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By Category: International

Food chain at risk of being poisoned by terrorist groups

THE TELEGRAPH — Manufacturers and retailers have been told that their sector is vulnerable to attacks by ideologically and politically motivated groups that may seek to cause widespread casualties and disruption by poisoning food supplies. The warning from the Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure [CPNI], which operates as part of the Security Service, Read More »

June 6, 2011
| Filed under Europe, Bioterrorism, and International
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Pentagon Picks Firm to Support Armenian Biodefense Effort

GSN DAILY NEWS — The Kansas-based firm Black & Veatch on Thursday said it had received a contract from a Defense Department agency to help Armenia organize a continuing initiative aimed at augmenting the nation's capacity to counter biological threats to humans and animals (see GSN, April 30, 2009). The company would undertake the planning Read More »

June 6, 2011
| Filed under Middle East, International, and Policy & Initiatives
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G-8 Nonproliferation Effort Renewed

WASHINGTON — The leaders of the world’s top industrial powers on Friday renewed the mandate of a program intended to prevent terrorists or rogue nations from acquiring weapons of mass destruction (see GSN, March 9.) The Group of Eight nations’ Global Partnership Against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction will be maintained Read More »

May 31, 2011
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, Europe, North America, and International
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Op-Ed: Smallpox Debate, A Reasonable Outcome, Moving Faster Toward Resolution

By Victoria Sutton, MPA, PhD, JD, Professor and Director of the Center for Biodefense, Law and Public Policy of the Texas Tech University School of Law — On May 16-24, 2011, the World Health Assembly debated the destruction of the last smallpox that exists, officially. This meeting is the fourth meeting, convening every five years, Read More »

May 27, 2011
| Filed under Europe, North America, International, and Policy & Initiatives
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Concerted international effort urged on African Swine Fever

FAO NEWS — FAO is calling on countries affected by African Swine Fever in the Caucasus region and Russian Federation to step up precautionary measures. It is also urging a concerted international effort to prevent the disease spreading more widely across the Northern Hemisphere.