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AA: EU says Bosnia almost ready, but trouble still looms 11/29/09

AA: EU Set To Lift Visas For Three Balkan States 11/30/09

AA: Lebanese Shia group Hezbollah announces new manifesto 11/30/09

BG: Berbatov flees Bulgaria following kidnap threat 12/01/09

CZ: Czech Intelligence Reveals Iraqi Plot To Attack RFE/RL 11/30/09

IT: No Mafia links — I'ma crime fighter, says Silvio Berlusconi 11/29/09

RU: Russia building arms plants in Venezuela 11/30/09

RU: Russia train bombing: sign of new terror tactics? 11/30/09

RU: Russia urges peaceful return to constitutional order in Honduras 12/01/09

TR: Turkey says Swiss ban violates freedoms 12/01/09

UA: During next 5 years Ukraine not to join any military-political organization 11/30/09

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Sharing intelligence and advanced strategies to mitigate the risks of piracy and sea crime across the MENA region.  With maritime piracy costing the world an estimated $60-$70million in 2008, are you 100% confident that you’re equipped to tackle this challenge?

As the number of pirate attacks continues to rise, it is imperative that the entire maritime community – navies, coastguard, ship owners and operators and governments – come together on a regular basis to discuss emerging solutions and to share the intelligence needed to conquer this threat.

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AA: Calderon: Drugs Can't Be Eliminated but Crime Can 11/27/09

AA: Ibero-American countries form cross-border crime fighting alliance 11/26/09

BR: Jobs, economics complicate Brazil's Amazon fight 11/26/09

BR: Iranian Leader's Visit to Brazil Takes the Gloss off Lula's International Image 11/29/09

CO: Colombian Warlord Shows Up at Hearing with $100K for Victims 12/01/09

CO: Colombia's FARC Rebel Leaders Clashing Over Money, Santos Says 11/30/09

CU: Cuba arrests son of late revolutionary leader 11/29/09

HT: Two-faced Democracy in Haiti 11/26/09

UY: Ex-guerrilla easily wins Uruguay presidency 11/30/09

UY: Uruguay May Elect Former Guerrilla Mujica on Vow to Aid Schools 11/26/09

VE: The Bolivarian Revolution and peace 11/27/09

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AA: Mercenary Mann says South Africa backed coup plot 11/29/09

AA: Are SA mercenaries assisting Guinea's military junta? 11/26/09

AO: Angola: Armed forces reiterate support for public health services 11/26/09

CD: DR Congo appeals for arrest of FDLR leaders in Western countries 11/26/09

ET: Ethiopia's Human Rights Reports presented to the African Commission on Human … 11/27/09

ET: Ex-Ethiopia President Negasso Gidada joins opposition 11/26/09

NA: Namibia begins vote count 11/28/09

NG: How illegal arms, ammunition enter Nigeria 11/27/09

NG: Nigeria: Yar'Adua Should Draw Up Roadmap to Delta Peace 11/30/09

SO: Militia warns UN to buy from Somali farmers or cut aid 11/25/09

SO: Somalia: Hisbul Islam Bans the Business of Kat in Beledweyn Town 11/25/09

SO: Two journalists released in Somalia 11/25/09

ZA: Zimbabwean refugees face crime, harassment in South Africa 11/27/09

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AA: ASEAN, China to co-operate on fight against terror, crime 11/25/09

BD: ‘Indian insurgents fleeing Bangladesh' 11/27/09

CN: China to launch second lunar probe next October 11/26/09

IN: ‘Defence forces need latest informartion warfare skills' 11/27/09

IN: India to probe Chinese drug imports 11/27/09

IN: Mumbai marks anniversary of terror attacks 11/26/09

TH: Police to quiz KPMG executives 11/25/09

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AA: German minister resigns over airstrike in Afghanistan 11/27/09

AA: Organized crime in the Caucasus 11/28/09

AA: Tajikistan urges compromise on power grid with Uzbekistan 11/25/09

AA: International patience with Iran is “running out” 11/27/09

AE: Assessing fallout of Dubai's credit disaster 11/27/09

AF: NATO Forces Find Crash Site of Helicopter in Afghanistan 11/27/09

IR: Iran pilgrims stage protest as hajj peaks 11/26/09

LB: Lebanon agrees Hezbollah right to use arms against Israel 11/26/09

LB: Lebanon: A National Unity Government that Fragments the State 11/25/09

SA: Ibrahim al-Rubaish: New Religious Ideologue of al-Qaeda in Saudi Arabia Calls … 11/25/09

SA: SAUDI ARABIA: Kingdom steps up hunt for ‘witches' and ‘black magicians' 11/27/09

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AA: EU can insist on a withdrawal of Armenian forces from Azerbaijan 11/23/09

AA: Report: Israel set to leave Lebanese Ghajar village 11/26/09

AA: Former Mexican Prime Minister: “Chavez makes huge weapons purchases in Belarus” 11/23/09

AZ: US cannot pressure Armenia to withdraw its occupying forces from Karabakh 11/23/09

AZ: ICRC representatives in Azerbaijan meets with six captured Armenian soldiers 11/23/09

CZ: Czech Republic ranks among Europe's most corrupt 11/26/09

EE: Estonia expresses concern over Russian arm purchase 11/24/09

IL: Israeli soldiers spark fears, shift debate with protests 11/23/09

KV: OSCE urges Kosovo to address domestic violence 11/26/09

LT: Another CIA Torture Center Discovered in Lithuania 11/26/09

RU: Death of Russian lawyer tests Medvedev's anti-corruption pledge 11/25/09

RU: Retired admiral says Russia losing its navy 11/27/09

TR: Turkey considers fate of detained Iran Raelian leader 11/26/09

TR: Wiretap row adds to Turkish government's troubles, investor fears 11/23/09

UA: Access denied – Russian scientists banned from entering Ukraine 11/25/09

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