America is planning to strengthen its arsenal of electronic

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Detection research center affiliated to the Ministry of Defense (Pentagon) that will support the efforts of the manufacture of weapons of Internet offensive to their possible use in attacks on U.S. military electronic objectives of the "enemies" amid growing U.S. fears of vulnerability of networks and devices controlled by computers to attack.

The Director of Research Projects Agency Defense Advanced Regina Dugan said yesterday that the U.S. military needs "to more and better choices" to address the risks faced by e-increasing number of industrial systems and other systems that are controlled by computers, and are vulnerable to penetration.

She said in the first conference of its kind concerned with the subject that "modern war will require the effective use of electronic systems and blending between them and the traditional means", likening this war, what happens on the battlefield of throwing bombs and firing missiles and attack tanks.

In order to inform the broader aspects of the case, called the agency mentioned the so-called "virtual hackers" as well as academics and others to the conference, in an attempt to "change the e-interactions defense" amid growing U.S. fears of cyber attacks.

In the same context, the Office of the Executive Board of the anti-spyware - an organ of the U.S. government - in a report to Congress last week that "China and Russia spying Tstaanan-mail to steal trade secrets and technology for the collection of American wealth at the expense of the United States."

On the other hand, revealed officials Projects Agency Defense Advanced Research at the conference said that an analysis recently conducted by the agency showed that the defense of the U.S. multi-mail in its present form "a lost cause because of hackers over electronic networks."

Expensive research
The analysis showed that the cost of the development agency computer securityprograms, including some up to "ten million lines of code have risen over the past twenty years while a malicious computer program requires only 125 lines in the Mediterranean".


Dogan said in front of about 700 from the participants that "this does not mean we should stop doing what we are dealing in e-security, but if we continue to move the current pathwill not control the danger."


The main task of Projects Agency Defense Advanced Research in maintaining U.S.military superiority and prevent any surprises in the technology developed through the auspices of expensive research with military applications.


U.S. officials have stepped up warnings about the devastating cyber-attacks after the virusstakes Forum in 2010 and the disruption of work in centrifuges used by Iran in enrichinguranium, the Bushehr nuclear reactor.


In order to meet the challenges at hand, called the center to increase funding for researchin the electronic fiscal 2012, which began in the first of October / November by more than 73% from $ 120 million to U.S. $ 208 million.
 

Source: Reuters

Europe is considering freezing of funds of the Yemeni president

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Said French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe Monday that Europe will be discussed in thenext week to freeze the assets of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh and his staff, while the EU is seeking to push him to step down, in accordance with the provisions of the GCCinitiative.

The Juppe - after his meeting with Yemeni activist assigned Kerman winning the Nobel Prize for Peace in Paris - that he will discuss the assets freeze as soon as possible, and explained that the issue on the agenda of the meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brusselsnext week.

The Juppe that he is ready to discuss with his European colleagues on how to ensure the implementation of the resolution, but stressed that their work would be more effective if theYemeni opposition "united are the best," as he put it.

He added that the UN resolution on Yemen would pave the way for an investigation to see if there were crimes committed could be forwarded to the international court.

Condemned the UN Security Council on October 21 / October Yemeni government repression of the protesters, and urged the signing of the agreement - which states the president step down in exchange for immunity - did not provide the details on how to achieve accountability if the agreement was signed in favor of granting immunity.







Do more
For its part, said assigned Kerman - won jointly with Aberatin the Nobel Peace Prize in October / November last - that the international community should do more in favor of andagainst the government which "continues to shed blood" in her day.

"We want more of the acts, we want you to froze the assets of Saleh and his men, and thatis making a move in the International Criminal Court because it is a war criminal."

In response, the Yemen News Agency said Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, Vice Presidentreturned to Sana'a after a visit to Washington.

The UN envoy Jamal Bin Omar said - earlier - that he would visit Yemen after the tenth ofthis month to discuss a proposal by President Ali Abdullah Saleh on the signing of the initiative Gulf, but he stipulated that the presence of Yemeni Vice President and the leadership of the National Council of the Revolution.

Migration
On the other hand, caused the confrontations between the Yemeni army and militants of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula in the displacement of 25 thousand families from Abyan province since May / May.

And the transfer of site news News near the Yemeni government for Gresp Vningrson - thehead of a research team prepared a report on the humanitarian situation in Yemen during the political crisis - as saying that more than 25 thousand Yemeni families were forced to leave their homes in the province of Abyan, after the establishment of groups of Al Qaedaoccupied Zanzibar, the capital city of the province.

She added that most families now living in relief camps, and quoted local residents said seven civilians were massacred in Zanzibar elements armed with knives.

The government report said on Saturday that the number of displaced people in the showreached the end of October / November last more than 138 thousand people, spread overmore than 25 thousand families, representing 35% of the total population.

The number of people displaced by the armed conflict in Yemen since the beginning of the year until the end of October / November last to half a million, but human rights organizations considered that the partial figures do not include all displaced persons inareas of armed conflict.
 

Source: Al Jazeera + and agencies