Tag: uk
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operation falcon, profiling, fingerprinting & vandalism
operation falcon: police state america in real timefrom pan-african news: Mike Whitney won a 2008 Project Censored Award for his February, 2007 article titled “Operation FALCON and the Looming Police State.” In it, he reported that the Bush administration “carried out three massive sweeps in the last two years, rolling up more than 30,000 minor…
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interpol unleashes ‘black death’ bioterror exercise
from the sop/daily dose of terror: Senior officials from law enforcement and international organizations are taking part in a two-day tabletop exercised hosted by INTERPOL simulating a global bioterrorism attack and its aftermath. Participants in the ‘Black Death’ scenario are faced with a fictional plague attack involving 10 countries to assist them in identifying critical…
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britain plans flu shots for everyone
from ap: The government unveiled plans Thursday to provide vaccinations for the entire population in the advent of a flu pandemic. Health Secretary Alan Johnson said a flu pandemic was “one of the most severe risks” facing the country, telling lawmakers that he had signed an agreement to secure the delivery of enough pandemic flu…
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uk tv hits giuliani on 9/11 record
from raw replay: Channel 4 News Correspondent Sarah Smith takes a look at the Giuliani record in New York City. The report is critical of Giuliani’s record on crime but saves the sharpest jabs for his performance surrounding the 9/11 attacks… “Giuliani spent $60m on the command centre in the World Trade Centre. He installed…
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17 witnesses dispute police warnings to de menezes
from the scotsman: None of the 17 commuters who witnessed the killing of Jean Charles de Menezes heard police shout a clear warning before opening fire, in stark contrast to evidence given by eight officers. The discrepancies in the testimony of the Tube passengers and the police, who insisted they had identified themselves, were revealed…
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uk police retain dna of ‘petty crime suspects’
from telegraph: Suspects accused of trivial “crimes” such as picking wild flowers or defacing coins can have their DNA stored for life on a national database, police guidelines reveal. A report by police chiefs lists more than 5,000 offences that qualify for lifelong inclusion on the database. Anyone arrested for any of the crimes will…
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analyst: mystery trades were profit scam for fearmongers
from paul joseph watson: A financial analyst has slammed the so-called “Bin Laden trades” as part of a fearmongering scam that was used to chill confidence in the markets and enable insiders to reap huge profits after stocks plunged earlier this week. As we reported last month, an anonymous investor placed a bet of 245,000…
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10,000 cctv cameras, 80% of crime unsolved
from this is london: London has 10,000 crime-fighting CCTV cameras which cost £200 million, figures show today. But an analysis of the publicly funded spy network, which is owned and controlled by local authorities and Transport for London, has cast doubt on its ability to help solve crime. A comparison of the number of cameras…
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thousands withdraw millions from uk’s 8th largest bank
from times online: The jitters plaguing financial markets spread to the high street for the first time yesterday as thousands of panicking savers queued to withdraw millions of pounds from Northern Rock, Britain’s eighth-biggest bank. The rush to pull out savings followed the revelation that Northern Rock had been forced to ask the Bank of…
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oil & money
dollar hits all-time low against eurofrom ap business: The dollar plunged to its lowest point ever against the euro Wednesday amid speculation that the Federal Reserve will soon cut interest rates and on a warning from the U.S. treasury secretary that turbulence in financial markets may linger. The 13-nation euro rose as high as $1.3914…
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uk police can use tasers on kids
from daily mail: Police have been given the go-ahead to use Taser stun guns against children. The relaxing of restrictions on the use of the weapons comes despite warnings that they could trigger a heart attack in youngsters. Until now, Tasers – which emit a 50,000-volt electric shock – have been used only by specialist…
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UK Tested Poison Gas On Indian Soldiers
from ap/my way: British military scientists tested mustard gas on hundreds of Indian soldiers during more than a decade of experiments that began before World War II, a British newspaper reported Saturday. The experiments to determine whether mustard gas damaged Indians’ skin more than British soldiers’ began in the early 1930s and lasted more than…
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outrage at 500,000 dna database mistakes
from telegraph: Civil liberties campaigners and MPs have raised doubts about the national DNA database after the Home Office confirmed it contained more than 500,000 false or wrongly recorded names. Suspects arrested over any imprisonable offence, including rape and murder, can have their DNA held even if they are not charged or are acquitted. The…
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the ‘bush-as-dictator’ meme
rooney: imagine a queen bush ruling for 55 yearsfrom raw story: In his weekly commentary of 60 Minutes this week, Andy Rooney considered the practical and superficial differences between the US and British governments. Beginning with a call for a new presidential election now — “four years is a long time,” he says — Rooney…
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foot & mouth virus released from government lab
Case mirrors 2001 outbreak, could signal new wave of agri-terrorism against farming community Update: Russian news agency ITAR-TASS is reporting that the release of the virus came after an “international drill” last month that was held at Pirbright Laboratory, in which live virus was used. Real attacks are always shadowed by drills to provide culpable…