Highlights - Al Qaeda operative used a simple “10-code” encryption scheme to conceal other al Qaeda operatives’ contact information - Operative used pre-paid calling cards, web-based e-mail …
Pakistan: Swat Valley Peace Agreement Collapsing
Highlights - Offensive in Lower Dir likely to result in the collapse of Malakand agreement - Buner offensive indicative of Pakistani Taliban’s expansionist aims - Violence in Malakand districts …
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Ecuador: Correa’s Second-Term
Highlights - President Correa secures an unprecedented first-round election win - Correa vows to continue strong “social revolution” - Economic factors will require Correa to take a more …
Turkey-Armenia: Bumpy Road Map To Energy And Tourism
Highlights - Turkey and Armenia announce a road map to normalize relations - Nagorno-Karabakh, genocide claims, and other obstacles will delay full diplomatic ties - Energy and tourism sectors …
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AOIM: Funding Terrorism Via Kidnapping
Highlights - AOIM engages in kidnappings outside Algeria to gain ransom money and demand release of UK prisoner - AOIM expands kidnapping and smuggling operations to Mali and Niger - Ransom …
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Europe: Slowdown Period Could Spark Further Laborer Unrest
Highlights - Consumer prices and spending drop in several euro zone nations, Spain and Ireland among worst hit economies - Despite future actions of the European Central Bank, economic recoveries …
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Cyber: US Carriers Deploy New Cyber Security Measures For Government Networks
Highlights - Cyber intrusion-detection system (IDS) to improve cyber-security for nearly six hundred federal agencies - Increases in cyber attacks heightens urgency of detecting and defending …
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Cyprus: Nationalist Party Majority Could Upset Reunification Talks
Highlights - Nationalist Turkish Cypriot party wins 44 percent of parliamentary vote - Reunification talks in jeopardy - Election sets the stage for a potential clash between Turkish Cypriot …
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Russia: Troop Pullout Empowers Chechen Strongman Ramzon Kadyrov
Highlights - Russia’s end to the counterterrorism mission in Chechnya is a symbolic move - Ramzon Kadyrov has stabilized Chechnya through dictatorial actions - Kadyrov likely to remain loyal to …
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South Africa: Life Under Zuma
Highlights - Oppositional COPE party faces defeat; violent protests and party member clashes anticipated in the near to medium-term - High expectations for Zuma to confront rising crime and …