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- 7 The number of countries effectively curbing foreign bribery of public officials, according to a new report on combating global corruption by Transparency International.

Colombia: Killers Post Two Hit Lists on Facebook; Three Teenagers Murdered

- Unknown killers posted two hit lists on Facebook, listing 100 names from the Colombian town of Puerto Asis. Three teenagers on the list have met violent deaths.

Pentagon Project Tries to Detect Afghan Fertilizer Bombs

- A new Pentagon project looks to detect the chemical signature of fertilizer-based IEDs in Afghanistan.

Seminar Speaker Spotlight: Olle Fjordgren--Fifth Wave of Terrorism

- International security expert Olle Fjordgren discusses why animal rights and environmental extremism will constitute the fifth wave of terrorism.

WHO Declares H1N1 Pandemic Over And Faces Criticism

- This week the World Health Organization declared the H1N1 “swine” flu pandemic over, renewing calls that the organization should change the criteria for its six-level pandemic scale or risk increased ambivalence toward public health threats.

Russian Wildfires Show Need for Good Information in a Disaster

- A Russian journalist says the massive wildfires currently consuming much of Russia's European forests have exposed a critical vulnerability in the country's disaster preparedness: the society's utter lack of trustworthy news and information.

The Vexing Problem of Culture in Managing Security Globally

- Multinational corporations must the weigh the delicate balance between their security culture, their industry's security culture, and the security culture of where they do business.

G20 Riots: How Toronto's Public-Private Security Partnership Helped Protect Business Properties

- TAPPS, a public-private partnership between police and private security in Toronto, helped minimize property damage during the G20 Summit in late June.

UAE to Research in Motion: BlackBerry Too Good at Protecting Data

- The United Arab Emirates decided Sunday to suspend BlackBerry smartphones' data services—e-mail, instant messaging, and Web browsing—beginning in October because of security concerns.

Taking Security Global

- To ensure that security measures are in line with a region’s actual risk, multinational companies must consider corporate culture and employee attitudes.

Car Bomb Adds Dark Precedent to Juarez Narco-War

- The drug war just across the border from El Paso, Texas, just got closer to Baghdad last week after Cuidad Juárez experienced its first car bomb, killing two police officers and a paramedic and injuring seven people.

Retired Israeli Intel Officer: U.S. a Victim of Its Own Omissions

- A retired Israeli intelligence professional offers alternative ways to fight al Qaeda and jihadism in general.

GAO: State Department Issued Passports to Registered Sex Offenders

- The U.S. State Department issued about 4,500 passports during fiscal year 2008 to registered sex offenders, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office. The State Department says there is nothing it can do about it within the law.