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MPs doubt UK’s commitment to equality
mathaba An all-party group of MPs Thursday raised doubts about the British government’s commitment to wipe out discrimination, saying that not enough action is being taken to achieve parity in employment and education. The
Read More »Fingerprints can reveal race and sex
By Nic Fleming A new fingerprinting technique that can identify the race and sex, and possibly the diet of suspects has been developed. Scientists have shown that using a gelatine-based gel and high-tech chemical
Read More »Police may be given power to take DNA samples in the street
Alan Travis The Guardian A forensic police officer swabs a drinks can for DNA. Photograph: Graham Turner The Home Office is considering giving the police the power to take a DNA sample on
Read More »US sergeant guilty of Iraq murder
A US marine squad leader charged over the kidnap and killing of a grandfather in Iraq last year has been found guilty of murder. A military jury at Camp Pendleton base, near San Diego,
Read More »Glasgow bombing suspect dies
A man who set himself alight during a suspected failed car bomb attack at Glasgow airport has died after being hospitalised for a month with critical burns. Kafeel Ahmed, 27, who allegedly crashed an
Read More »Counter-terrorism chief ‘misled public’ over Menezes shooting
By Kim Sengupta and Nigel Morris Sir Ian Blair, the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, was “almost totally uninformed” of events after the shooting of an innocent Brazilian who was mistaken for a terrorist
Read More »Timeline: how de Menezes identity emerged
The IPCC put together a timetable of events as they investigated the aftermath of the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes by police Times July 21, 2005 Attempted suicide bomb attacks on London, two
Read More »Thousands Of British Troops Suffering Mental Problems
Thousands Of British Troops Suffering Mental Problems, Alcoholism And Family Breakdowns From Iraq, Afghanistan Service Thousands of Britain’s frontline veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are facing escalating mental health problems, alcoholism
Read More »U.S. spy satellite declared loss, to drop from orbit
By Andrea Shalal-Esa The National Reconnaissance Office has deemed an experimental U.S. spy satellite a total loss and will allow it to slowly drop from orbit and burn up in the atmosphere, two defense
Read More »Court Ruling that NSA Wiretapping is Illegal Drives Emergency Push for New Spy Powers, Newsweek Reports
By Ryan Singel The Bush Administration’s hard press for emergency wiretapping powers from Congress before the August break now has an explanation: a secret court decided several months ago that at least one portion
Read More »Lawyers: Military violated rules at Gitmo
AP Lawyers for Guantanamo Bay detainees told a federal appeals court Wednesday that the United States violated its own rules when it branded hundreds of prisoners as enemy combatants — basing their argument on
Read More »The ugly rumour that never reached Sir Ian
By Philippe Naughton Sometimes, if you read the IPCC’s Stockwell Two report, you get the impression that Sir Ian Blair must have been the only policeman in London who went to bed on July
Read More »Rumsfeld helped Al Qaeda establish a stronghold in Northwestern Pakistan
By Prof. Michel Chossudovsky The Bush administration is contemplating sending US Forces to Pakistan with a view to neutralizing Al Qaeda in its safe haven in the Northwestern region of Waziristan. Waziristan including Federal Administered
Read More »Bush Officials May Face New Subpoenas
By Nathan Guttman High-profile Bush administration officials could be called to the witness stand if two deposed pro-Israel lobbyists have their way in a court case that is moving toward a January 2008 trial
Read More »Democrats Offer Compromise Plan On Surveillance
Proposal Would Involve FISA Court in Warrants By Ellen Nakashima and Spencer S. Hsu Congressional Democrats outlined a temporary plan yesterday that would expand the government’s authority to conduct electronic surveillance of overseas communications
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