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London 2012 - London prepares for severe Olympic terror threat

Wed, 25 Jan 10:58:00 2012

British security officials are reportedly planning for the terror threat at this summer’s London 2012 Olympics to be severe – meaning an attack is considered ‘highly likely’.

According to this article, Home secretary Theresa May is…

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Navy SEAL Team raid rescues American and Dane

By ABDI GULED and KATHARINE HOURELD | …

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World's Friendliest Countries

By Beth Greenfield, contributor | Forbes – Wed, Jan 11, 2012

The world's friendliest country? According to a survey of expats, it's New Zealand. (Jami Tarris/Getty Images)

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World's worst places: Top 10 places you do not want to visit in 2012

by Justin Delaney (RSS feed) on Jan 6th 2012 at 8:30AM

What comes to mind when you think of the world's worst place? While it is easy to complain about rural Wal-marts, …

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Heroic football player stops potentially lethal teacher attack

By Cameron Smith

By all accounts, the attack looked like it would be lethal.

In the moments after the school bell rang, a 40-year-old teacher brutally attacked a fellow teacher. With screwdriver blows from English teacher Ronette Ricketts raining on the victim, fellow English teacher Cynthia Glozier, …

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U.S. lowers flag, marking official end to Iraq war

By Laura Rozen | The Envoy

The United States lowered its flag in Baghdad as the American military mission in Iraq was officially declared over Thursday.

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and the top U.S. military commander in Iraq Gen. Lloyd Austin (pictured above) presided over a low-key…

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Chinese Aircraft Carrier Spotted by Commercial Satellite

(AP Photo/DigitalGlobe) MANDATORY CREDIT

DENVER (AP) — A commercial U.S. satellite company said it has captured a photo of …

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Russia's Plan to Disrupt U.S.-European Relations

By Lauren Goodrich - From Stratfor.com

Tensions between the United States and Russia have risen in the past month over several long-standing problems, including ballistic missile defense (BMD) and supply lines into…

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Stratfor: The covert intelligence war against Iran

Written by Stratfor's Scott StewartFriday, 09 December 2011

There has been a lot of talk in the press lately about a "cold war" being waged by the United States, Israel and other U.S. allies against Iran. Such a struggle is certainly taking place, but in order to place recent developments in perspective, it is important to recognize that the covert intelligence war against Iran…

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U.S., Russia work to expand cyberspace cooperation

Reuters

Monday, 12 December 2011

Russia and the United States are planning a regular exchange on "technical threats" that appear to come from computers in each other's territories, a White House spokeswoman said even as bilateral ties have come under growing strains.

A range of mechanisms aimed at confidence building and crisis prevention are being planned to…

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Two Lake Travis Schools in Austin, TX reports Gunman on grounds

By Claudia Grisales | Friday, December 9, 2011, 11:45 AM

11:35 p.m. update:

An official said that a man believed to have a gun is no longer on the campus at Lake Travis Middle School.

Travis County sheriff’s Capt. Wes Priddy said the students at the middle and the nearby high schools are safe in their rooms. The schools remain on lock down, he said.

He said that a female custodian walked into a restroom at the middle school and saw…

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Austin, Texas high school lockdown ends

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - An Austin, Texas, high school was put on lockdown for hours on Monday morning after a man being pursued by police barricaded himself in a nearby house, officials said.

No one was allowed to enter or…

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NASA's Kepler mission confirms first planet in habitable for life

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Written By NASA

NASA's Kepler mission has confirmed the presence of the first planet in a "habitable zone," the region where liquid water could exist on a planet's surface. Kepler also has discovered more than 1,000 new planet candidates, nearly doubling its previously known count.

Ten of these candidates are near-Earth-size and orbit in the habitable zone of their host star. The candidates require follow-up observations to verify they are actual…

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Cyber warfare market worth US$15.9 billion in 2012

Written by DefenceWeb 12/07/11

Global spending on cyber warfare will reach US$15.9 billion next year, up from an estimated US$12.5 billion this year as governments respond to a range of cyber threats, a new report says.

Visiongain’s Cyberwarfare Market 2012-2022 report says that governments around the world will continue to invest in a range of cyber warfare systems and solutions designed to offer protection against a wide range of cyber threats including protecting…

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US cyber security Bill approved

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Written by Reuters Friday, 02 December 2011

A Bill to let US spy agencies share intelligence on cyber threats with private companies was backed by a House of Representatives intelligence panel yesterday.

In a 17-1 vote, the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence approved the legislation that would expand a pilot Pentagon programme for sharing classified and sensitive threat information…

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Two Killed on Virginia Tech Campus

By Chris McGreal - guardian.co.uk

12/08/2011

The killing of a police officer at Virginia Tech and discovery of a second body, caused a massive manhunt on the campus that has become notorious as the scene of the…

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The 8 fattest cities in the United States

1. Detroit, MI Detroit residents report more …

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Digging into China’s nuclear tunnels

By William Wan | The Washington Post

The Chinese have called it their “Underground Great Wall” — a vast network of …

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CIA Spies Caught in Iran

In a significant failure for the United States in the Mideast, more than a dozen spies working for the CIA in Iran and Lebanon have been caught and the U.S. government fears they will be or…

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NASA Announces Space Shuttle Closeout Contract Modification

Michael Curie

Headquarters, Washington

Kyle Herring

Johnson Space Center, Houston

HOUSTON -- NASA announced the Space Shuttle Program and subcontractor closeout modification to the Space Program Operations Contract (SPOC) with United Space Alliance (USA) of Houston, valued at $232.9 million.

The contract covers SPOC closeout actions from Oct. 1, 2011 through Sept. 30,…

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