PACOM Week In Review Ending 13 September 2009

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AA: [Viewpoint] Policy of neglect has already failed 09/10/09

AA: 32 Filipinas in UAE jail pardoned by sheik 09/10/09

AU: Cyber security Tsar needed to lift Australia's defences? 09/09/09

AU: Australia Says Probe of Timor Deaths Won't Hurt Indonesia Ties 09/13/09

BD: Dhaka refuses to hand over top ULFA leader to India 09/12/09

CN: China leads the way to a global recovery 09/11/09

CN: Watch Groups: China Failing in Commitments to Press Freedom 09/10/09

KP: The Challenge of Preparing for Instability in North Korea 9/10/09

LK: Rescued terrorist revealed top 09/10/09

MM: Myanmar official media stress working towards 2010 general election 09/13/09

PH: 2 sea marshals cited for SuperFerry rescue 09/10/09

PH: Corruption pulls down RP in global competitiveness 09/08/09

PH: UN official meets with MILF brass on child soldiers 09/11/09

TH: 4 Reasons to Watch Thailand's ETF 09/08/09

TH: Thai ‘Yellow Shirt' founder wins jail appeal: statement 09/11/09 Continue reading “PACOM Week In Review Ending 13 September 2009”

CENTCOM Week in Review Ending 10 September 2009

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AA: Gulf states grapple with jihadist threat 09/09/09

AA:  Terrorists Shift Focus to Hotels and ‘Soft' Targets, Study Says 09/08/09

AA: Resolving the displaced Palestinians problem 09/10/09

AF:  The Reporter's Account: 4 Days With the Taliban 09/09/09

BH:  NSA official to testify in terror trial 09/10/09

EG: Egyptians irked by ‘Ramadan Eating' arrests 09/09/09

KZ: Kazakhstan Blows Its OSCE Leadership 09/06/09

LB: Lebanon struggles to form unity government 09/10/09

PK:  Tehrik-e-Taliban-Pakistan in disarray 09/09/09

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EUCOM Week in Review Ending 9 September 2009

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AA: Central banks of Belarus and Lithuania sign cooperation agreement 09/07/09

AA: Ex-Siemens Manager's Extradition to Greece Blocked 09/04/09

AA: France takes over Nato post 09/09/09

AA: Georgian journalist requests asylum in South Ossetia 09/04/09

GE: Georgia to free jailed Turkish sea captain: official 09/08/09

IL: Israel must live up to its commitment for peace 09/05/09

KV: Serbs stage protest in Kosovska Mitrovica 09/07/09

RU: Russia denies hijacked ship was carrying missiles 09/08/09

TR: Peace laureate sticks up for Turkey's EU membership bid 09/08/09

UA: Yushchenko accuses Moscow of provoking Ukraine 09/05/09

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SOUTHCOM Week in Review Ending 8 September 2009

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AA: Thousands rally against Chavez 09/05/09

BO: Morales Draws High Electoral Support in Bolivia 09/03/09

GD: Former deputy prime minister of Grenada to be freed after serving … 09/04/09

CO: Colombia shows videos of hostages held 11 years 09/07/09

CO: Colombia wants former rebels to help clear mines 09/03/09

VE: Is the Associated Press in Venezuela a Religion? 09/03/09

PE: Peru: VRAE populace rejects “combat zone” 09/06/09

CU: Fidel Castro says he and Oliver Stone spoke of Bush “horrors” 09/03/09

EC: Ecuador judge, Chevron dispute secret recordings 09/02/09

VE: Preparing the ground for military aggression against Venezuela … 09/05/09

VE: Venezuela is now the single most important economic actor in the … 09/06/09

HT: UN: Haiti has `historic opportunity' to progress 09/04/09

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AFRICOM Week in Review Ending 7 September 2009

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AA: African countries take up laws to fight spread of small arms 09/07/09

AA: CIA freeze intel over Libya Saturday, September 5 09/05/09

AA: The Union of Arab Maghreb is Dead 09/04/09

BW: BDP heavyweights toppled by bulela ditswe in Francistown 09/07/09

CI: Côte d'Ivoire: It's a Tricky Affair As Poll Looms 09/05/09

CM: Cameroon: Communication Minister Condemns – Misinformation Against … 09/02/09

LR: Liberia: Tribalism undermines National Development and threatens peace 09/03/09

NE: Niger's main Tuareg rebel group deposes leader: website 09/02/09

NG: Nigeria militant describes training in Afghanistan 09/02/09

SO: Analysis: Who is fighting whom in Somalia 09/02/09

SO: Hizbul Islam rebel chief denies talks with Somalia govt 09/06/09

ZW: Calls grow for Zimbabwean blood diamond ban 09/03/09 Continue reading “AFRICOM Week in Review Ending 7 September 2009”

PACOM Week in Review Ending 6 September 2009

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AA: Australia, US to Invite China to War Games 09/03/09

BD: Unity of Islamic forces urged 09/01/09

CN: Chinese website reveals plan to balkanise India 09/05/09

ID: Indonesia Takes Beggars Off Jakarta Streets 09/05/09

IN: YSR is dead, says Chidambaram 09/03/09

JP: Japan Democrats ‘Vow To Oust' US Forces From Okinawa 09/04/09

KP: FACTBOX: North Korea's uranium enrichment program 09/04/09

KR: US ‘liberators' turned South Korea into a neo-colony 09/04/09

LK: ‘Orchestrated campaign against Sri Lanka': 09/06/09

MM: Q+A-Will the conflict in northern Myanmar intensify? 09/01/09 Continue reading “PACOM Week in Review Ending 6 September 2009”

Event: 9-11 Nov 09 Vancouver CA, Thriving on Diversity: Information Opportunities in a Pluralistic World (American Society for Information Science and Technology–ASIS)

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ASIS 2009 Conference
ASIS 2009 Conference

We've done all these conferences for 20 years.  While most organizations tend to repeat the same themes and one also tends to see the same faces as speakers, this particular conference appears to have been especially well-developed and we therefore recommend it.  Pre-Conference Workshops are offered on 6 Nov 09.