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(L to R) Joanna Shields, Facebook Vice President and Managing Director for Europe, Middle East and Africa; Jonathan Labin, head of Global Marketing Solutions for the Middle East and North Africa and Christian Hernandez, Dierctor of Platform Partnerships, attend a press conference in Dubai, on May 30, 2012. Global social online network Facebook announced its expansion into the Middle East and North Africa market, where it said it has some 45 million users, through the opening of a sales office in Dubai.
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Flame shares many characteristics with notorious cyber weapons Duqu and Stuxnet: while its features are different, the geography and careful targeting of attacks coupled with the usage of specific software vulnerabilities seems to put it alongside those familiar 'super-weapons' currently deployed in the Middle East by unknown perpetrators
During her tenure, she worked to enlarge NATO and helped lead the Alliance's campaign against terror and ethnic cleansing in the Balkans, pursued peace in the Middle East and Africa, sought to reduce the dangerous spread of nuclear weapons, and was a champion of democracy, human rights, and good governance across the globe.
after the UN's International Telecommunication Union came to us for help in finding an unknown piece of malware which was deleting sensitive information across the Middle East.More quotes »
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News Summary: Iranian computers hit by virus
THREAT: A Russian Internet security firm says a massive data-slurping cyberweapon is circulating in the Middle East , with computers in Iran appearing to have been particularly affected.ABOUT THE VIRUS: Dubbed "Flame," the virus possesses the ability to turn Read more »
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Russian firm: Iran victim of another cyberattack
powerful computer virus with unprecedented data-snatching capabilities has attacked machines in Iran and elsewhere in the Middle East .Iran has not disclosed any damage done by the new spyware virus, dubbed "Flame." Its origin has not been identified, but Read more »
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Russian firm: Iran victim of another cyberattack
A Russian-based internet security firm says a powerful spyware virus has attacked computers in Iran and elsewhere in the Middle East .Comments by Israel's vice premier have fueled speculation the Flame spyware might come from Israel, which sees Iran's nuclear Read more »
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No deal in talks over Iran nuke program
They could push back threats of military action that have shaken oil markets and brought worries of triggering a wider Middle East conflict. European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said the two sides agreed to continue the discussions June 18-19 Read more »
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Thomas Allocca, Air Force navigator, dies
who flew B-52 missions during the Cold War and served as navigator on secret intelligence-gathering flights to the Middle East , never boasted about his accomplishments, his family said. Lt. Col. Allocca was a "typical Air Force guy," said a cousin, James Read more »
Around the web
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Rajat Gupta secretly served Rajaratnam's hedge fund?
"I think I congratulated him," he said when asked how he responded to the news. Alhadi and Gupta then went together to the Middle East, where they met with a slew of moneyed institutions - some of which were quite taken with Gupta and his ties to Goldman, 1:02 AM from Firstpost Read more »
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Liberal Jews Turn on Obama
of the administration’s foreign policy was published this month (Bending History: Barack Obama's Foreign Policy). The Middle Eastern chapters were written by Martin Indyk, who served twice as US ambassador to Israel and was one of the senior members of the 12:53 AM from The Weekly Standard Read more »
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Madonna offers fans a little prayer of peace
of peace late Thursday night, as she launched her 2012 World Tour in the Ramat Gan Stadium. “If there is peace in the Middle East than there can be peace in the whole world,” the iconic American music superstar said. Madonna opened her concert with the solemn 5/31/12 from Jerusalem Post Read more »
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Open north to agriculture, beef boss
that by 2049 the world population was expected to increase by 40 per cent and demand for food by 77 per cent. He said the Middle East in 2007/08 had already suffered civil unrest when there had been an insufficient supply of affordable food. He said Australia 5/31/12 from Ninemsn Read more »
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World Briefing | Middle East: Egypt: 2 American Tourists Are Freed After Being Seized in Sinai Peninsula
Two American tourists abducted by Bedouins in the Sinai Peninsula were released unharmed on Thursday after negotiations between local tribesmen and the kidnappers, a security official said. Security officials said the Bedouins seized the two men earlier in 5/31/12 from The New York Times Read more »
