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DAVOS, Switzerland – Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Thursday the world is facing a critical test as it seeks to keep nuclear weapons out of the hands of terrorists, and that there will be no way “to put that genie back in the bottle” if it fails. Chertoff told a high-level panel on terrorism at the World Economic Forum that the century will only get more dangerous as technology improves, and that global leaders must make some hard decisions now if they want to avert catastrophe. “What we face in the 21st century is the ability of even a...

MOSCOW (AFP) - Two spies in the pay of the British have been arrested, a former chief of Russia's FSB security services said in televised comments on the discovery of an alleged British spy operation in Moscow. Britain's Foreign Office said Sunday it was investigating the reports. "Two spies working for Britain were arrested," Nikolai Kovalev, now a lawmaker with the pro-Kremlin party United Russia, told the NTV channel on Saturday, without clarifying their nationality. "Certainly, they are not silent, they are speaking," added Kovalev, who headed the secret services from 1996-1998. His comments came as part of NTV's announcement...

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian security forces intend to disarm militant factions as part of a plan to prevent attacks on Israelis, a senior Palestinian security official said on Tuesday. Bashir Nafe, commander of Special Forces and tipped as a possible security chief for the West Bank and Gaza, spoke a day after new President Mahmoud Abbas ordered security services to take action to stop violence to help him revive talks with Israel. "The instructions are clear ... Weapons that don't belong to the Palestinian police are illegal. So wherever illegal weapons are found, we will collect them," Nafe...

<p>BEITUNIYA, West Bank (AP) -- The Palestinian security chief in the West Bank said Monday he will not resume security coordination with Israel after Israeli troops trashed his headquarters.</p> <p>Such coordination is a key component of U.S.-backed plans for bringing about a truce and guiding the two sides back to peace talks.</p>