WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 (UPI) — Sen. Joseph Lieberman said Tuesday that the top priority of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee is completing an authorization bill.

PANAMA CITY, Panama, Jan. 7 (UPI) — The head of Interpol is on a three-country tour of Latin America to discuss national and regional policing initiatives with top security authorities.

UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 7 (UPI) — Half of the estimated 9.1 million internally displaced persons uprooted from rebel violence in Central and Eastern Africa are from Sudan, a U.N. report said.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 (UPI) — The director of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation has named a new Office of Law Enforcement Coordination assistant director at the FBI.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 (UPI) — The U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration, as part of an ongoing downsizing effort, announced plans to consolidate its gas transfer system research.