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Rescue under way for fire-hit ship off Crimea

Source country ruvr-english Sunday, February 5, 2012 11:31:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [TREN-Security] evacuated[1]; ship[3];

Other categories: Maritime Safety; Maritime Safety in Europe;

Ten crew members were evacuated from the Maltese-flagged ‘Ivan Vikulov’ dry cargo ship, which caught fire in the Sea of Azov off Crimea early on Sunday. The ship with 14 people on board was sailing from Turkey to Rostov-on-Don in southern Russia....

Iran raid likely to drag in U.S., hurt global economy

Source country reuters-af Sunday, February 5, 2012 11:29:00 AM CET | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [TREN-Security] Security[1]; nuclear[6]; underground[1]; bombing[1];

Entities: Richard Burt[1]; William Maclean[1];

Other categories: Security; Conflict; EU-USA;

MUNICH (Reuters) - An Israeli raid on Iran's nuclear facilities would deliver a painful shock to the global economy, revive flagging Islamist militancy and possibly drag the United States into a regional war whether it backed its ally's attack or not....

Emotions high as St George evacuates

Source country news_com_au Sunday, February 5, 2012 11:27:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [TREN-Security] evacuates[1]; aircraft[1];

Entities: Donna Stewart[1];

ST GEORGE'S mayor says mandatory evacuations are running smoothly as the town braces for record flooding....

Articles published more than 30 minutes ago

Diplomat: Iran Won't Block Oil Route

Source country wsj-en Sunday, February 5, 2012 10:57:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [TREN-Security] nuclear[1]; aircraft[1]; security[1];

Entities: Abraham Lincoln[1]; Ali Ahani[1];

Other categories: Banking - Financial Services;

Quotes in this article

Ali Ahani said: "we don't have the intention to close the Strait of Hormuz...That's our official position"

Iran has no intention of blockading the Strait of Hormuz, the sea route through which about a fifth of the world's oil is shipped, a senior Iranian diplomat said Friday, downplaying threats by others in Tehran....

Explosion hits Egypt's gas pipeline

Source country tv3-ie Sunday, February 5, 2012 10:56:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [TREN-Security] explosion[1]; pipeline[3]; Explosion[1]; security[1];

Entities: Hosni Mubarak[1];

Other categories: Security;

An Egyptian security official said that an explosion hit a gas pipeline running from Egypt to Israel early today....

Iran raid likely to drag in U.S. and hurt global economy (Reuters)

Source country news-yahoo Sunday, February 5, 2012 10:54:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [TREN-Security] NUCLEAR[1]; Security[3]; Nuclear[1]; nuclear[15]; security[1]; underground[1]; bombing[1];

Entities: Richard Burt[1]; Tabassum Zakaria[1]; Andrew Quinn[1]; Danny Ayalon[1]; Martin Dempsey[1]; Zbigniew Brzezinski[1]; Steve Simon[1]; Ken Pollack[1]; Jon Alterman[1]; Peter Apps[1]; Barack Obama[1]; Mark Hosenball[1]; William Maclean[1]; Leon Panetta[1];

Other categories: Protected species;

Reuters - An Israeli raid on Iran's nuclear facilities would deliver a painful shock to the global economy, revive flagging Islamist militancy and possibly drag the United States into a regional war whether it backed its ally's attack or not....

Articles published more than 50 minutes ago

Tales from the Coffeeshop: the life and times of Don Christofias

Source country cyprus-mail Sunday, February 5, 2012 10:37:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [TREN-Security] Security[2]; ship[1];

Entities: Tassos Papadopoulos[1]; Don Corleone[2]; Ban Ki Moon[1]; Nicolas Sarkozy[1];

Other categories: EU Russia; Ban Ki-moon; UN Bodies; Security Council; Employment and Social Affairs; External Relations;

Author: Patroclos THE MAN who appeared in Nicosia district court on Wednesday charged with being a public nuisance because he called the president a ‘vlakas’ last August, pleaded ‘not guilty’ and faces trial in June. The 35-year-old, while driving his car had spotted the presidential limo on the.......

Maltese-Flagged Ship with 14 Crew on Fire in Azov Sea

Source country rian-en Sunday, February 5, 2012 10:32:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [TREN-Security] Ship[1]; ship[7]; distress[1];

Other categories: Maritime Safety; Maritime Safety in Europe;

A Maltese-flagged cargo ship with 14 crewmembers on board caught fire off Crimea in the Sea of Azov, the Ukrainian Emergencies Ministry reported on Sunday. The Ivan Vikulov dry cargo ship was sailing from Turkey to Rostov-on-Don in south Russia when it caught fire early on Sunday some 60 kilometers (37 miles) off Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula....

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EMG's Gas Supply To Israel Interrupted After Explosion In Egyptian National Grid

Source country finanznachrichten-en Sunday, February 5, 2012 10:24:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [TREN-Security] explosion[2]; pipeline[6]; Explosion[1];

Other categories: Security;

WASHINGTON (dpa-AFX) - Ampal-American Israel Corp. (AMPL) announced Sunday that it has been advised by East Mediterranean Gas Co. or 'EMG', in which Ampal has a 12.5% interest, that aro......

