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Pakistan: National security adviser fired (AP via Yahoo! News)
Pakistan fired its national security adviser amid tensions following the Mumbai attacks, a possible sign of divisions in the weak civilian government over how to react to Indian and international demands it crack down on the alleged masterminds.
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Obama taps spending watchdog, eyes Social Security (AP via Yahoo! News)
Pointing with concern to "red ink as far as the eye can see," President-elect Barack Obama pledged Wednesday to tackle out-of-control Social Security and Medicare spending and named a special watchdog to clamp down on other federal programs — even as he campaigned anew to spend the largest pile of taxpayer money in history to revive the sinking economy.
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Pakistan fires national security adviser (AP via Yahoo! News)
A spokesman for Pakistan's prime minister has announced that the country's national security adviser has been fired.
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Top UK spy says credit crunch a security threat (CNN)
The global economic crisis could lead to a growth in terrorism, the head of Britain's internal security service says.
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Tight Security Across Iraq on a Holy Day for Shiites (New York Times)
Millions of Iraqi Shiites celebrated one of the most emotional occasions in their religious calendar Wednesday, accompanied by stringent security measures.
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NYT: Bush's homeland security setup faces ax (MSNBC)
Barack Obama is reportedly preparing to scrap the way President Bush oversaw domestic security in the White House and name a former CIA official to coordinate counterterrorism.
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UN Security Council weighs competing texts on Gaza truce (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The UN Security Council on Wednesday weighed two rival texts on prospects for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza conflict.
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Pakistan Fires National Security Advisor (Fox News)
Pakistan fired the national security adviser hours after Indian media quoted him as saying the surviving Mumbai attacker was Pakistani.
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GUTTING SECURITY (New York Post)
PRESIDENT-elect Barack Obama's appointments to Homeland Security, the Justice Department and now the CIA indicate a virtual abandonment of the War on Terror. As Homeland Security chief, he's named a governor whose only experience has been with...
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Madoff Security Protects Against ‘Harm or Flight,’ Lawyer Says (Bloomberg)
Jan. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Bernard Madoff , awaiting a ruling on whether he can remain free on bail, is being monitored by security officers at his Manhattan apartment “to prevent harm or flight,” his lawyer said.
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