Overseas Security Advisory Council GLOBAL SECURITY NEWS 03/28/2008 б=A0 You may use the following link to update your article settings or to purchase. (Login required)б=A0 Report your security incidents and critical incidents through the following link:б=A0 OSAC NGO & ACADEMIC INSTITUTION SAFETY & SECURITY SEMINAR: ATLANTA, GEORGIA (APRIL 17-18) Worldwide OSAC would like to invite members of organizations (NGOs), faith-based organizations and academic institutions to our upcoming event in Atlanta, Georgia. STUDY ABROAD ADMINISTRATORS SECURITY OVERSEAS SEMINAR Worldwide The Study Abroad Administrators Security Overseas Seminar (SAA SOS) is a two-day course where participants will identify security risks inherent in study abroad programs and develop strategies for dealing with them. ISMA/OSAC/SISBO REGIONAL SECURITY CONFERENCE Worldwide This is the tenth joint venture between OSAC and ISMA, and the fifth to include partner SISBO. OSAC ACTIVITY REPORT: FEBRUARY 2008 Worldwide This report details the workings of OSAC for the month of February 2008, including relevant statistics and overviews of analytical reporting completed during the month. This month's Country Council Focus is on Doha. PROTESTS OVER KOSOVOБ=80=99S INDEPENDENCE TURN VIOLENT Europe - Serbia Following Kosovo's declaration of independence and subsequent recognition by the U.S. and other European nations, sporadic violence and vandalism has occurred in Serbia, Kosovo, and Bosnia. =09 FEATURED STORIES =09 COLOMBIA OFFERS FARC HOSTAGE DEAL Americas - Colombia Colombia has offered to release jailed Farc rebels if they first hand over former presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt and other hostages. =09=09=09 MEXICO SENDS NEW TROOPS TO US BORDER Americas - Mexico The Mexican government said Thursday it has sent more than 2,500 soldiers and federal police to curb soaring violence in a border state across from Texas and New Mexico. =09=09=09 CHINA ALLOWS DIPLOMATS INTO TIBET East Asia / Pacific - China China is taking a handful of foreign diplomats to Tibet, following widespread criticism of Beijing's crackdown on Tibetan protests. =09=09=09 DUTCH LAWMAKER RELEASES ANTI-QURAN FILM East Asia / Pacific, Europe, Middle East / N. Africa, South / Central Asia After months of public discussion, a film critical of the Koran produced by the Dutch politician Geert Wilders was released on the Internet on Thursday night despite warnings that it could spark violence. =09=09=09 TIBETAN CHILDREN IN NEPAL PROTEST East Asia / Pacific, South / Central Asia - China, Nepal A group of more than 20 Tibetan schoolchildren has staged a protest in the main United Nations compound in Nepal's capital, Kathmandu. A UN spokesman said the children, aged between 15 and 18, and dressed in school uniform scaled the wall. =09=09=09 IRAQ EXTENDS MILITIAMEN DEADLINE Middle East / N. Africa - Iraq Iraq's government has extended by 10 days a deadline for Shia militiamen fighting troops in the southern city of Basra to hand over their weapons. More than 130 people have been killed and 350 injured since a clampdown on militias began in Basra on Tuesday. =09=09=09 PAKISTANI SECRET AGENTS SHOT DEAD South / Central Asia - Pakistan Two Pakistani intelligence agents involved in tracking al-Qaeda suspects have been shot dead in the southern port city of Karachi, police say. =09=09=09 MANY KILLED IN PAKISTAN CLASHES South / Central Asia - Pakistan Some 40 people are reported to have been killed in sectarian violence in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province (NWFP) that began on Wednesday. =09=09=09 NIGERIA: GUNMEN KIDNAP SON OF BAYELSA DEPUTY SPEAKER Sub-Saharan Africa - Nigeria Unknown gun men yesterday stormed the Bayelsa State Government owned Niger Delta University, kidnapping 22-year old son of the Deputy Speaker of the State House of Assembly identified as Emomoemie on the early hours of Thursday in Amassoma in Southern Ijaw local government area, Bayelsa State. =09=09=09 ZIMBABWE FORCES 'ON FULL ALERT' Sub-Saharan