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Une sélection d’articles lus en ligne – semaine du 28 septembre au 5 octobre.

TERRORISME

Unit arranged by Singapore Government to fight cyber-threats
Singapore Govt., in order to deal with terror attacks on the Internet, has set up an agency.
The Singapore Infocomm Technology Security Authority (SITSA) will be the national expert authority on technology security threats and will commence working on Thursday.

Kadyrov fait la chasse aux rebelles en Tchétchénie : huit morts
Huit rebelles ont été tués par les forces de sécurité en Tchétchénie au cours d’une opération personnellement dirigée par l’homme fort de cette république du Caucase russe, Ramzan Kadyrov, ont indiqué les autorités locales.

Armed Forces Weapons from Argentina, Venezuela, Peru Found in Colombia
Colombian police found in the southwestern province of Nariño a cache of 24 rifles, four machine-guns, cartridge clips and bullets with the stamp of the Argentine, Peruvian and Venezuelan armed forces on them, officials said Saturday.

Germany arrests al-Qaeda suspect
A German-Turkish citizen is being held in Germany on suspicion of preparing explosive devices and posting al-Qaeda propaganda on the internet, police say.

UK help on Pakistan security body
Britain is helping to set up a national security authority in Pakistan to combat terrorism and promote political stability, the BBC has learned. It will be modelled on terrorism units run by the Home Office and MI5.

Pakistan again adjourns Mumbai attack hearing
A Pakistani court on Saturday adjourned for a second time a hearing for seven suspects accused by India of plotting the deadly Mumbai attacks last year, a lawyer said.

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CRIME ORGANISÉ

Mexico Unveils First Center for Fighting Organized Crime
The Mexican government has unveiled its first Strategic Operations Center, or COE, which is designed to improve cooperation among federal, state and local law enforcement agencies in the fight against organized crime, especially drug traffickers, Attorney General Arturo Chavez said.

Navy seizes cocaine ‘worth £240m’
The Portsmouth-based frigate HMS Iron Duke seized more than five-and-a-half tonnes of the drug from a 138ft fishing boat off the coast of Colombia.

La cybercriminalité a dépassé les revenus du trafic de drogue
Un crime est commis toutes les trois minutes et demi dans les rues de New York. Un crime est commis toutes les deux minutes et demi dans les rues de Tokyo. Mais toutes les trois secondes, une identité est volée en ligne, soit près de 10512000 d’identités chaque année. La cybercriminalité est devenu un crime à part entière, bien plus rentable, avec un meilleur anonymat, et peut s’avérer beaucoup plus difficile à poursuivre que les crimes réels.

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RENSEIGNEMENT

Affaire Plame: un juge ordonne la publication de déclarations de Cheney
Un juge fédéral a ordonné jeudi à Washington la publication d’une partie des interrogatoires de l’ancien vice-président américain Dick Cheney menés par le FBI dans le cadre de l’enquête sur Valerie Plame, ex-agent de la CIA dont le nom avait été révélé à la presse en 2003.

Colombian Intelligence Officer Detained in Venezuela
Colombia’s DAS security agency said on Tuesday that one of its agents was detained in the western Venezuelan city of Maracaibo.

Russie – Barents professor detained by FSB
Mikhail Suprun, the famous professor of history of the Pomor State University in Arkhangelsk, was detained and interrogated Wednesday. FSB accuse him of disclosure of confidential information.

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DÉFENSE

• France
Paris maintient ses bases militaires permanentes à Libreville et Dakar
Le ministre français de la Défense Hervé Morin a annoncé mercredi que la France allait maintenir ses deux bases militaires permanentes de Libreville et Dakar, sur la façade atlantique de l’Afrique.

• Inde
Fighters for India tested in Barents
Four MiG-29K jet fighters designed for the Indian Navy have conducted test flights from Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier in the last two days. Aviaport.ru reports that the test pilots where Russian, but Indian naval officials were onboard the aircraft carrier and observed the MiG-29K test flights.

• Russie
Large strategic exercise in Russia
Russia is conducting its largest strategic exercise in many years in the High North, “Ladoga-2009”. Drills are being held simultaneously at nine different training grounds, including on the shores of the Barents Sea. Northern Fleet vessels are also participating in the “Zapad-2009” exercise in Kaliningrad.

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AFGHANISTAN – PAKISTAN

Spain Takes Over Command at Kabul Airport
Spain on Thursday took over from Poland command of Kabul’s civil and military airport for a period of six months in a ceremony at which Defense Minister Carme Chacon guaranteed that Madrid’s troop contingent would help ensure that the installation is never again “a door open to terror.”

Pakistan: le chef taliban Hakimullah Mehsud serait mort
Le nouveau chef des talibans du Pakistan Hakimullah Mehsud, qui a succédé récemment à Baïtullah Mehsud, pourrait avoir été tué récemment lors de querelles intestines, a indiqué samedi un haut responsable américain spécialiste du contre-terrorisme.

Hakeemullah may be dead
Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Chief Hakeemullah Mehsud might have been killed a week ago, a foreign news agency has claimed quoting the US officials. US intelligence officials, however, haven’t confirmed the news.

Taliban leader’s brother ‘killed’
The brother of Pakistan’s new Taliban leader has been killed in a clash with security forces in the north-west of the country, local officials say. Kalimullah Mehsud was killed in battle on Monday after troops responded to a Taliban rocket attack on a military base in North Waziristan.

