Travel Security Rules Take Effect Smoothly (Washington Post)
Passengers experienced few difficulties yesterday as new border security rules went into effect requiring citizens of the United States, Canada, Mexico, Bermuda and some Caribbean islands to present a passport when entering the United States by air, officials said.
Govt to pay 80% of Israel airline security costs (Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News)
TEL AVIV, Jan 27 - Israel's government has agreed to pay 80 percent of the security costs of the country's airlines, up from 50 percent until now, El Al Israel Airlines said on Sunday.
FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
(Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 3:30 p.m.
Impasse Remains in U.N. Security Council Contest (Washington Post)
The open Latin American/Caribbean seat on the U.N. Security Council remained vacant this evening as the 192-member General Assembly again failed to give either front-runner Guatemala or second-place Venezuela the required number of votes to break a week-long impasse.
Panama Wins U.N. Security Council Seat (Washington Post)
Panama was elected today as a compromise candidate to a two-year seat representing 35 Latin American and Caribbean nations on the United Nations' Security Council.