►China is replacing the U.S. as the world’s biggest market for homeland security [1]and public safety. According to two new reports released by Homeland Security Research Corp, China will become the biggest market in both by 2014. Some highlights from the China report: Two out of every three new airports in the world are in China; China spends more on homeland security than it does defense; a $20 billions security upgrade is scheduled for the nations public transit system; and “The U.S. Department of Commerce assists and encourages the export of American homeland security and public safety products to China.”

►Researchers at the University of South Dakota and South Dakota School of Mines and Technology have developed a way to make “invisible” QR codes [2] that can be placed on money to prevent or identify counterfeits [3].

►The chilling picture of a suicide bomb published by CapitalFM News shows what looks like a bookbag full of wires with explosives covered in ball bearings. Kenyan authorities released the photo after they foiled a terrorist attack planned against churches [4]. Two suspects have been arrested and two more are still at-large after an early morning raid – the result of a tip provided to Kenya’s anti-terrorism police.

►In other news, protestors attack a KFC in Lebanon and the German embassy in Sudan [5]. ♦ USA Today outlines current phone scams [6]. ♦ And California cantaloupes recalled [7] over salmonella.