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James Brooke (NYT) CANADA: ABORTION ALERT -- The police have heightened security around Vancouver abortion providers after a doctor coordinating clinical trials of an abortion drug received a death threat.

Now award-winning fantasy novelist Gaiman, acclaimed cartoonist Bechdel, Maus creator Spiegelman, Reading Lolita in Tehran author Azar Nafisi and American author and journalist George Packer have been named as new hosts at the event, which PEN confirmed would have heightened security.

BUFFETED by repeated wars, the Persian Gulf states have long been aware of the need to protect their pipelines and oil fields, and industry experts familiar with the region say those countries, particularly Saudi Arabia, have heightened security since Sept. 11.

The attacks in and around Paris - on satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, a kosher market and police - have heightened security fears in several European countries.

The Bahraini government had heightened security in the run-up to the festival amid fears of violence.

"The Turkish government has heightened security within the vicinity of the airport, which includes helicopter surveillance," he added.

They said that the discovery of additional pilots who might form the nucleus of more hijack teams had heightened security concerns in the capital and elsewhere.

The attacks came as France had heightened security measures ahead of a major global climate conference that starts in two weeks, out of fear of violent protests and potential terrorist attacks.

The city has heightened security around its reservoirs since the Sept. 11 attacks, and on Monday Gov. George E. Pataki offered 38 state prison guards to help with police patrols, said Charles G. Sturcken, chief of staff for the city's Department of Environmental Protection.

Mr. Niles was not the first former American official to comment on Greece's record on fighting terrorism, a subject that has become more acute since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in the United States, and has heightened security concerns about the 2004 Olympics in Athens.

Mayor Athas acknowledged there had been a lot of local concern about Sunday's event "which is why we had heightened security in the area".