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Originally posted on DHS.gov.

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GUADALAJARA, Mexico — The historic seizure of 15 tons of pure methamphetamine in western Mexico, equal to half of all meth seizures worldwide in 2009, feeds growing speculation that the country could become a world platform for meth production, not just a supplier to the United States.

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By BASSEM MROUE

BEIRUT — Two explosions struck security compounds in Aleppo on Friday, killing 28 people, state media reported, the first significant violence in a major city that has largely stood by Syrian President Bashar Assad in the 11-month-old uprising against his rule.

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The recent widespread growth of wireless networks to allow for computer mobility has created new threats to the security of critical infrastructure. While mobility improves productivity, each wireless-enabled computer with network access is another entry point into the network, meaning that these computers pose a security risk. Moreover, the wireless network itself is an avenue for breaking into a system. Infiltration via wireless networks can be as simple as driving a car near a facility and opening up a laptop.

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TOKYO –  Leaks of radioactive water have become more frequent at Japan's crippled nuclear power plant less than two months after it was declared basically stable.

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From the minute they get on a plane, visitors to Indianapolis should expect to be watched, sniffed and pawed as security around the Super Bowl XLVI host city tightens.

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LANCASTER - A man and a woman suspected in three recent armed robberies in Lancaster have been arrested by detectives who used a facial recognition software program during their investigation, authorities said today.

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FBI and ATF agents are investigating three explosions that happened at the Anderson Gas & Propane Company in Stilwell.

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According to a recently published study by the non-governmental organization, Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI), global stocks of nuclear material not adequately secured and could fall into the hands of terrorists.

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Mobile device forensics forecast: continued oscillation, chance of cloud computing.

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Law Enforcement Training and Resource Group LLC has come out with a new suite of smart phone applications built around the needs of the first responder’s response to services calls.

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Cyberspace is a global commons without international boundaries, but the political divisions of the real world hamper the defense of this shared resource, according to a new study of government and private sector IT officials.

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KABUL, Feb 1 (Reuters) - The U.S. military said in a secret report the Taliban, backed by Pakistan, are set to retake control of Afghanistan after NATO-led forces withdraw from the country, raising the prospect of a major failure of western policy after a costly war.

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INDIANAPOLIS—From pickpockets and prostitutes to dirty bombs and exploding manhole covers, authorities are bracing for whatever threat the first Super Bowl in downtown Indianapolis might bring.

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A federal grand jury in Laredo, TX, convicted a Zetas-linked “hitman” on a raft of conspiracy, racketeering and weapons charges on Jan. 25, after hearing testimony that outlined activities of the gang’s vicious assassination cells on both sides of the southern border.

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The FBI is seeking to develop an early-warning system based on material "scraped" from social networks.

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Amid much fanfare in 2006, then President George W. Bush deployed several thousand National Guard troops to our Mexican border in order to bring “operational control” to illegal immigration, drug smuggling, and international terrorists. 

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