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About jihad, al qaeda, foreign, al-qaeda, yemeni security, yemen clerics

Jan. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Yemeni clerics and Islamist leaders warned that they would call for jihad if the US sends troops to fight al-Qaeda...http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-01-14/yemen-clerics-call-for-jihad-if-u-s-Credible intelligence has emerged that Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula is plotting another attack against the United States and US interests abroad, ...http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/01/14/officials-credible-intelligence-collePro-government Yemen tribesmen have killed 10 ...

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When top security official Janet Napolitano told us on Dec. 26 that "all systems worked just like they should," all doubt about detecting terrorists flying to America was removed. We don't know how to do it. For all his recent stern statements about ...http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=350626&src=Democratic lawmakers emerged from their first in-person administration briefing on the failed Christmas Day bombing saying security questions remain. Officials from the State Department...

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McAfee and Facebook have joined forces to keep 350 million Facebook users safe from malware. But if you think this is a silver bullet to keep you safe on Facebook, think again. There is no doubt Facebook is taking an innovative and positive step toward ...http://www.pcworld.com/article/186856/facebookmcafee_deal_a_great_start.htmlFacebook automatically cleans up malware-infested accounts—now it has help from McAfee. But the social-networking site could do much more to ensure safe computing for a...

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WASHINGTON — The United States on Thursday said it would step up airport security measures in response to renewed threats from Al-Qaeda in Yemen, in the wake of a failed Christmas Day bombing. Passengers traveling to the United States will see more ...http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5guO_hBwY4qhTQPh0-PylY5c5kiwAOn Christmas night at my parents' home in Caribou, I glanced at my Blackberry and found missed telephone calls from the Department of Homeland Security and urgent messag...

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Photo: AP The US special envoy for Middle East peace is urging international donors to help the Palestinian Authority pay for new institutions for a future state. George Mitchell discussed Palestinian financial aid in Brussels Tuesday with former ...http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/middle-east/Abbas-No-Peace-Talks-Without-SeBy REUTERS WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's national security adviser will visit the Middle East for high-level talks next week, joining a renewed US effor...

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Google on Wednesday announced that it will encrypt Gmail at all times, not just during sign-on, and make the process an opt-out feature rather than opt-in. At this point, Google only uses this encryption process, known as HTTPS, ...http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2358026,00.aspDigital News Report – In an effort to protect Chinese human-rights activists (and others) from hackers looking into their G-Mail accounts, Google has decided to HTTPS as the default to protect users. “In 2008, we roll...

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The threat by Internet search giant Google to withdraw its Chinese operations could stoke tensions between China and the United States, analysts and major international media organizations said. On Wednesday, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs ...http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2010-01/15/content_9323431.htmJan. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer said his company isn't considering pulling out of China after Google Inc. said it may leave the country this we...

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On Christmas night at my parents' home in Caribou, I glanced at my Blackberry and found missed telephone calls from the Department of Homeland Security and urgent messages from my staff. I called the Department and was briefed on the near-terrorist ...http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100114/GJOPINION03/701149896A debate that's been raging inside the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Intelligence Community (IC) over whether passengers on international flights to the Uni...

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Google has decided to make its Gmail service more secure by using more expensive encryption technology, according to a blog post today. It is doing so with the secure service protocol that you may or may not be aware of, depending on how geeky you are. ...http://venturebeat.com/2010/01/13/thank-china-google-moves-to-make-gmail-more-seIt is hard not to look on new Google security stories without also considering the recent revelatory news about its operations in China, especially as in this case ...

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Facebook is offering a free, six-month, McAfee security software subscription to the 350 million users of the social networking site in an effort to reduce exposure to security threats. The partnership with McAfee is ...http://www.crn.com/security/222300792Computer-security giant McAfee and Facebook are taking a big step to shore up basic security for millions of consumers. Tonight, they announced McAfee will make a complimentary six-month subscription of its Internet Security Suite software ava...