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"Midway Perimeter in Line for Tighter Security After Breach"
FRAN SPIELMAN and MONIFA THOMAS
The Chicago Sun-Times
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Aviation security officers will undergo "comprehensive retraining" -- and Midway Airport's three perimeter checkpoints will be redesigned -- in response to an embarrassing breach that allowed an intoxicated man to sneak onto the tarmac, officials said Wednesday."
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"Officials Not Sure How Man Managed to Get Past Security at Midway Airport"
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ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Mar. 8--
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The man, identified by police as Mark Mechniek, 22, of the 5400 block of South Laramie Avenue, allegedly walked through an airfield gate staffed by a Department of Aviation security officer at 4:17 p.m.
"My understanding is that a vehicle was passing through" the gate at the time the intruder walked through, Abrams said. Whether the vehicle obscured the view of the security officer on duty, allowing the man to enter unnoticed, is one under investigation, she said."
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http://www.cdc.gov/travel/other/2006/meningococcal_intl_travel.htm
In The News
Meningococcal Disease and International Travel
This information is current as of today, March 10, 2006, 01:27:32 AM
Updated: March 9, 2006
Released: February 15, 2006
Meningococcal disease, caused by the bacterium Neisseria meningitidis occurs worldwide and is a serious, sometimes fatal disease. Serogroup A meningococcal disease transmission regularly peaks in the sub-Saharan African "meningitis belt," which extends from Mali to Ethiopia, during the dry season (December through June). The World Health Organization (WHO) is currently reporting outbreaks of N. meningitidis serogroup A in two countries in the meningitis belt: Sudan and Niger. In addition outbreaks of meningococcal disease serogroup A are being reported in 2 districts in north-eastern Uganda (Nakapiripirit, and Moroto) and from 4 divisions of West Pokot, Kenya (Alale, Chepareria, Kachelila and Kasei), two countries that border the meningitis belt.
WHO and other international partners are assisting the Ministries of Health of all 4 countries in responding to the outbreaks.
Travelers to the meningitis belt in sub-Saharan Africa during the dry season or to areas currently experiencing outbreaks of meningococcal disease should be advised to receive meningococcal vaccine. Two vaccines (a polysaccharide and a conjugate vaccine) are available in the U.S. that protect against four strains of N. meningitidis (A/C/Y/W-135). The conjugate vaccine was recently approved for use in persons 11-55 years of age. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) now recommends its use for routine vaccination of adolescents at 11-12 years of age, adolescents before high school entry (˜15years of age), and college freshmen living in dormitories.
Meningococcal disease can include meningitis, an infection of the spinal cord and the fluid that surrounds the brain, as well as bloodstream infections. The bacteria that cause meningococcal disease (N. meningitidis) are spread through close, direct contact with an infected person that leads to exchange of saliva or respiratory and throat secretions (e.g., kissing). Of persons exposed to the bacteria, fewer than 1% become ill. The bacteria are not spread by casual contact.
Risk factors for getting meningococcal disease include immune system problems such as lack of a spleen, respiratory infections such as the flu, smoking or being around people while they smoke, indoor crowding, and close contact with an infected person. People in the same house or day-care center with a patient with meningococcal disease, or anyone with direct contact with a patient's oral secretions (such as a boyfriend or girlfriend) are at increased risk of getting disease. These people should get antibiotics to prevent them from getting the disease.
For more information about meningococcal disease, see Meningococcal Disease in Health Information for International Travel and http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/meningococcal_g.htm from the Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases.
For more information about these outbreaks, see http://www.who.int/csr/don/archive/disease/meningococcal_disease/en/index.html.
Date: March 9, 2006
Content Source: National Center for Infectious Diseases, Division of Global Migration and Quarantine
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ICC-CCS.org: THE WEEKLY PIRACY REPORT
http://www.icc-ccs.org/prc/piracyreport.php
Report Snippet:
"The following is a summary of the daily reports broadcast by the IMB's Piracy Reporting Centre to ships in Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean Regions on the SafetyNET service of Inmarsat-C from 28 February to 6 March 2006.
ALERT
Somalia - NE and Eastern Coast
Thirty eight incidents have been reported since 15.03.05. Heavily armed pirates are now attacking ships further away from the coast. Ships not making scheduled calls at Somali ports are advised to keep at least 200 nm from the Somali coast."
