News About The War Against Terror 03-JUL-09 en-us Boca Raton FL (SPX) Jul 03, 2009 - Novel underwater laser networking and imaging technologies being developed by scientists at the Ocean Visibility and Optics Laboratory at Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute at Florida Atlantic University may provide significant advantages over existing technologies in rapidly identifying and communicating potential threats in murky coastal waters.]]> Washington DC (SPX) Jul 03, 2009 - Criminals of all kinds are digging tunnels along the U.S. border at a fast and furious pace. Of every tunnel ever discovered by U.S. border patrol agents, 60 percent have been found in the last three years. Agents spot a new one every month.]]> Tel Aviv, Israel (SPX) Jul 03, 2009 - It's a frequent scene in television crime dramas: Clever police technicians zoom in on a security camera video to read a license plate or capture the face of a hold-up artist. But in real life, enhancing this low-quality video to focus in on important clues hasn't been an easy task. Until now.]]> Washington (UPI) Jul 2, 2009 - It's no longer a war on transnational terrorism? Before Dr. Emile Coue's method of psychotherapy, self-improvement based on the healing power of optimistic autosuggestion, becomes our national security comfort blanket, it would behoove us all to take a deep breath and snap out of creeping amnesia. ]]> Hanover MD (SPX) Jun 29, 2009 - A two-tiered scanning-protocol for inspecting all containers at international ports could be the most affordable approach to ensuring containers moving through the global transportation system are not carrying nuclear bombs, according to a paper being presented at a services special interest group meeting of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS).]]> Durham NC (SPX) Jun 23, 2009 - Bioengineers at Duke University have developed a laboratory robot that can successfully locate tiny pieces of metal within flesh and guide a needle to its exact location -- all without the need for human assistance.]]> Koror (AFP) June 22, 2009 - Five of 13 Guantanamo Bay detainees set for resettlement in the tiny Pacific nation of Palau do not want to go there, President Johnson Toribiong said Monday.]]> Algiers, Algeria (UPI) Jun 18, 2009 - The killing of some 20 Algerian paramilitary policemen in a desert ambush Wednesday by Islamist extremists linked to al-Qaida was a show of force by the jihadists who appear determined to expand their operations across the region and open a new terror front.]]> London, UK (SPX) Jun 19, 2009 - A new type of robot being developed will make it easier to detect drugs, weapons, explosives and illegal immigrants concealed in cargo containers.]]> Washington (AFP) June 11, 2009 - The transfer Thursday of Chinese Uighurs from Guantanamo to Bermuda suggests President Barack Obama aims to close the prison by transferring detainees to other countries, bowing to domestic political realities, analysts say.]]>