Security and counter-terrorism cooperation is another key area of discussion, specially cyber security which is becoming a major area of concern for both governments, our correspondent adds.
The point was accepted by Dame Pauline Neville-Jones, the minister responsible for security and counter-terrorism.
The latest report also attacks venerable American family foundations for supporting educational efforts on national security and counter-terrorism.
As co-operation on security and counter-terrorism has improved, American naval ships have, since 2003, been visiting Vietnam's ports.
The President was notified of a potential terrorist threat on Thursday night at 10:35, by John Brennan, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counter-terrorism.
In a report Thursday on the intelligence breakdowns in the case, John Brennan, Obama's adviser on homeland security and counter-terrorism, highlighted the confusion over AbdulMutallab's visa status.
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This is thought to involve training in internal security and counter-insurgency operations provided by elements drawn from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps - both the Quds Force and its ground forces.
On Sunday, the US deputy national security adviser for homeland security and counter-terrorism said there were "indications that al-Qaeda is planning to carry out an attack against a target inside of Sanaa, possibly our embassy".
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Mr. Livingstone or others who believe that an erosion of privacy is necessary to ensure security might counter that if you have nothing to hide, why do you care if someone can access your personal information?
We welcomed the progress in the implementation of the activities of the five ADMM-Plus Experts' Working Groups (ADMM-Plus EWGs) to facilitate cooperation in maritime security, counter terrorism, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, peacekeeping operations and military medicine.
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Home Office security and counter-terrorism head Charles Farr told the committee that existing provisions had been "overtaken by technical changes in the communications industry and in the way people use communication, with the result that the data that public authorities have had access to in the past is no longer as readily available to them as it used to be".
But security analysts have meanwhile despaired at the unpreparedness of India's security agencies to counter a domestic Islamist threat.
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The Pentagon will dramatically increase its cyber-security staff to counter threats against US government computer networks, according to media reports.
British Foreign Secretary William Hague is in Mali for talks with the country's leaders about the security situation and counter-terrorism co-operation.
The two countries reaffirmed their commitment to work together under the Proliferation Security Initiative to counter illicit trade in WMD and missiles.
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Tuesday's attacks highlighted U.S. concerns about the ability of Iraq's security forces to counter outbursts of sectarian violence, especially with instability encroaching from neighboring Syria.
On Monday, the Bush administration announced a proposed weapons sale to Saudi Arabia as part of a Persian Gulf security strategy to counter threats posed by Iran's rising influence in the region.
According to Richard Clark, the coordinator for security, infrastructure, protection and counter-terrorism at the National Security Council, our dependency on computers will make us increasingly vulnerable.
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It has been used in about 25 investigations in the last year, including criminal cases and "national security" cases involving counter-intelligence or counter-terrorism.
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The Chinese government, though denying it holds political prisoners per se, acknowledges that about 2, 000 people are imprisoned for "counter revolutionary" activities (or for "endangering state security" -- the charge of counter revolution has been removed from China's statute books).
Monetary integrity as a driver for prosperity and security is an excellent republican counter-narrative to State of the Union.
The Counter Fraud and Security Management Service as it's now known, believes it has mapped out patient and medical professional fraud.
Closed hearings involving special advocates are already used in a number of cases, such as deportations on national security grounds and challenges to counter-terrorism control orders.
Kennedy promoted regional security initiatives such as Plan LASO (Latin American Security Operation), to counter the possible expansion of Soviet influence in the region by guerrilla insurgents and local Communist Parties.
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Cyber threats change on a daily basis, and security programs have to adapt to counter them.
The Royal Navy minehunter operated out of Bahrain conducting counter-piracy and security patrols as well as exercises with coalition forces.
These are old tools, more reflective of an outdated, hard-powered and overly militarized approach to engagement than those needed to counter 21st-century security threats.
Donna Hopkins, co-ordinator for counter piracy and maritime security at the US state department, told the BBC the Somali piracy problem was escalating and would continue to do so for as long as the pirates were able to make large sums of money.
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