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Malaysia Advancing Work on Anti-Bioweapons Bill

(Global Security Newswire) Malaysian legislation to prohibit development and stockpiling of biological weapons within the nation has been drafted and is to be presented for government feedback next week, the Sun Daily newspaper reported. The domestic legislation is to be examined in a Defense Ministry hearing on Tuesday. “We will be going into the details (of Read More »

May 1, 2012
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, Biological Weapons, and Policy & Initiatives
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Swedish Military Cited as Unable to Defend Against WMD Strikes

(Global Security Newswire) The Swedish military lacks the ability to protect the country's populace from chemical, biological or radiological attacks, among other threats, The Local on Monday cited issue specialists as saying. “The Swedish armed forces could not be deployed if the situation would require it,” ex-Swedish Defense Research Agency analyst Johan Tunberger said in an Read More »

May 1, 2012
| Filed under Europe, Biological Weapons, and Policy & Initiatives
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H5N1 Answers Wanted

(The Biological SCENE) Last week saw more questions and, maybe, a few answers about the drawn-out controversy over recent H5N1 avian flu research. After exchanges of letters and a congressional hearing, cooler heads seemed to prevail with signs of a consensus among stakeholders. The week began with an April 23 letter from Rep. F. James Read More »

May 1, 2012
| Filed under Europe, North America, International, Policy & Initiatives, and Research
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Top DHS Official Defends Kansas Biodefense Lab

(Global Security Newswire) A top U.S. Homeland Security official this month defended plans to build a massive state-of-the-art biodefense complex in Kansas even as she recognized the enormous expense of the project posed serious problems for the federal government at a time of wide-ranging cutbacks, Harvest Public Media reported on Tuesday. The envisioned National Bio and Read More »

May 1, 2012
| Filed under North America, Agriculture, Policy & Initiatives, and Research
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Coping With An Anthrax Attack: What Would A City Do?

(Annenberg Digital News) Using Seattle as a focal point, University of Southern California researchers at the Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events (CREATE) assessed the some of the consequences of a large-scale anthrax attack. Various visual scenarios examined psychological and economic impacts of hundreds of Seattle residents who participated in the study. Read More »