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US reveals Internet security efforts
US reveals Internet security efforts

Thursday, March 4, 2010 The United States announced the declassification of a portion of the Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative, a major part of the US’s efforts to thwart cyber warfare, on Tuesday. The announcement came at the RSA Security Conference in San Francisco, and was given by Howard Schmidt, who is the current US cyber-security […]

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Wikinews interviews the Socialist Alliance about the upcoming Queensland State election
Wikinews interviews the Socialist Alliance about the upcoming Queensland State election

Monday, March 2, 2009 With a Queensland state election coming up in Australia, many minor parties will be looking to hold balance of power and making the major parties listen to what they have to say. The Socialist Alliance (SA) is one of these parties. SA is a left-wing political party. There stated describes itself […]

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Australia bars North Korea’s U-19 football team from entering country citing ‘illegal nuclear programmes’
Australia bars North Korea’s U-19 football team from entering country citing ‘illegal nuclear programmes’

Wednesday, October 11, 2017 The Australian federal government has blocked the Under-19 men’s team of North Korea from entering the country. “Hosting the team would be contrary to the Government’s strong opposition to North Korea’s illegal nuclear and missile development programmes”, Australian foreign affairs minister Julie Bishop told the SBS News yesterday. The Korean team […]

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Daughter of Yuko Ikeda kidnapped to ransom in Tokyo; freed 13 hours later
Daughter of Yuko Ikeda kidnapped to ransom in Tokyo; freed 13 hours later

Tuesday, June 27, 2006 Ikeda Kanako, a 21-year-old senior student of the Meiji Gakuin University and the first daughter of celebrity surgeon Yuko Ikeda, was kidnapped at about 1225 (UTC+9), June 26, 2006, in Shibuya, Tokyo. A bullet was fired and one officer slightly cut when police stormed a Kawasaki apartment to rescue the girl. […]

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