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CYBERCRIMINALS POSE RISK TO ESSENTIAL UTILITY COMPUTER NETWORKS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
LAST May, a coordinated attack on essential computer networks in the tiny Baltic republic of Estonia set nerves upon edge amongst European Internet security specialists. Following the removal of a Russian war memorial from the centre of its capital Tallinn, a still unidentified group of computer users bombarded Estonian political, government, media and banking websites with so much data, they were forced offline.…
EU COMMISSION DROPS PLANS TO LIMIT PASSENGER CABIN BAGGAGE SIZE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has dropped security plans to limit the maximum permitted size of cabin baggage on planes operating within the European Union (EU) to 56 cm x 45 cm x 25 cm. Following a detailed assessment, newly appointed EU justice Commissioner Jacques Barrot has announced: "The inconvenience of additional limits would outweigh the advance in security."…
ANTI-COUNTERFEITING OF GOODS PACT DEBATED IN GENEVA BY TOP WORLD POWERS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A GROUP of influential countries are debating forging an international anti-counterfeiting of goods agreement, which would see them cooperate against the production and trade in fake tobacco products. Australia, Canada, the European Union, Japan, Jordan, Korea, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland, the United Arab Emirates, and the United States have been discussing the idea in Geneva.…
ANTI-COUNTERFEITING OF GOODS PACT DEBATED IN GENEVA BY TOP WORLD POWERS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A POWERFUL international bloc is debating forging an international anti-counterfeiting of goods agreement insisting upon cooperation over fighting fake food products. Australia, Canada, the European Union, Japan, Jordan, Korea, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland, the United Arab Emirates, and the United States have been discussing the idea in Geneva.…
VIRTUAL WORLD SECOND LIFE PROVING A FLOP WITH CLOTHING BRANDS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
BACK in 2006, the buzz in Internet marketing was about virtual worlds, and how clothing and other companies could use them to raise profile and generate additional sales. The dominant version of this technological platform was – and is – Second Life (SL), an interactive online world, which computer users explore online through the eyes of a digital representation of themselves (or indeed someone completely different) using simple cursor-based controls.…
LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES STRUGGLE TO COPE WITH OIL PRICE RISES
BY KENCHO WANGDI, in Thimphu, Bhutan; JUHEL BROWNE, in Port of Spain, Trinidad; BILL CORCORAN, in Johannesburg; and KEITH NUTHALL
THE RISING price in oil has hit the prosperity of many companies, communities and countries, but it is the world’s poorest people, living in what the United Nations calls least developed countries that are suffering the most.…
Lebanon's turbulent friendship with the international community
By Paul Cochrane, Beirut How the Lebanese view international institutions and the world at large depends on sectarian and political allegiances. With Lebanon a microcosm of the macro political-economic issues facing the Middle East today - due to the country’s geographical position bordering Israel and Syria, and the country’s political-sectarian divisions between Sunnis, Shias, Druze and Christians - Lebanon is where the powers that be flex their muscles. And with Lebanese political leaders looking to outside powers to consolidate their domestic position, whether you are pro- or anti- Western depends on the politics of the day.
But that, like any brief summary of Lebanon, is a simplification, as although the Hizbullah led opposition is ostensibly anti-Western, strongly backed by Iran and ardently anti-Zionist, fellow opposition party the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) is predominantly Christian and pro-Western.…
EU ROUND UP - EU MAKES MAJOR STRIDES IN SECURING ENERGY SUPPLIES FROM NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES
BY KEITH NUTHALL
WITH Dmitry Medvedev becoming Russia’s new president, the European Union (EU) has been pushing ahead to secure oil and gas supplies independent of Moscow. EU energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs and external relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner met with Egypt, Syria, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey diplomats and officials to discuss gas pipeline links.…
GLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL BANK SET FOR LAUNCH
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A GLOBAL initiative is to be launched allowing developing countries to acquire nuclear power, without the concerns associated with proliferation and security that have followed the use of this technology in North Korea, Pakistan, Iran and elsewhere. Kuwait has become the latest country to back a proposed multinational nuclear fuel bank under International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) management, with the emirate offering US$10 million.…
COUNTERFEIT CIGARETTE SEIZURES FELL IN 2007, EUROPEAN COMMISSION CONCLUDES
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE NUMBER of counterfeit cigarettes seized at the external borders of the European Union (EU) fell 63% in 2007 compared to the previous year, the European Commission has concluded. Brussels said 27.1 million packets worth (20 stick equivalent) of counterfeit cigarettes were seized.…