Reuters - A high-tech "virtual fence" on part
of the U.S. border with Mexico is finally ready for service and
the technology can fight illegal crossings all along the
frontier, the Homeland Security chief said on Friday.
Reuters - The United States restored diplomatic ties with Libya almost two years ago, but U.S. legislation last month to compensate terrorism victims has soured relations and stalled business between the former foes.
AFP - The campaign for Spain's most fiercely contested general election in decades kicked off Friday against a backdrop of terrorism fears and a slowing economy, with polls giving the ruling Socialists a slim lead over the conservative opposition.
AP - The Justice Department has opened an internal investigation into whether its top officials improperly authorized or reviewed the CIA's use of waterboarding when interrogating terror suspects, according to documents released Friday.
AP - The European Commission on Friday said Poland and Romania have been dodging requests for clarification about allegations they were involved in Washington's program of secretly transporting terror suspects to clandestine prisons.
AP - The United States on Friday rejected any link between racial discrimination and the U.S. practice of sending terrorism suspects to countries where they may be tortured.
AFP - The government's admission that British territory was used by two US planes carrying terror suspects on "rendition" flights taints the country, even if the White House acknowledges that "mistakes" were made, the British press said Friday.
AP - Beijing's international airport will be installing high-tech portable bomb detectors as part of its security plan to combat terrorism ahead of the Summer Olympics.