Daily Archives: July 22, 2007 »
UK Army doctors in Baha Mousa case ‘colluded in cover-up’
By Andrew Johnson Doctors who examined Baha Mousa, a 24-year-old Basra hotel worker who was kicked and beaten to death in British custody in 2003, have been reported to the General Medical Council. The
Read More »Toilet-paper dispenser is stingy with the sheets
By Brian Tracey This may be the last straw for people who think technology has eliminated every last bit of personal privacy: A toilet-paper dispenser that limits the issue of tissues. A year in
Read More »Is this Big Brother street?
By James McCarthy SMILE…you’re on camera. Today we can reveal the incredible rise of CCTV with one Welsh street containing a staggering 73 spy cams in less than half-a-mile. Wales on Sunday’s count on
Read More »No 10 honours plot: four new names
By David Leppard and Robert Winnett POLICE investigating the cash for honours scandal seized evidence that Downing Street had plotted to hand peerages to eight of the 12 businessmen who had bankrolled Labour’s 2005
Read More »CIA to ‘toughen up’
NY Times THE White House has given the Central Intelligence Agency approval to resume some severe interrogation methods for questioning terrorism suspects in secret prisons overseas. Administration officials said the CIA could now proceed
Read More »Microchip Implants Raise Privacy Concern
By TODD LEWAN CityWatcher.com, a provider of surveillance equipment, attracted little notice itself – until a year ago, when two of its employees had glass-encapsulated microchips with miniature antennas embedded in their forearms. The
Read More »UN probes Ivory Coast abuse
The United Nations is investigating allegations of widespread sexual abuse by hundreds of its peacekeepers serving in the Ivory Coast. A Moroccan battalion of 800 troops in Bouake, in the north of the country,
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