Africa - Zimbabwe Zimbabwe's security forces have been put on full alert amid fears Saturday's election could spark violence similar to that in recent Kenyan polls. =09=09=09 =09 ADDITIONAL NEWS =09 CODIAC RCMP WARN RETAILERS OF FAKE DEBIT-CARD MACHINE SCAM Americas - Canada =09=09 B.C. COURT HANDS DOWN KEY RULING IN HELLS ANGELS CASE Americas - Canada =09=09 ECUADOR NOT TO REESTABLISH RELATIONS IF COLOMBIA'S MEDIA ATTACK CONTINUES Americas - Colombia, Ecuador =09=09 HAITIAN EX-REBEL CHALLENGES US TO ARREST HIM Americas - Haiti =09=09 HONDURAS: CANTALOUPE BAN CRITICIZED Americas - Honduras =09=09 DUELING MEDIA FORUMS SET FOR VENEZUELA Americas - Venezuela =09=09 E TIMOR LEADER CRITICISES TROOPS East Asia / Pacific - Australia, Timor-Leste =09=09 INDONESIAN MINISTRY WEB SITE HACKED OVER PORN BAN East Asia / Pacific - Indonesia =09=09 NORTH KOREA TEST-FIRES MISSILES East Asia / Pacific - Korea, North =09=09 BOAT SINKS IN PHILIPPINES, 13 MISSING East Asia / Pacific - Philippines =09=09 BREAKAWAY SOUTH OSSETIA ACCUSES GEORGIA IN DEADLY CAR BOMBING Europe - Georgia, Russia =09=09 TRADE UNION THREATENS MASSIVE WALKOUTS Europe - Germany =09=09 ANTI-MAFIA MARKET TO TOUR ITALY Europe - Italy =09=09 ITALY MURDER FUELS 'MAFIA' FEARS Europe - Italy BBC =09=09 KOSOVO'S JUSTICE SYSTEM "EXTREMELY WEAK," SAYS RIGHTS WATCHDOG Europe - Kosovo =09=09 DUTCH FIND ANTI-ISLAM FILM LESS PROVOCATIVE THAN EXPECTED Europe - Netherlands =09=09 TURKISH COURT BECOMES STAGE FOR CONFLICT BETWEEN ISLAMIC-ROOTED GOVERNMENT AND OPPOSITION Europe - Turkey =09=09 THREE DAY TUBE STRIKE ANNOUNCED Europe - United Kingdom =09=09 TRICKY DEALINGS IN HOSTAGE CASE Middle East / N. Africa - Algeria, Mali =09=09 EGYPT CONSOLIDATES LEAD IN ARAB NUCLEAR POWER RACE Middle East / N. Africa - Egypt =09=09 GREEN ZONE TARGET FOR SHIITE MILITIAS Middle East / N. Africa - Iraq =09=09 KASSAM ROCKET HITS PRESCHOOL ON A KIBBUTZ; NO WOUNDED Middle East / N. Africa - Israel =09=09 BARAK FEARS HAMAS W. BANK TAKEOVER Middle East / N. Africa - Israel, West Bank/Gaza =09=09 US WEIGHING LIBYAN COMPENSATION OFFER Middle East / N. Africa - Libya =09=09 YEMEN HANDS OVER FOUR AL-QAEDA SUSPECTS TO SAUDI Middle East / N. Africa - Saudi Arabia, Yemen =09=09 UAE APPOINTS FIRST FEMALE JUDGE Middle East / N. Africa - United Arab Emirates =09=09 UN'S NEW AFGHAN ENVOY BEGINS WORK South / Central Asia - Afghanistan =09=09 PAKISTANIS PROTEST DUTCH FILM South / Central Asia - Pakistan =09=09 SRI LANKA PROBES 'BOMBER OFFER' South / Central Asia - Sri Lanka =09=09 BURUNDI: GOVERNMENT, REBELS BEAR RESPONSIBILITY FOR PEACE - UN COMMISSION Sub-Saharan Africa - Burundi =09=09 UGANDA REBELS 'KIDNAPPING' IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Sub-Saharan Africa - Central African Republic, Uganda =09=09 FRANCE FLIES REBEL OUT OF COMOROS Sub-Saharan Africa - Comoros, France =09=09 KENYA: RESETTLEMENT SET TO START THIS WEEK Sub-Saharan Africa - Kenya =09=09 NIGERIA: POLICE VOW TO DEAL WITH PIPELINE VANDALS, ARMED ROBBER Sub-Saharan Africa - Nigeria =09=09 NIGERIA ANTI-GRAFT BODY 'PROCESSING' CLAIMS AGAINST OBASANJO Sub-Saharan Africa - Nigeria =09=09 U.S. SMALL PLANE CRASHES IN MOGADISHU Sub-Saharan Africa - Somalia =09=09 SOMALIA: U.S. NAVY TAKING ON PIRATES Sub-Saharan Africa - Somalia =09=09 U.N. BODY CALLS ON SUDAN TO TACKLE RIGHTS ABUSES Sub-Saharan Africa - Sudan =09=09 UGANDA: SPEEDING BUS BURST INTO FLAMES Sub-Saharan Africa - Uganda =09=09 ZIMBABWE: OPPOSITION CANDIDATE ABDUCTED Sub-Saharan Africa - Zimbabwe =09=09 If you'd rather not receive the OSAC article you may purchase by visiting this web page. The Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC) is a Federal Advisory Committee with a U.S. Government Charter to promote security cooperation between American business and private sector interests worldwide and the U.S. Department of State. The OSAC website is operated and maintained by the Chief Technical Office of the State Department's Bureau of Diplomatic Security.

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