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The Netherlands: Turkey and Europol sign Liaison Agreement

The Deputy Director of the Turkish National Police, Mr Basturk, and Europol's Deputy Director Mr Martinu today signed the Liaison Agreement between Turkey and Europol. Deputy Director Martinu expressed his
satisfaction with the possibilities this will offer to enhance cooperation with Turkish law enforcement.

'This is an important step in our relations. The Liaison Officer from Turkey will benefit from being part of a wide network of liaison officers from more than 40 states and have access to Europol expertise.

The agreement and the secondment of an officer from Turkey at our premises in the near future will benefit all parties in their fight against organized crime and terrorism

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Terrorism: What the U.S. Can Learn from Europe About Dealing with Terrorists - by Scott Beaucham

How do we deal with American supporters of terrorist groups like ISIS? Europe may have some surprising lessons with its kinder, gentler approach to homegrown jihadists.

This past summer, Colleen LaRose, known by her self-anointed handle ‘Jihad Jane’, was sentenced to ten years in prison.

 That takes care of her but more than a decade into the “War on Terror” the question of how to deal with homegrown terrorists is still a work in progress in the U.S. and while it’s not something most Americans like to hear, Europe may have something to teach us on this score. 

Read more: What the U.S. Can Learn from Europe About Dealing with Terrorists - The Daily Beast

Flood Control: How Dutch innovations could prevent Sandy-type flooding in New York - by Jason Sheftell

How can we prevent this from happening again?

That’s the question on the lips of those from New York’s hardest-hit streets. City architects and officials have been trying to answer that question and consider ways to protect New York from another storm of Sandy’s magnitude since her waters receded.

Jackson Heights-based architect Haiko Cornelissen grew up below sea level in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. He took note as his country employed flood-prevention measures in harbors, along the coastline and in various housing styles constructed specifically to survive water disasters.
Acting fast after Sandy, Cornelissen has set up the website NL4US.com, which offers safe and sustainable solutions for rebuilding in flood-prone areas in the United States.

Concepts including amphibious houses and anti-flood systems around bridges are described in detail. Speaking to engineers in his home country, the architect considered cost, time, building codes and location before lending his thoughts.

The Dutch government took a bold step in the 1950s to preserve the Netherlands’ southern end with an unprecedented flood protecting infrastructure called Delta Works.

Based on the Dutch example, the Storm Surge Research Group at Stony Brook recommended in 2004 to use a similar solution with movable barriers around the New York Harbor, including under the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge.

“Thinking along these lines, I combined the Verrazano with the Maeslantkering, a barrier that protects Rotterdam, the busiest harbor of Europe," Cornelissen says. “The Maeslantkering completed the Delta Works after four decades of building the complete flood-protection infrastructure. The area has not flooded since.

“While the Bloomberg administration has aggressively promoted waterfront development in the city, the New York waterfronts are now the areas hit hardest by the recent storms,” says the architect.

“Therefore one alternative to promote waterfront development is to use floating houses as seen in new parts of Amsterdam.”

Read more: How Dutch innovations could prevent Sandy-type flooding in New York - NY Daily News

ABC/EU-Digest: Swine Flu: What You Need to Know - by Huma Khan

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Swine Flu: What You Need to Know - by Huma Khan

The rapidly spreading swine flu is a new virus that includes combination of swine, bird and human strains. It has taken the lives of 81 people in Mexico, and sickened more than a thousand south of the border. In the United States, 20 cases have been confirmed thus far -- seven in California, two in Kansas, eight in New York City, one in Ohio and two in Texas. Spain's Health Ministry Sunday said three persons have been brought to Spanish hospitals in the last 24 hours with symptoms of potential swine flu, in what may be the first recorded cases of the virus in Europe. Some other cases have also been detected in Canada, and Britain and France.

Simple preventive measures, such as washing hands frequently and avoiding people who are coughing or sneezing, can go a long way toward keeping you safe from the virus, which health officials expect is likely to afflict more people.

Concerns of the uncertainty and spread of the virus dealt a blow to the travel and leisure industry in Europe Monday. British Airways shares lost 11.5% and EasyJet fell 5.7% amid swine flu fears. TUI Travel declined 7.5% and Thomas Cook shed 4.8%. However, pharmaceutical and healthcare stocks got a boost. Shares of Switzerland's Roche rose 4.6%. The company said it stands ready to deliver 3 million doses of flu treatment Tamiflu, which has proven effective in treating swine flu. The U.K.'s GlaxoSmithKline rose 3.1%. The company has also been contacted by the WHO regarding its Relenza treatment, another antiviral drug.

Over the weekend, the World Health Organization declared the strain of swine flu to be a "public health emergency of international concern," with at least 103 people in Mexico dead, and advised all countries to be on the lookout for unusual outbreaks of flu.