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CIA probes Afghan base security after bomber kills 7
WASHINGTON/KABUL (Reuters) – The CIA vowed on Thursday to avenge the deaths of seven officers in a suicide bombing in Afghanistan and to investigate security breaches that allowed the second deadliest attack in agency history.
Iraq regrets Blackwater case dismissal, may sue
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq expressed its disappointment on Friday with a U.S. federal court ruling that threw out all charges against five Blackwater Worldwide security guards accused of gunning down Iraqi civilians in 2007.
Obama summons intel chiefs for security talks
KANEOHE, Hawaii (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Thursday summoned U.S. intelligence chiefs to a meeting next week at the White House to discuss how to prevent a repeat of the attempted bombing of a Detroit-bound airliner on December 25.
U.S. drone attack in Pakistan kills three militants
MIRANSHAH, Pakistan (Reuters) – A missile fired by a pilotless U.S. drone aircraft on Friday killed at least three militants traveling in a car in Pakistan’s North Waziristan region on the Afghan border, security officials said.
North Korea says wants end to hostile U.S. ties
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea called for an end to hostile ties with the United States and an atomic-free peninsula in a New Year message that comes weeks after it indicated it could end its year-long boycott of nuclear disarmament talks.
U.S., foreign officials to discuss airport security
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano will dispatch senior agency officials to meet with airport executives around the world to review security and technology used to screen passengers on U.S.-bound flights, the department said.
Fed’s balance sheet shrinks slightly
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Reserve’s balance sheet shrank slightly in the latest week on a small dip in its holdings of agency mortgage-backed securities, Fed data released on Thursday showed.
