http://www.bioprepwatch.com The Leading News Source on Biological Threats for Policymakers and First Responders Fri, 17 May 2013 20:06:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en-US Armed forces of Liberia soldiers deployed to Mali on May 3 to complete an improvised explosives device recognition course by Operation ONWARD LIBERTY at Edward Binyah Kesselly Military Barracks. The IED recognition course built upon other IED familiarization and lane … Read More...]]> http://www.bioprepwatch.com/news/afl-soldiers-deploy-for-ied-recognition-program/330195/ If Iran’s government put the well being of its citizens before its nuclear program, Iranians would be much better off, a high-ranking State Department official said on Wednesday. Wendy Sherman, the State Department’s under secretary for political affairs, testified before … Read More...]]> http://www.bioprepwatch.com/international_nuclear_policy/sherman-iran-should-put-well-being-of-people-first/330185/ Read More...]]> http://www.bioprepwatch.com/news/flir-systems-receives-order-from-u-s-coast-guard/330173/ While the U.S. respects Chinese decisions related to North Korea, the way China is enforcing sanctions on North Korea remains a work-in-progress, a State Department official said on Wednesday. Glyn Davies, the State Department’s special representative for North Korea Policy, … Read More...]]> http://www.bioprepwatch.com/threats/davies-chinese-sanctions-against-north-korea-a-work-in-progress/330182/ AnaptysBio, Inc., announced on Wednesday the receipt of a contract award from the U.S. government for the creation of highly thermostable anti-ricin antibodies to use in biodefense measures. AnaptysBio is under contract with the Science and Technology Corporation and will … Read More...]]> http://www.bioprepwatch.com/medical_countermeasures/anaptysbio-awarded-contract-to-develop-anti-ricin-antibodies/330190/ The Missile Defense Agency announced on Thursday that the AEGIS ballistic missile defense system underwent a successful intercept flight test. The AEGIS BMD is just one component of the MDA’s ballistic missile defense system. The AEGIS is capable of defeating … Read More...]]> http://www.bioprepwatch.com/news/aegis-missile-defense-tested-successfully/330168/ The U.N. Open-Ending Working Group on taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations opened on Wednesday at the Palace of Nations in Geneva. The OEWG was established by the U.N. General Assembly pursuant to a resolution adopted in December that passed … Read More...]]> http://www.bioprepwatch.com/international_nuclear_policy/u-n-member-states-begin-negotiations-on-multilateral-nuclear-disarmament/330178/ Senators Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) and Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) introduced the Syria Transition Support Act on Wednesday, a bill that plans for a post-Assad Syria by offering limited lethal weapons to vetted Syrian groups. The bipartisan legislation proposed by Menendez, the … Read More...]]> http://www.bioprepwatch.com/threats/menendez-corker-introduce-bill-for-post-assad-syria/330176/ Eric Pelton, spokesperson for the U.S. Mission to the United Nations, spoke out against Iran’s upcoming rotation as President of the Conference on Disarmament. “Iran’s upcoming rotation as President of the Conference on Disarmament is unfortunate and highly inappropriate,” Pelton … Read More...]]> http://www.bioprepwatch.com/news/u-s-speaks-against-irans-rotation-as-president-of-conference-on-disarmament/330162/ The New York City Police Department, along with the Brookhaven Lab, will conduct a study this summer of how airflow in the streets and subways could move airborne contaminants. The Subway-Surface Air Flow Exchange study seeks to determine how a possible … Read More...]]> http://www.bioprepwatch.com/weapons_of_bioterrorism/new-york-city-to-conduct-airflow-study-in-summer/330134/