Cambodia stresses security, education in 2009 budget (People's Daily)A draft of the 2009 national budget indicates that the Cambodian government intends to increase funding for the country's defense and education sectors, English-language newspaper the Cambodia Daily said on Wednesday. The 2009 national budget totals 1.8 billion U.S. dollars, 19 percent of which, or 223 million dollars, will be reserved for national defense and internal security, the paper quoted ...

Study Finds Both Students and Teachers Lack Basic Cyber Security Education (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News) New Study by National Cyber Security Alliance Reveals K-12 Teachers and Students Not Prepared to Protect Against Cyber-Crime

Gates, Rice defend US-Iraq security agreement (AP via Yahoo! News) The security agreement between U.S. and Iraq provides both the time and authority needed for American troops to train Iraqi forces and pursue terrorists, senior Bush administration officials said Wednesday.

Iraqi Parliament reading of security pact collapses in chaos (International Herald Tribune)A session of the Iraqi Parliament collapsed in chaos on Wednesday as a discussion among lawmakers about a three-year security agreement with the United States boiled over into shouting and physical confrontation.

Antivirus firms shrug at Microsoft's free security suite (CNET via Yahoo! News) For some security companies, Microsoft's decision to offer a free anti-malware product, code-named Morro, won't result in a dramatic change in how they do business.

Disruption ends Iraq security pact session (CNN)Iraq's parliament on Wednesday failed to carry out the second reading of the proposed U.S.-Iraq security agreement, a lawmaker told CNN.

Major Al-Qaeda operative killed in US drone strike: Pakistan security (AFP via Yahoo! News) A major Arab Al-Qaeda operative was among six militants killed overnight in a suspected US missile strike in northwest Pakistan, a senior security official told AFP Wednesday.