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Tuesday Emerging Threats

From my Emerging Threats beat. Click on headlines to read stories I filed under the UPI byline.

BRUSSELS, May 26 (UPI) — Maintaining recent security gains in Colombia will require government attention to human-rights abuses, a report from the International Crisis Group says.

KHARTOUM, Sudan, May 26 (UPI) — A surge in rebel fighting in the Darfur region of Sudan, forcing hundreds of civilians from their homes, has prompted criticism from the United Nations.

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, May 26 (UPI) — The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe says a program designed to reform Kyrgyzstan’s police is showing signs of success.

ALMATY, Kazakhstan, May 26 (UPI) — Top security authorities gathered in Kazakhstan Tuesday for a seminar to address security in Central Asia and the South Caucasus regions.

DOHA, Qatar, May 26 (UPI) — Ukrainian officials are taking part in a financial intelligence conference in Qatar designed to address efforts to counter terrorist financing.

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Tuesday Security Industry

From my Security Industry beat. Click on headlines to read stories I published under the UPI byline.

GROTON, Conn., May 26 (UPI) — General Dynamics has been contracted by the U.S. Navy to provide repairs to the USS Hartford submarine.

FAIRFAX, Va., May 26 (UPI) — The U.S. Transportation Security Administration has contracted ICF Inc. to provide logistics, planning and program management support services.

THORNTON, Colo., May 26 (UPI) — U.S. company Ascent Solar Technologies Inc. says its solar photovoltaic module will be used in a new hybrid unmanned aerial vehicle.

CAMPBELL, Calif., May 26 (UPI) — AOptix Technologies Inc. announced its communication system has successfully completed a flight test for the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory.

COSTA MESA, Calif., May 26 (UPI) — The Defense Supply Center Philadelphia announced it has ordered additional enhanced small-arms protective inserts from Ceradyne Inc.

PORT TOWNSEND, Wash., May 26 (UPI) — The U.S. Army has contracted Intellicheck Mobilisa to provide its identification reading technologies to support security at Fort Sam Houston in Texas.

TORRANCE, Calif., May 26 (UPI) — The U.S. Transportation Security Administration has contracted Rapiscan Systems Inc. for the delivery of its X-ray scanning technologies.

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