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INTELLIGENCE ONLINE
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SECURITY
Why Cyber Security Can't be Absolute
A spy case that began unfolding before a court near Washington on Jan. 14 underscores the limits of security on the Intelink network, the U. (...). [Total : 700 mots].
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LONDON
MI6 Unmasked in the Cayman Islands
A money-laundering case that began to unfold in the Cayman Islands last week could prove the undoing of MI6's network in the Caribbean. (...). [Total : 141 mots].
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WASHINGTON
Dust-Up at DARPA
According to Pentagon sources, a feud recently broke out between John Poindexter, head of the new Information Awareness Office (TIAO) that has been folded into DARPA. (...). [Total : 100 mots].
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PARIS
Where did the Frigate Commissions End Up?
A number of elements obtained by Intelligence Online in recent days cast new light on the mysterious commission of FFR160 million ($25 million) that Thales has been constantly asked to pay concerning the sale of six Lafayette-class frigates to Taiwan in 1991. (...). [Total : 395 mots].
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TEHRAN
Future Looks Dim for MOK
The Iranian opposition group Mujahideen Khalg (MOK) is worried the Pentagon could deprive it of its rear bases in Iraq if Washington intervenes militarily against Saddam Hussein. (...). [Total : 52 mots].
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DIPLOMACY
Kimberly Process Jars Some Nerves
A report by the Dutch foreign intelligence agency that was keeping an eye on Lebanese traders who supply the Antwerp diamond market was turned over to other Western services in early December and has apparently given a push to the Kimberley Process among most governments. (...). [Total : 213 mots].
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SECURITY
Mujahideen Step from Shadows
According to the Peshawar bureau of the Afghan Islamic Press news agency, a fresh organization dubbed Secret Mujahideen Army lies behind around 50 assaults against foreign interests in Afghanistan. (...). [Total : 203 mots].
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BELGIUM/SAUDI ARABIA
Negociations
In Brussels, champions of the Galileo Program claim to have been betrayed by the European Space Agency, which says it won't be taking part in the future European satellite positioning system. (...). [Total : 162 mots].
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DIPLOMACY
Serbia Seeks to Please West
With the U.S. and Europe breathing down its neck, the Serb parliament voted on Dec. 27 in favor of sweeping legal changes designed to provide wider protection to informers, whistle-blowers and to investigators. (...). [Total : 305 mots].
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SECURITY
Mystery of Baggage Handler Affair
The sequence of events raises question marks.
At 7 o'clock on the morning of Saturday, December 28 a former soldier told the police he had seen the barrel of a weapon poking out of the trunk of a black Peugeot 206 car in a parking lot. (...). [Total : 645 mots].
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ISMALIANS
Aga Khan Conquers Asia
The spiritual leader of the Ismalians, a sect that traces its roots back to the sixth Shi'ite imam and espouses a neoplatonist form of esotericism, Kaarir Aga Khan has emerged as a force to be reckoned with in Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Kyrgyzstan. (...). [Total : 381 mots].
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PARIS
Lee and Gomez to Soon Square Off
According sources in the financial service of the Paris prosecutor's office, examining magistrate Guy Ripoll has organized a confrontation between Alain Gomez and William Lee in Paris on Feb. (...). [Total : 86 mots].
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WASHINGTON
Eskew's Future
A small lobbying concern set up some years ago by Tucker Eskew looks set to grow considerably in future. Founded in 1997, Eskew Communications could well rake in new business as an indirect result of the promotion of its founder who took up the job of director of the Office of Global Communications at the White House on Jan. (...). [Total : 202 mots].
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BUDAPEST
Kellogg, Brown & Root to Build Boot Camp for Iraqis
The services company Kellogg, Brown and Root, an affiliate of Halliburton - a company once run by U.S. vice president Dick Cheney - is going to build a military base at Taszar in Hungary to provide training to 3,000 men from Iraq's opposition movements. (...). [Total : 221 mots].
