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Children to ‘face criminal checks’
All children could face compulsory checks to discover if they are at risk of turning into criminals, according to new plans announced by the Prime Minister. The controversial proposal would mean checks at important
Read More »Judge dismisses lawsuit against Rumsfeld
Former Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld cannot be tried on allegations of torture in overseas military prisons, a federal judge said Tuesday in a case he described as “lamentable.” U.S. District Judge Thomas F.
Read More »Public webcams, not CCTV, urged to avoid Big Brother society
Ian Sample Footage from surveillance cameras must be made freely available to the public if Britain is to avoid becoming a Big Brother state, researchers warned yesterday.Under the proposals, networks of CCTV cameras would
Read More »UK in ‘discreet talks’ with Iran
BBC The government is attempting to “discreetly” talk to the Iranians to secure the release of 15 Royal Navy personnel, Downing Street has said. Tony Blair’s spokesman said that if the talks were unsuccessful,
Read More »Binning ID Cards
Liverpool joins in national day of action against ID Cards Liverpool Defy ID A giant mock ID card in a bin proved to be an eye-catching symbol to draw the attention of lunchtime shoppers
Read More »BARCODE DEMO AT ID OFFICE
PROTESTERS dressed as barcoded robots to demonstrate against ID cards yesterday. Dozens of campaigners gathered at Edinburgh’s new passport interview centre to protest against plans to keep personal records on file. DavidMuxworthy, Edinburgh secretary
Read More »FBI Used Inaccurate Info to Get Surveillance Warrants
Luke O’Brien The FBI, already taking flak for the abuse of national security letters used to spy on Americans, admitted to The Washington Post today that its agents “repeatedly provided inaccurate information to win
Read More »RINF Film Screening: A World Without Cancer
13 APRIL, 7.30PM, GREGSON ARTS AND COMMUNITY CENTRE, LANCASTER On Friday, 13 April, 2007, local events organiser RINF.COM will hold a screening of A WORLD WITHOUT CANCER: THE STORY OF VITAMIN B17. The film
Read More »US Soldiers Shoot Unarmed Civilians
I ask readers to please forward this video to mainstream media outlets and to those in government demanding that action be taken to investigate this apparent murder of innocent Iraqi civilians. We can not
Read More »New documents expose White House lies
New documents expose White House, Justice Department lies in firing of US attorneys Barry Grey A new batch of email messages and other documents released Friday by the Justice Department to congressional investigators provide
Read More »American raid and arrests set scene for capture of marines
Patrick Cockburn At 3am on 11 January US military forces raided the Iranian liaison office in the Kurdish capital Arbil and detained five Iranian officials who are still prisoners. The attack marked a significant
Read More »Ex-Reagan official Stockman charged with fraud
David Stockman, a former top budget official in the Reagan White House, was charged Monday with overseeing a sweeping fraud at troubled a auto parts supplier he headed before it collapsed into bankruptcy. Stockman
Read More »Guantanamo hearing begins for Hicks
An Australian detainee at Guatanamo Bay in Cuba has become the first prisoner held at the US military base to face prosecution under revised US military tribunal rules. David Hicks, who has been held
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