Monday Emerging Threats

From my UPI Emerging Threats beat. Click on headlines to read stories.

LONDON, April 6 (UPI) — The London-based International Chamber of Commerce’s Counterfeiting Intelligence Bureau has launched an online map to track the global trade in illicit goods.

BOGOTA, April 6 (UPI) — The International Committee of the Red Cross completed an aid campaign in western Colombia, where ongoing violence has caused widespread displacement.

WASHINGTON, April 6 (UPI) — Reconstruction and stabilization missions should not be the main task of the U.S. military, according to a report from the Rand Corp.

KHARTOUM, Sudan, April 6 (UPI) — The announced plans for holding national elections in Sudan are being praised by the head of the United Nations as an important step toward peace.

STOCKTON, Utah, April 6 (UPI) — The U.S. Army Chemical Materials Agency said work has begun on destroying mortars filled with mustard agent at the Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility.

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