State Dept. Doubles Its Calculation on '03 Terrorism Casualties
By BRIAN KNOWLTON, International Herald Tribune
WASHINGTON, June 22 — The State Department said today that global terrorism in 2003 killed or wounded more than twice as many people as the department had reported earlier. http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/22/politics/22CND-TERR.html
International aid groups press NATO to improve security in Afghanistan
Updated at 16:15 on June 22, 2004, EST.
KABUL (AP) - Warning that security in Afghanistan is deteriorating, international aid groups Tuesday urged NATO to make good on a promise to deploy more troops ahead of September's general elections.
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Keith Wallis
Plans to introduce new global security rules for ships and ports from July 1 are set to fail, according to figures from the London-based International Maritime Organisation (IMO). Data released by the United Nations agency show that just 33 per cent of 21,283 ships liable to follow the International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) code actually comply with the guidelines.
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