Attackers blow up gas pipeline in Egypt's Sinai

Source country irishsun Sunday, February 5, 2012 10:21:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [TREN-Security] pipeline[2]; security[1];

Other categories: Security;

EL-ARISH, Egypt -; An Egyptian security official says attackers have set off explosives along a gas pipeline in the country's Sinai peninsula, halting exports to neighboring Israel and ......

Nigeria: Sylva Accuses Jonathan of Contract Scam

Source country allafrica Sunday, February 5, 2012 10:15:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [TREN-Security] critical infrastructure[1]; security[5];

Entities: Timipre Sylva[4]; Goodluck Jonathan[3];

Other categories: Fight against Fraud; Conflict;

[Leadership] The removed Governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Timipre Sylva yesterday opened up a can worms on the alleged fraudulent involvement of President Goodluck Jonathan in the award of contracts and complicity in violently derailing his administration as the Governor of Bayelsa state, saying.......

Blast hits Egypt's gas pipeline to Israel

Source country gulfnews Sunday, February 5, 2012 10:10:00 AM CET | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [TREN-Security] Security[2]; pipeline[5]; explosion[2]; security[2];

Entities: Hosni Mubarak[1];

Other categories: Security; Manmade Disasters; Terrorist Attack;

The pipeline, which also supplies gas to Jordan, has come under attack at least 12 times since Egyptian resident Hosni Mubarak was toppled in 2011...

Blast hits Egypt's gas pipeline to Israel

The pipeline, latest which also supplies gas to Jordan, happily come under "at least 12 times won Egyptian resident Hosni Mubarak" toppled in 2011

Emotions high as Qld's St George evacuates

Source country smh Sunday, February 5, 2012 10:10:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [TREN-Security] evacuates[1]; aircraft[1];

Entities: Donna Stewart[1];

Evacuations are running smoothly, but residents in St George are still coming to grips with the disaster facing them, the town's mayor says....

Blast Hits Natural-Gas Pipeline Between Egypt and Israel

Source country ibtimes-cn Sunday, February 5, 2012 10:03:00 AM CET | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [TREN-Security] Pipeline[1]; pipeline[2]; security[2];

Entities: Sherine El Madany[2];

Other categories: Security; Terrorist Attack;

An explosion hit a natural-gas pipeline running from Egypt to Israel on Sunday, witnesses and state television reported. Also supplying gas to Jordan, the pipeline has come under attack at least 12 times since Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was toppled last year....

Blast Hits Natural-Gas Pipeline Between Egypt and Israel

Unrest Continues In Cairo

Source country rferl Sunday, February 5, 2012 9:55:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [TREN-Security] Port[1]; security[1];

Entities: Hosni Mubarak[1];

There's been more unrest in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, as street protests continued against army rule....

Wieder Anschlag auf ägyptische Gas-Pipeline nach Israel

Source country maerkischeallgemeine Sunday, February 5, 2012 9:43:00 AM CET | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [TREN-Security] Pipeline[1]; Explosion[1];

Entities: Hosni Mubarak[1];

Other categories: Security;

Kairo (dpa) - Auf eine Gas-Pipeline auf der ägyptischen Sinai-Halbinsel haben Bewaffnete einen Anschlag verübt. Es kam zu einer Explosion mit 40 Meter hohen Flammen, die noch in 20 Kilometern ......

Nigeria: Bayelsa Face-Off Gets Messier - Jonathan Has Failed - Sylva

Source country allafrica Sunday, February 5, 2012 9:43:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [TREN-Security] critical infrastructure[1]; security[5];

Entities: Diepreye Alamieyeseigha[1]; Timipre Sylva[1]; Goodluck Jonathan[2];

Other categories: Conflict;

[Vanguard] Yenagoa - The feud between President Goodluck Jonathan and the immediate past governor of his home state of Bayelsa, Chief Timpre Sylva, deepened, yesterday, as Sylva literally called the president a liar....

Articles published more than 2 hours ago

Miliary aircraft dispatched to rescue thousands stranded by rising floodwaters in Australia

Source country cnn Sunday, February 5, 2012 9:27:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [TREN-Security] evacuate[2]; aircraft[1];

Entities: Julia Gillard[1]; Anna Bligh[1];

Quotes in this article

Julia Gillard said: "Emergency Management Australia has liaison officers in flood-affected regions to ensure that requests for any further assistance can be actioned immediately,"

Authorities were using military helicopters and a C-130 cargo plane Sunday to evacuate thousands of residents stranded by rising floodwaters in the eastern Australian province of Queensland, the government said....

Unruhen in Ägypten dauern an - Finanzamt in Kairo in Flammen

Source country ngz-online Sunday, February 5, 2012 9:25:00 AM CET | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [TREN-Security] Pipeline[1]; Explosion[1];

Entities: Hosni Mubarak[2];

Other categories: Security; Conflict;

Auch am Wochenende ist es in Ägypten zu heftigen Auseinandersetzungen zwischen Demonstranten und Sicherheitskräften gekommen. Das Finanzamt in Kairo wurde in der Nacht zu Sonntag in Brand gesetzt, wie das Staatsfernsehen berichtete....

