

| Afghanistan not in crisis: UN Security Council (AFP via Yahoo! News) Afghanistan is not in a security crisis and disillusionment and recriminations about its situation should be avoided, a UN Security Council team said at the end of a three-day assessment tour. |
| Ishikawa gets blanket security after bomb scare (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Japanese schoolboy golfer Ryo Ishikawa is being protected by a battery of security guards after a bomb scare before this week's Casio World Open. |
| Security row airport boss retires (BBC News) The managing director of Norwich Airport, where there was a security breach earlier this year, retires 11 months early. |
| Iraqi Parliament Approves U.S. Security Pact (New York Times) The Iraqi Parliament ratified a security agreement that sets out a three-year timetable for the withdrawal of American forces from Iraq. |
| Indian security forces arrest 'Pakistani militant' in Mumbai: report (AFP via Yahoo! News) Indian security forces have arrested three militants, including a Pakistani national, inside a Mumbai hotel attacked by a group of gunmen, the Press Trust of India news agency reported early Friday. |
