Then last year, Valve announced Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, a new take on the series for Xbox Live, PlayStation Network and PC.
Last year, the US Justice Department announced Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) pilot programs were rolling out in Boston, Minneapolis, and Los Angeles.
With the Ukrainian army having made sweeping gains since late June, the rebels announced a counter offensive to relieve the siege of Donetsk and other cities under their control.
Michel, the prime minister, announced tightened counter-terrorism measures, including deploying the army if needed on internal security duties.
And on Tuesday, a somewhat murky Beijing group announced a counter-Nobel, the Confucius Peace Prize, apparently in response to a Global Times commentary last month that called for an Eastern alternative to prizes based on values it said were Western.
A fringe group called the Cyprus Christian Orthodox Movement has announced a counter-demonstration on the same day and at the same location in central Nicosia as the gay parade.
In response, the rebels have announced a counter-demonstration of captured Ukrainian military vehicles and prisoners will be held in Donetsk — an act that would be in violation of the Geneva Convention.
Ukrainian authorities announced a "counter-terrorism operation" against the gunmen, who are calling for a Crimea style-referendum in Ukraine's east, but Ukrainian troops fled Sloviansk after a gunfight with unknown militants left one of their men dead and a number of others wounded.
In January, after the rise in bank robberies became apparent, the Police Department announced measures to counter it, including a system for tracking and mapping the robberies.
The deal creates the world's largest casino group, which will control a third of Las Vegas's gaming houses and half the hotel rooms on the strip.Yahoo! announced measures to counter Google's free e-mail service, Gmail.
The fear that there might be conflict here too has had a disastrous effect on tourism, so much so that the Jordanian government recently announced measures to counter the decline – waiving visa fees for tourists and axing departure taxes.