Section of Egypt-Israel pipeline blown up

Source country trendnews-az Sunday, February 5, 2012 9:16:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [TREN-Security] pipeline[3]; explosion[1]; security[1];

Other categories: Security;

A section of an Egyptian pipeline supplying gas to Israel has been blown up in a bomb attack in the twelfth assault on the energy route over the past 12 months, Press TV reported....

Egyptian Official: Explosion Halts Gas Exports

Source country npr Sunday, February 5, 2012 9:00:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [TREN-Security] pipeline[1]; Explosion[1]; security[1];

Entities: Hosni Mubarak[1];

Other categories: Security; Conflict;

The attack along a gas pipeline in the country's Sinai peninsula disrupted exports to neighboring Israel and Jordan. The blast that took place Sunday at dawn is the 12th successful attack on the line since the popular uprising that ousted longtime Egyptians leader Hosni Mubarak in February last year....

Auschreitungen dauern an - Finanzamt in Kairo in Flammen

Source country derStandard Sunday, February 5, 2012 8:51:00 AM CET | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [TREN-Security] Pipeline[3]; Explosion[1];

Entities: Hosni Mubarak[2];

Other categories: Security; Conflict;

Erneut Anschlag auf Gaspipeline nach Israel - Binnen weniger Tage mindestens zwölf Tote...

Clinton warns more bloodshed if Syria action blocked (Reuters)

Source country news-yahoo Sunday, February 5, 2012 8:50:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [TREN-Security] Security[2]; bridge[1];

Entities: Stephen Brown[2]; Sergei Lavrov[1]; Sophie Hares[1]; Hillary Rodham Clinton[1]; Bashar Assad[1]; Arshad Mohammed[1];

Other categories: Conflict;

Reuters - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned on Saturday that the risk of more bloodshed and civil war in Syria had increased after her attempt to get Russia to back a U.N. Security Council vote condemning President Bashar al-Assad had failed....

Marine wife killed in Ca. explosion was Iowan, 31 (AP)

Source country news-yahoo Sunday, February 5, 2012 8:50:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [TREN-Security] evacuated[1]; explosion[6]; train[1];

Entities: Davis Medical Center[1];

AP - Military officials say a Marine's wife and mother of two killed in a propane gas explosion outside a remote Northern California training base was a 31-year-old from Hudson, Iowa....

No rest to unrest: New and old disputes create explosive mix in Egypt

Source country rt Sunday, February 5, 2012 8:50:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [TREN-Security] Port[3]; security[1];

A dozen dead and thousands injured – the bloody aftermath of three straight days of rioting in Egypt. It all began after an outbreak of violence at a football match earlier this week that claimed the lives of 74 people....

Residents ordered out as record flood looms

Source country abc-au Sunday, February 5, 2012 8:37:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [TREN-Security] evacuate[2]; aircraft[1]; bridge[1];

Entities: Barnaby Joyce[1]; Anna Bligh[1]; Donna Stewart[1];

Mandatory evacuations have been ordered for the southern Queensland town of St George as authorities predict the Balonne River to peak at up to 15 metres in a record flood....

Articles published more than 3 hours ago

Death toll in latest Egypt clashes climbs to 12

Source country kyivpost Sunday, February 5, 2012 8:25:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [TREN-Security] port[1]; Security[1]; Port[4]; security[9];

Entities: Kamal Ganzouri[1]; Amr Moussa[1]; Hosni Mubarak[1]; Hussein Tantawi[1];

Quotes in this article

Amr Moussa said: "The time has come to transfer power to a civilian administration which will promote stability and the achievement of the revolutionary goals,"

CAIRO Egyptian security forces on Saturday, Feb. 4, fired tear gas from armored trucks at protesters demanding an end to military rule, as anger over a deadly soccer riot fueled a third day of clashes that have killed at least 12 people....

Press digest

Source country timesofmalta Sunday, February 5, 2012 7:42:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [TREN-Security] Security[2]; nuclear[1]; Airport[1]; pipeline[2]; explosion[1];

Entities: Mario Grech[1]; Vladimir Putin[1]; Tonio Fenech[1]; Bashar Assad[1]; Mitt Romney[1]; Michel Barnier[1]; Rick Santorum[1]; Fidel Castro[2]; Newt Gingrich[1]; Edward Scicluna[1]; Barack Obama[1]; Kevin Rudd[1]; Evangelos Venizelos[1];

Other categories: Market; UN Bodies; Security Council; Consumers; Imports Exports; Michel Barnier; European Central Bank; Members of the European Parliament; EU-Asia; Consumers; External Relations; Internal Market;

The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press The Sunday Times says the possibility of an early election appears to be receding. It also says the banks have been hit by a drop in home loans. The Malta Independent reports the Maltese shipping registry is Europe’s largest, and the one most prone to illegalities....

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