Judge Throws Out Case Against Blackwater Guards (NPR)

A federal judge dismissed all charges against five Blackwater Worldwide security guards charged in the deadly shooting of civilians in Baghdad in 2007. The judge said the Justice Department's explanations have been contradictory, unbelievable and not credible. Del Quentin Wilber, federal courts reporter for The Washington Post , offers his insight.

Police Around World Ramp Up New Year’s Eve Security (Update1) (BusinessWeek)

New York is banning backpacks in Times Square, Bangkok is tightening security and Sydney is cracking down on public drinking as police around the world gear up for millions of New Year’s Eve revelers.

Officials: Gunmen kill 5 Sunni guards in Iraq (MSNBC)

Gunmen killed five Sunni security guards â€" including one who was beheaded â€" in a gruesome predawn slaying at a village checkpoint in central Iraq, officials say.

Guards go missing on danger tracks (The Telegraph)

The railway ministry seems more bothered about the safety of its security personnel than the lives of passengers.

Poland earmarks more money for Auschwitz security (MalaysiaNews.net)

Poland's culture minister on Wednesday promised the Auschwitz museum money to step up security after the infamous "Arbeit Macht Frei" ("Work Sets You Free") sign was stolen from the site of the former...

Will Chidambaram be the internal security czar? (rediff.com)

While a revamp our internal security architecture is needed, an all powerful home minister may not be such a good idea, writes strategic expert B Raman.

Guards held in IIM probe (The Telegraph)

Bhopal, Dec. 20: Police have detained two IIM Indore security guards in connection with the murder of assistant professor Amrata Pancholi, 32, who was stabbed over a dozen times at her campus quarters on Thursday night.

Israeli border guards shoot US student's laptop (Guardian Unlimited)

Three bullets fired into MacBook after security staff checked tourist's luggage The cliched advice with so many computer problems is to turn the machine off and then on again; the laptop that offended the Israeli border police has certainly been turned off but is very unlikely ever to fire up again. The laptop belonged to an American student, Lily Sussman, who had been travelling widely in the ...

Low security for escaper despite record (The New Zealand Herald)

An inmate who used an angle grinder to cut his way out of Paremoremo prison was moved there after guards at his previous jail found escape plans in his cell.Kevin Polwart, 49, escaped on Wednesday afternoon by using the tool to...

CIVIL DEFENCE READY TO REPLACE FOREIGN GUARDS (Bernama via Yahoo! Malaysia News)

KUALA TERENGGANU, Dec 17 (Bernama) -- Civil Defence Department (JPAM) members are ready to replace foreigners as security guards to tackle the current shortage in the sector.

Pakistani terror suspects were cleared to work as security guards (New Kerala)

London, Dec 13: Ten Pakistani students, whose arrest on terror charges caused a row between Pakistan and Britain this year, had been cleared to work as security guards in Britain, a newspaper reported Sunday.

Student sit-in over security measures (Kathimerini)

Students at Athens Law School yesterday launched a sit-in on their campus to protest a move by the institution’s authorities to tackle the abuse of university asylum by limiting access to the premises with the issuance of identity cards for students and by placing security guards at its gates.

Lawmaker: White House 'stonewalling' on security breach (CNN)

The ranking Republican on the House Homeland Security Committee accused the White House of "stonewalling" Thursday by blocking its top social planner from testifying at a hearing on a security breach.

School to employ security guards (Oldham Advertiser)

NORTH Chadderton is to be the first school in the borough to employ security guards.