“Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan visited on Saturday the site of a bomb attack at the U.N. building in Abuja, refusing to be drawn on who was to blame but recognizing the threat posed by a radical Islamist sect.” Source: Nigeria president avoids naming suspects at bomb site | Reuters
“The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has dispatched additional inspectors to nuclear power plants along the East Coast to ensure the safety of those facilities in advance of Hurricane Irene, the agency said Friday.” Source: NRC inspectors head to nuclear power plants in path of Irene – CNN.com
“Violent crime has become a problem of national security in Mexico, where half of the territory is outside of state control and “we’re in the hands of the narcos,” an intelligence expert and author of a new book on Mexico’s public safety woes, said. Jorge Carrillo Olea, founder of Mexico’s leading intelligence center, said the [...]
“Nearly 300,000 people were ordered Friday to evacuate flood-prone areas and subways, buses and trains prepared to shut down a day later as Hurricane Irene steamed toward New York, the most powerful storm to target the city in decades. It was the first time the nation’s largest city was evacuated. And never before has the [...]
“Police say four gunmen intercepted a van and a microbus carrying seven U.S. citizens, one Canadian and 10 Brazilians working for a company that provides services to Brazil’s state-run oil company Petrobras. “ Source: Brazilian gunmen attack van carrying oil employees – El Paso Times