Operator - MHW's Blog – October 2011 Archive (61)

Israeli who sold chemical weapons to Iran freed from jail

AFP- An Israeli businessman who has spent more than 14 years behind bars for selling chemical weapons to …

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Massive smuggling ring dismantled in Arizona

By AMANDA LEE MYERS - Associated Press | AP

PHOENIX (AP) — …

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Libya names new Prime Minister

NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen speaks to reporters in Tripoli, Libya, Monday, Oct. 31, 2011. NATO's top official is praising the Libyans for their "courage, determination and sacrifice" to oust dictator Moammar Gadhafi, and says they have transformed Libya and…

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U.S. drone "kills five Taliban commanders" in Pakistan

Written by ReutersFriday, 28 October 2011 11:36

A U.S. drone strike killed five commanders of a powerful Pakistani Taliban faction which attacks Western forces in Afghanistan, one of the group's leaders told Reuters.

The…

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Stratfor Analysis: Libya – the difficult task ahead

On Oct. 23, three days after the fall of Moammar Gadhafi's last outpost, the National Transitional Council (NTC) officially declared the liberation of Libya. Though the NATO operation is not expected to end immediately, the Gadhafi regime is gone, the Libyan war is effectively over and the NTC is now moving to form a transitional government.

Among those who have just declared victory, however, the coming months could see the outbreak of a new…

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Arab League hands Syria plan to end unrest

By Khaled Yacoub Oweis | Reuters

AMMAN (Reuters) - The Arab League handed Syrian officials a plan for ending seven months of increasingly violent unrest againstPresident…

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Chavez orders for land to be taken from British firm

Associated Press-

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's president on Sunday ordered the expropriation of 716,590 acres belonging to a British-owned company amid a disagreement over compensation for earlier takeovers of ranchland from the firm.

President Hugo Chavez announced the…

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Mexico: Video threatens to disclose Zetas allies

VERACRUZ, Mexico (AP) — An Internet video threatens Mexico'sZetas drug cartel with exposure of its allies in the local police and news media this week unless the gang frees a kidnapped member of the international hacker movement known as "Anonymous."…

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70 Arrested in Arizona Drug Bust

By Eric Johnson in Chicago | Reuters

(Reuters) - Law enforcement officials in Arizona seized thousands of pounds of narcotics and arrested at least 70 suspected drug smugglers with apparent ties to a…

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13 Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan Roadside Bombing

From Nick Paton Walsh, CNN

updated 10:03 AM EST, Sat October 29,…

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$6.6 billion in lost Iraq cash found

By Laura Rozen | The Envoy

It's a rare day when positive news surfaces from the frontlines of Iraq's post-occupation government--or from its troubled economy. However, a U.S. Iraq inspector general report that concluded this week that $6.6 billion in shrink-wrapped cash the U.S. government previously feared had gone…

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National Security Agency helps Wall Street battle hackers

The National Security Agency, a secretive arm of the US military, has begun providing Wall Street banks with intelligence on foreign hackers, a sign of growing US fears of financial sabotage.

The assistance from the agency that conducts electronic spying overseas is part of an effort by American banks and other financial firms to get help from the U.S. military and private defence contractors to fend off cyber attacks, according to interviews with US officials, security experts…

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Tennessee Becomes First State To Fight Terrorism Statewide with VIPR Team

By Adam Ghassemi (News Channel 5)

PORTLAND, Tenn. – You're probably used to seeing TSA's signature blue uniforms at the airport, but now agents are hitting the interstates to fight terrorism with Visible Intermodal Prevention and Response (VIPR).

"Where is a terrorist more apt to be found? Not these days on an airplane more likely on the interstate," said Tennessee Department of Safety & Homeland Security Commissioner Bill…

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Chinese-Manned Moon Base to Be Massive Lunar Land Grab?

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Grenade attack on Nairobi disco injures 14: police

AFP- Oct. 23, 2011 - A grenade was thrown into a discotheque in Kenyan capital Nairobiearly Monday injuring 14 people, all Kenyans, central Nairobi police chief Eric Mugambi said.

"Initial investigations show it is a grenade…

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Body of Missing Utah Teen identified

NORTH OGDEN, Utah (AP) — A body found in a shallow grave belongs to a 16-year-old girl who had been missing more than a month, authorities in Utah said Saturday.

The Utah State Medical Examiner's Office confirmed through…

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US-North Korea talks gear up in Geneva

By FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

GENEVA (AP) — U.S. diplomats arrived in Geneva on Sunday for talks with North Korean officials about Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program, the second direct encounter between the two sides in less than three months.…

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Bodies of 6 Indians found in Iran diving chamber

AP - The bodies of six Indian divers working on an Iranian oil field in the Gulf were recovered Sunday from a diving chamber that became trapped underwater when its support ship sank, officials said.

A search was continuing for up to seven other crew members of the ship who were missing, believed drowned, according to the websites of …

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Russia bans entry to US officials in retaliation

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia has banned entry to U.S. officials allegedly involved in killings and abductions, a strong response to Washington's blacklisting of Russian officials involved in the prison death of…

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