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OSAC Global Security News

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~overseas security advisory councilglobal security newshttp://www.osac.gov~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 05/04/2008  

You may use the following link to update your newsletter settings or to unsubscribe. (Login required) http://www.osac.gov/Newsletter Report your security incidents and critical incidents through the following link: http://www.osac.gov/Incidents/index.cfm OSAC OLYMPICS SECURITY AND LOGISTICS CONFERENCEEast Asia / Pacific – ChinaU.S. Embassy Beijing and OSAC-Washington invites all OSAC constituents to an Olympics Security and Logistics Conference to be held on June 5, 2008.

http://www.osac.gov/Events/event.cfm?contentID=84008

STUDY ABROAD ADMINISTRATORS SECURITY OVERSEAS SEMINAR WorldwideThe Study Abroad Administrators Security Overseas Seminar (SAA SOS) is a two-day course where participants will identify security risks inherent in study abroad programs and develop strategies for dealing with them.

http://www.osac.gov/Events/event.cfm?contentID=80521

OSAC ACTIVITY REPORT: MARCH 2008WorldwideThis report details the workings of OSAC for the month of March 2008, including relevant statistics and overviews of analytical reporting completed during the month. This month’s Country Council Focus is on Toronto and Vancouver.http://www.osac.gov/Reports/report.cfm?contentID=82853

THE GROWTH OF AL-QA’IDA IN YEMEN Middle East / N. Africa – YemenThe recent string of terrorist attacks in Yemen directed against buy flomax online both Yemen and western government and business targets demonstrates the continued resurgence of al-Qa’ida in Yemen (AQY) and its growing threat to the country.

http://www.osac.gov/Reports/report.cfm?contentID=84070

SECURING OUTSOURCED PROJECTSWorldwideWhen outsourcing development to someone else, you have to trust that they are properly accounting for the security risk of your application. So, how best to measure the success of the outsourcer?

http://www.osac.gov/Reports/report.cfm?contentID=83391

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REGIONAL REFERENDUM SPLITS BOLIVIAAmericas – BoliviaThis divided country faces a constitutional crisis Sunday when its richest and second most-populous province votes whether to declare itself autonomous from President Evo Morales’ national government, a referendum the president has called illegal.

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/519304.html

CHILEAN VOLCANO TOWN NEARLY DESERTEDAmericas – ChileThe Chaiten volcano spewed light ash on a nearly deserted village Saturday, two days after its first eruption in thousands of years.http://www.miamiherald.com/915/story/519945.html

BURMA CYCLONE DEATH TOLL ‘AT 243′ East Asia / Pacific – BurmaA tropical cyclone has killed at least 243 people in Burma and damaged thousands of buildings, according to state television.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7382298.stm

AT LEAST 12 KILLED IN BOMBING AT YEMENI MOSQUE Middle East / N. Africa – YemenA bomb rigged to a motorcycle detonated outside a mosque in northern Yemen on Friday, killing at least 12 worshipers, wounding dozens and threatening to rekindle an intermittent war between northern rebels and government forces.http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/03/world/middleeast/03yemen.html?ref=middleeast&pagewanted=print

NIGERIA: AS KIDNAPPERS RELEASE MRS. IDISI AGAIN, MILITANTS BLOW UP SHELL FLOW STATIONSub-Saharan Africa – NigeriaThe Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) Diebu Creek Flow Station was on Friday night blown up by militants operating along the creeks of Southern Ijaw Local Government area of Bayelsa State, causing a massive oil spillage along the waterways.http://allafrica.com/stories/200805040001.html

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TURKEY ‘KILLS 150 KURDISH REBELS’ Europe, Middle East / N. Africa – Iraq, Turkeyhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7382150.stm

EGYPT STRIKE FAILS TO MAKE IMPACT Middle East / N. Africa – Egypt

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