Uzbek rebel ‘killed’ in Pakistan
A senior Uzbek militant commander in north-west Pakistan is believed to have been killed in a US missile strike in August, intelligence officials say. Tahir Yuldashev was the head of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan. A Taliban spokesman denied the report.

AFRIQUE

Premier voyage de la conférence épiscopale suisse au Togo
Une délégation de huit prélats suisses a rendu visite ces derniers jours à la conférence épiscopale du Togo (CET), a indiqué la conférence des évêques suisses (CES). Ce séjour est le premier de toute une conférence épiscopale nationale en Afrique de l’Ouest.

AFRIQUE DU SUD

Zuma tells SA police to get tough
President Jacob Zuma has backed proposed measures for South African police to use lethal force against armed criminals. « We have an abnormal criminal problem, for that we have to explore extraordinary means» , he told a meeting of 1,000 police station commanders. The new law would allow police to shoot even if criminals have not fired first.

ARGENTINE

Suicide d’un patron de presse après avoir publié une enquête
Le patron d’une agence de presse s’est donné la mort vendredi en Argentine, a-t-on appris vendredi de source officielle. Il venait de publier une enquête accusant de corruption un candidat aux élections provinciales de dimanche.
Hernan Gonzalez Moreno, 28 ans, patron de l’Agence Corrientes « a été retrouvé blotti dans sa voiture. A côté de lui il y avait le pistolet avec lequel il s’est tiré une balle» , a affirmé José Luis Zampa, directeur de l’Information publique de la province de Corrientes (nord-est).

BRÉSIL

Swatch to Invest $100 Million in Brazil
Switzerland’s Swatch, the world’s largest watchmaker, plans to invest $100 million in the Brazilian market, which it exited due to a bribery scandal in 2002, the O Estado de Sao Paulo newspaper reported on its Web site.

COLOMBIE

Two Found Slain in Bogota Restaurant
The bodies of a Chinese couple were found this morning inside their Bogota restaurant, Colombian media reported.

EUROPE

End in sight for Yugoslav domains
Websites using the .yu domain extension will cease to be available online from 30 September.
The extension – assigned to the former Republic of Yugoslavia – has been replaced by .rs (for Serbia) and .me (for Montenegro).

FRANCE

Le procès en appel du naufrage de l’Erika s’ouvre lundi à Paris
Le procès en appel du naufrage de l’Erika, qui avait causé il y a dix ans l’une des pires marées noires ayant souillé le littoral français, s’ouvre lundi à la cour d’appel de Paris. Jusqu’au 18 novembre, Total et deux filiales, ainsi que la société de classification italienne Rina, le propriétaire du pétrolier, Giuseppe Savarese, et son gestionnaire Antonio Pollara, seront de nouveau sur le banc des prévenus.

Chirac gives away ‘violent’ dog
Former French President Jacques Chirac has announced that he has given away his beloved dog after it attacked him for a third time.

INDE

Row over China Kashmir visa move
A member of India’s governing Congress party in Indian-administered Kashmir has condemned moves by China to issue separate visas for Kashmiri people. He said the decision by China to issue hand-written visas on loose sheets of paper was « not acceptable» . China has given no explanation for its move, but many in Srinagar say it is because Beijing sees Kashmir as disputed territory.

Maoists kill 16 Indian villagers
Sixteen people have been killed by suspected Maoist rebels in a village in the Indian state of Bihar, police say.

IRAN

L’Iran veut construire des sous-marins de taille moyenne
Un haut responsable de la marine iranienne a annoncé samedi que la marine iranienne allait lancer d’ici 2 ans des sous-marins de taille moyenne. « Si Dieu le veut, nous allons lancer d’ici 2 ans des sous-marins de taille moyenne, de 500 tonnes, et nous atteindrons l’auto-suffisance dans ce domaine,»  a déclaré l’amiral Farhad Amiri, responsable de l’auto-suffisance de la marine.

NORVÈGE

PCs with Shtokman-info stolen
Four computers with sensitive information about the Shtokman project were stolen from a consulting company in Oslo in August. The thief arrived on a scooter.

RUSSIE

Finland to open Consulate General in Murmansk
Finnish Foreign Minister, Aleksander Stubb, today announced that the current representation in Murmansk will be upgraded to a full-fledged Consulate General.

SOMALIE

Somalie : des militaires du Puntland à bord d’une frégate de la marine nationale
Un ministre de la région semi-autonome du Puntland a déclaré que des militaires locaux allaient embarquer sur un bâtiment de la marine nationale comme observateurs. M. Mohamed Farah Aden, ministre des pêches et des ressources marines du Puntland, a déclaré à la radio indépendante Radio Garowe au cours d’un entretien samedi, que des responsables du gouvernement du Puntland avaient récemment rencontré des responsables militaires français à bord d’un bâtiment.

VÉNÉZUÉLA

Chavez Bodyguard Shot as Venezuela Presidential Security Increased
The cost of protecting President Hugo Chávez has come under question at the National Assembly, which is all but entirely dominated by his ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) and its minor allies.

Venezuela Asks Interpol to Arrest Former President
Venezuela asked Interpol to arrest former President Carlos Andres Perez in connection with deaths caused by the security forces during a 1989 uprising in Caracas, Attorney General Luisa Ortega said.