebook has won a $711 million civil action against reputed spammer Sanford Wallace, who may now face prison time as a result.



Russia Now: From October’s newspapers – Telegraph.co.uk

Friday, October 30th, 2009

RIA Novosti
Russia Now: From October's newspapers
Telegraph.co.uk
The new concept for Russia's use of nuclear weapons, now under consideration by the Security Council, will not radically differ from the old one and is
US security adviser in Moscow nuclear arms talksThe Associated Press
US National Security aide says satisfied with meetings in MoscowITAR-TASS
Top US security adviser to Russia for nuclear talks: WHouseAFP
Times Online -Washington Post -WashingtonTV
all 346 news articles »

Iraq’s VP calls on review of security file after Baghdad bloody bombings – Xinhua

Friday, October 30th, 2009

Telegraph.co.uk
Iraq's VP calls on review of security file after Baghdad bloody bombings
Xinhua
BAGHDAD, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) — Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi called on an evaluation of running the security dossier after Sunday's bloody suicide
Religious leaders slam Iraq authorities over attacksAFP
Iraqi security officials heldPittsburgh Post Gazette
61 security force members arrested over Baghdad blastsSaudi Gazette
CBC.ca -Security Management -Albuquerque Express
all 158 news articles »

Multiple-language domain names pose security risk – Web User

Friday, October 30th, 2009
Multiple-language domain names pose security risk
Web User
"Security measures will need to be taken extremely seriously. The incidental difference between BankofAmerica.com from BánkofAmerica.com would be a prime

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Extra security drafted in for Jordan booksigning – Northampton Chronicle & Echo

Friday, October 30th, 2009
Extra security drafted in for Jordan booksigning
Northampton Chronicle & Echo
Extra security staff will be drafted in to help deal with the event. Sheridan New, Grosvenor Centre manager, said as long as Jordan – accomplished actress,

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Ugandan security agencies foil bomb plot in capital Kampala – Xinhua

Friday, October 30th, 2009
Ugandan security agencies foil bomb plot in capital Kampala
Xinhua
KAMPALA, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) — Ugandan security agencies on Friday foiled a bomb plot in the capital Kampala just a week after Somali militants threatened

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