SECURITY

Blackwater on defensive in Congress

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U.S. security contractor Blackwater defended its role in Iraq on Tuesday but skeptical lawmakers took aim at the company over a series of incidents, including a September 16 shooting that killed 11 Iraqis.In a testy, partisan hearing, Democrats denounced the contractor for aggressive behavior. The State
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Gold hits 16-month high above $700

Gold hit a 16-month high above $700 per ounce on Friday, boosted by a falling dollar after U.S. data showing a surprise contraction in U.S. non-farm payrolls for the first time in four years.
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Gold slips with shares, commodities

Gold slipped with stock markets and other commodities on Tuesday as fears about the effect of a global credit squeezed lingered, analysts said.
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China Public provides surveillance software: report

U.S.-financed China Public Security Technology will provide software that links to at least 20,000 police surveillance cameras being installed along streets in southern China, according to the New York Times on Sunday.
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UK MPs urge Internet firms to tackle cyber Wild West

Internet companies, retailers and the government must do far more to protect people from the dangers of the lawless Wild West of cyberspace, an influential group of British Members of Parliament said on Friday.
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Illegal immigrants to get ID cards in Connecticut

As many U.S. cities and states arrest illegal immigrants in raids and toughen laws against them, a Connecticut city is offering to validate them under a controversial, first-in-the-nation ID card program.
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Car explodes at Scottish airport after London bombs

A four-wheel-drive vehicle crashed into the main terminal at Glasgow airport on Saturday and exploded in flames, a day after police foiled a possible al Qaeda plot to detonate two car bombs in central London.
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U.S. general laments Google Earth capability

The head of U.S. Air Force intelligence and surveillance on Thursday said data available commercially through online mapping software such as Google Earth posed a danger to security but could not be rolled back.
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Gold moves higher but vulnerable

Gold drifted higher on Thursday on bargain hunting after a three-month low the previous day, but analysts said the metal had potential to test fresh lows.
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Microsoft Investigating Word 2000 Attacks

Microsoft Corp., the world's largest software maker, said that it is investigating a flaw in its Microsoft Word 2000 word processor that may allow remote users with malicious intent to take control of a user's computer.
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Cisco to Buy Web Security Firm for $830 Million

Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) announced today plans to acquire IronPort Systems Inc., a provider of e-mail, Web, and security management appliances, for about $830 million in cash and stock.
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Bush Signs Ports Security Bill

President George Bush signed a new border protections bill into law on Friday which will establish a $400 million security grant program and regulate products entering and leaving the US. An unrelated provision also strengthens laws that in effect ban most types of online gambling.

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