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From NPR News in Washington, I'm Craig Windham. The United States and Britain have shut down their embassies in Yemen in light of what President Obama's Deputy National Security Advisor John Brennan called alive and active threat of Al-Qaeda attacks

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Challiss McDonough South Africa's national police commissioner says authorities arrested and deported several individuals linked to the global al-Qaida terror network last month. It is the first time

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Michael Kitchen The head of the United Nations' refugee agency says security in Afghanistan is still inadequate and is asking the international community to increase its presence in the country. U.N.

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Video Highlights Domestic Abuse Issue Twenty-five percent of American women will experience domestic violence, that is, physical abuse by a partner. Most cases are never reported to police. But recently such violence was captured on video tape. The N

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Africa's top peace and security official is appealing to Somalia's elders to use their influence to stop the piracy that threatens commercial traffic through the strategic Gulf of Aden. From African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa, VOA's Peter Hei

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Britain's top anti-terrorism chief has been forced to resign after he inadvertently released details of an operation that then had to be initiated earlier than expected. In that operation, a dozen men in northwest England have been arrested and are

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By Sabina Castelfranco Italy's European commissioner-designate, Rocco Buttiglione, announced Saturday he has agreed to withdraw from the incoming new executive, to help the European Commission preside

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Few people believe any individual has a silver bullet capable of solving the world's problems overnight. And yet the postholder of the top job at the United Nations is often asked to provide exactly that kind of all-in-one approach, and is often then

Brazil creates security agency for 2014 World Cup

BRASILIA, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- The Brazilian government published on Tuesday in the Official Journal a decree creating the Special Secretariat of Security for Major Events, a body that is responsible for the security in events such as 2014 World Cup. A

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By Sabina Castelfranco Palermo 05 October 2007 Security experts are gathered for a two-day meeting in Sicily organized by the Italian Atlantic Committee and the Atlantic Treaty Association, umbrella organizations working on security issues in NATO co

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In the wake of the subway bombings in Moscow, public transport systems seem vulnerable. London's system is one of the largest and most complex in the world. Officials in the British capital have long worked to keep the transport system safe, but have

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By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 20 March 2007 The head of the African Union's Peace and Security Council is in Mogadishu to investigate the country's security situation and to meet with Ugandan troops who are stationed there as part of the A.U. peacekeepin

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 06 October 2007 The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Antonio Guterres, warns that thousands of African Union and UN peacekeepers will be unable to guarantee security in Sudan's conflict-ridden province of Darfur w

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 09 January 2007 The U.N. refugee agency says it remains extremely concerned over the security situation in eastern Chad where there are now more than 220,000 Darfur refugees from neighboring Sudan and over 100,000 internally d

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Gilberto Gil is a Grammy award-winning singer, guitarist, environmentalist and politician.Between 2003 and 2008, he served as Brazils Minister of Culture on the invitation of President Luiz Incio Lula da Silva. He stepped down from the post to focus