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LONDON
BP Assailed Once Again By Critics
In recent months, the BP Amoco group has come under repeated fire from NGOs that specialize in issues involving corporate social responsibility (IOL 443). (...). [Total : 154 mots].
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WASHINGTON
How Much is Risk Market Worth?
Although the market for private geopolitical intelligence and risk assessment is still quite modest - worth an estimated $100 million in the world - multi-national groups are showing increasing interest in the specialty. (...). [Total : 108 mots].
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PARIS
Kroll's Assignment for LVMH
A book entitled ?The Exterminating Angel or the Real Life of Bernard Arnault? will be put out by the Albin Michel publishing house in Paris on Feb. (...). [Total : 306 mots].
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WASHINGTON
Kimber McKenzie
A U.S. Air Force specialist in space intelligence, Kimber McKenzie, has been appointed director of intelligence at the United States Strategic Command. (...). [Total : 187 mots].
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LONDON
Peter Hampson
The British government last week named Peter Hampson as head of the National Criminal Intelligence Service (NCIS), an agency that boasts one of Europe's leading data bases on criminals and their gangs. (...). [Total : 174 mots].
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NEW YORK
Allen Love
The head of KPMG's investigative division, Allen Love, has gone over to the Citigate Global Intelligence and Security (CGIS) company, a rising star in investigative circles in the United States (and soon in Britain as well). (...). [Total : 186 mots].
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NEW YORK
Mike Moran
The lobbying concern Edelman has staked out a position on the highly lucrative market of preparing cities to bid to stage the Olympic Games. (...). [Total : 174 mots].
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LONDON
TV Star Bound for Pakistan?
The Foreign office has named Mark Lyall Grant, who was born in 1956 and joined the diplomatic service in 1980, as the next British High Commissioner in Pakistan. (...). [Total : 110 mots].
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TEHRAN
Is Iran Blowing Hot on Oil Issues?
Preparations for a military intervention in Iraq seem to have miraculously lifted a number of diplomatic obstacles in Iran. (...). [Total : 102 mots].
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HONG KONG, JAN. 24
Interpol Promotes New Standards
The international police organization Interpol was due to wind up a conference in Hong Kong on Jan. (...). [Total : 69 mots].
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WASHINGTON, JAN. 24
Conclave for Lobbyists
The annual summit of the Public Affairs Council, one of the most powerful American lobbying associations, was due to wind up on Jan. (...). [Total : 55 mots].
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WASHINGTON, JAN. 26
North Atlantic Assembly on Iraq
The North Atlantic Assembly will open a parliamentary session in Washington and debates are expected to last until Feb. (...). [Total : 39 mots].
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NEW YORK, JAN. 29
Confidence Building
Jonathan Herman, a partner in the Dorsey and Whitney law firm, is organizing a conference on application of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. (...). [Total : 41 mots].
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LONDON, FEB. 5
Latest News from Space
Corporate chiefs and experts involved in the space industry are to meet on Feb. (...). [Total : 85 mots].
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UNITED STATES/FRANCE
Weak Signals
In Washington, end to leeway for mutual funds. American mutual funds that managed nearly $7 trillion in 2001 can give rise to some forms of tax dodging, including by European companies, due to the flexibility of their rules. (...). [Total : 105 mots].
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DAVOS
Davos Dances to U.S. Tune
When it closes on Jan. 28, this year's World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos will have bowed to the wishes of the U. (...). [Total : 342 mots].
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IRAQ
Conflicts
A military intervention led by the United States against Saddam Hussein's regime doesn't appear likely before late February. (...). [Total : 118 mots].
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SWITZERLAND
Financial Crime
The Swiss authorities present a +3 risk of money laundering despite advances made by corporations most concerned by the issue. (...). [Total : 92 mots].
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SAUDI ARABIA
Terrorism
Western nationals, and particularly Americans, remain at risk of terrorist attack against themselves or their property in Saudi Arabia. (...). [Total : 73 mots].
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