ABC News

World govts race to contain swine flu outbreakKansas City Star, MOCOURTESY: Television New Zealand Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says declaring a public health emergency to deal with the emerging new swine flu, is similar to the government preparing for an approaching hurricane. …Obama Admin. Releases Stockpile of Antiflu Virus Drug ABC NewsWhite House: Obama [...]

Daily Nation

$250 million Pledged for Somalia SecurityVoice of AmericaBy Lisa Bryant The international community has pledged more than $250-million to beef up security in Somalia. The funds were pledged during a one-day donors' conference in Brussels and significantly exceeded organizers' expectations. …EU pledges 60 mln euros for security in Somalia ReutersInternational Donor Conference on [...]

Ukraine’s security service is facing legal action after being accused of using members of the public in an anti-terror exercise. People in the Black Sea port of Sevastopol were stopped for ID checks and held for hours. …

The Tech Herald

Report: Payment card data was top target in 2008CNET News, CAPIN data was increasingly targeted in 2008 in attacks in which magnetic-stripe data and PIN data was used for identity fraud. For example, criminals used the data to make ATM withdrawals from victim's accounts. PIN data stolen in a breach at payment …Verizon: Organized [...]

Los Angeles Times

At Least 10 Dead In Kirkuk AttackMyStateline.com, ILPolice say nearly two dozen others were hurt in the Kirkuk attack and they expect both numbers would rise. They said the attack seemed to be aimed at a convoy of police tasked with protecting Iraq's northern oil infrastructure. …Ten Iraqi police killed in Kirkuk car [...]

BBC News

Lebanese army targets crime ringsBBC News, UKBy Natalia Antelava The Lebanese army is conducting a massive operation against crime rings in the country's volatile Bekaa Valley. The army says it has arrested dozens of people and confiscated arms and drugs in an operation that comes days after four …

Seattle Post Intelligencer

In Mexico, Obama to offer solidarity in drug warThe Associated PressThe Justice Department says such Mexican drug trafficking organizations represent the greatest organized crime threat to the United States. The White House is vowing more enforcement of gun laws. But it is not pursuing a promise Obama made as a …Video: Obama [...]

Hitmen's bloody reign all about logic, trafficker saysCNN InternationalIn November, Mexico's former drug czar was detained on suspicion that he may have accepted $450000 a month in bribes from drug traffickers. He had been in charge of the attorney general's office that specializes in combating organized crime.

Moscow, April 16 (Inditop) Russia has ended its decade-long counter-terrorism operations against separatist rebels in Chechnya, officials said Thursday. Some.

The Future of RiskWall Street JournalBanks heavily involved in the CDS market should face a further surcharge for concentration risk. Encourage disclosure of disparate asset marks, by asking auditors to raise instances of price discrepancies among clients. Finally, number five — auditors …