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A swarm of bees killed more than 60 penguins on a beach near Cape Town, South Africa, officials said Saturday. South Africa National Parks said in a Facebook post that 63 African penguins were found dead at Boulders Beach, noting the deaths “occurred suddenly some time between Thursday afternoon and Friday morning.” The penguins were transported to the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB) to conduct post mortems, which found that all of the penguins had “multiple bee stings.” Officials also found numerous dead bees at the site of the incident. Officials will continue to monitor...

Days after a jihadist had made violent threats against him, late-night comedian David Letterman tightened security at the Manhattan theater where he tapes his “Late Show.” A source told the New York Post Friday that additional security precautions were taken at the Ed Sullivan Theater after a Muslim extremist called for Letterman's tongue to be cut out on Shumuka al-Islam forum, a popular Internet destination for radical Muslims. "Is there not among you a Sayyid Nosair al-Mairi ... to cut the tongue of this lowly Jew and shut it forever?" a user identified as Umar Al-Basrawi wrote, referring to El...

WASHINGTON, June 8, 2006 – The Department of Veterans Affairs is revamping its data security procedures following last month's theft of a VA laptop computer that contained personal information of veterans and military personnel still in uniform, the secretary of the VA told a congressional committee today. "We will stay focused on these problems until they are fixed," said R. James Nicholson during hearings before the House Committee on Government Reform. "We will take direct and immediate action to address and alleviate affected people's concerns. We are accountable to our nations veterans and servicemembers." On May 3, the Montgomery County,...

Greece beefs up its border security amid fears of dirty bomb US to install radiation detectors in lead-up to games Helena Smith in Athens Friday January 16, 2004 The Guardian (UK) The US is to install radiation detectors at seven sites across Greece after Athens turned to Washington for help defending this summer's Olympics against the threat of a potential dirty bomb. The prospect of a radiological attack during the world's premier sporting event dominated talks in Washington yesterday between the Greek public order minister, Giorgos Floridis, and the heads of the CIA and the FBI. The detectors, to be...

Friday, 8 November, 2002, 13:21 GMT US beefs up Horn anti-terror base The marines will initially be based on a warship US defence officials have announced that they will be sending an extra 400 elite troops to the US base in the Horn of Africa to help in the hunt for suspected terrorists. The Horn of Africa turns out to be a fairly busy place in terms of the flow of people and other instruments of war US Gen. Richard Meyers They will join 800 troops, including special operations forces, who have already been stationed at a military headquarters in...