http://www.maltatoday.com.mt/2006/07/30/t9.html
Matthew Vella
"The shadow report prepared for the European Network Against Racism (ENAR) has called for an end to the detention of irregular immigrants and asylum seekers, saying detention was “perpetuating the impression that they (immigrants) constitute a security threat”. The report, part of a series of Europe-wide reports on racism in the EU during 2005, deals with the many faces of racism and discrimination in Malta, and brings to light the ban on media from reporting on the conditions in detention camps and the plight of detainees."
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Thursday, August 03, 2006
Merchants Fight Against Organized Theft / Chron.com, 31 Jul 2006
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/fn/4084254.html
ANNE D'INNOCENZIO
"Stores are worrying less about teens stealing CDs than about sophisticated criminals like Samih Fadl Jamal of Mesa, Ariz., the ring leader of a major organized theft operation that stole and resold millions of dollars of baby formula throughout the country. Such highly sophisticated groups have been targeting retailers for several years, but merchants are just starting to come together to fight organized retail theft, developing crime databases and establishing crime squads." [Organised Crime; Crime Reduction]
ANNE D'INNOCENZIO
"Stores are worrying less about teens stealing CDs than about sophisticated criminals like Samih Fadl Jamal of Mesa, Ariz., the ring leader of a major organized theft operation that stole and resold millions of dollars of baby formula throughout the country. Such highly sophisticated groups have been targeting retailers for several years, but merchants are just starting to come together to fight organized retail theft, developing crime databases and establishing crime squads." [Organised Crime; Crime Reduction]
[India] 12 terrorists from 4 outfits surrender in J&K / Hindustani Times, 31 Jul 2006
http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1757289,0006.htm
"As security forces stepped up anti-terrorism operations in Jammu and Kashmir, 12 terrorists from four different outfits laid down arms in Baramulla district. The terrorists, affiliated to Hizbullah, Tehreek-e-Jehad, Hizb-e-Islami and Hizbul Mujahideen, gave mediapersons details of how they were lured to cross the Line of Control, given training in handling of weapons and explosives and indoctrinated for jehad (holy war). They also highlighted the role of Pakistan's ISI's activities in the valley. A number of Kashmiri youth in ISI's training camps had committed suicide while others were doing menial jobs to earn a living, they claimed." [Brief] [Terrorists]
"As security forces stepped up anti-terrorism operations in Jammu and Kashmir, 12 terrorists from four different outfits laid down arms in Baramulla district. The terrorists, affiliated to Hizbullah, Tehreek-e-Jehad, Hizb-e-Islami and Hizbul Mujahideen, gave mediapersons details of how they were lured to cross the Line of Control, given training in handling of weapons and explosives and indoctrinated for jehad (holy war). They also highlighted the role of Pakistan's ISI's activities in the valley. A number of Kashmiri youth in ISI's training camps had committed suicide while others were doing menial jobs to earn a living, they claimed." [Brief] [Terrorists]
[Canada] They went abroad seeking wedded bliss. Now they say their marriages were a fraud / Globe & Mail, 29 Jul 2006
http://digbig.com/4mexb
MARINA JIMÉNEZ
"Marriage fraud is a new kind of immigration offence that is bringing humiliation, financial ruin and distress to a growing number of immigrants from India, China, the Philippines and other countries. Marriages of convenience, where two people wed so one can obtain immigration status, are common -- and often difficult to detect due to the prevalence of arranged marriages among certain immigrant communities. In cases of marriage fraud, however, only one spouse is in on the hoax. The other is dumped once the foreigner obtains the requisite visa and/or immigration status. Often this person goes on to marry and then sponsor their girlfriend or boyfriend from back home." [Immigration]
MARINA JIMÉNEZ
"Marriage fraud is a new kind of immigration offence that is bringing humiliation, financial ruin and distress to a growing number of immigrants from India, China, the Philippines and other countries. Marriages of convenience, where two people wed so one can obtain immigration status, are common -- and often difficult to detect due to the prevalence of arranged marriages among certain immigrant communities. In cases of marriage fraud, however, only one spouse is in on the hoax. The other is dumped once the foreigner obtains the requisite visa and/or immigration status. Often this person goes on to marry and then sponsor their girlfriend or boyfriend from back home." [Immigration]
Multi-tasking Adversely Affects Brain's Learning, UCLA Psychologists Report / Medical News Today, 29 Jul 2006
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=48187&nfid=nl
"Multi-tasking affects the brain's learning systems, and as a result, we do not learn as well when we are distracted, UCLA psychologists report this week in the online edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. "Multi-tasking adversely affects how you learn," said Russell Poldrack, UCLA associate professor of psychology and co-author of the study. "Even if you learn while multi-tasking, that learning is less flexible and more specialized, so you cannot retrieve the information as easily. Our study shows that to the degree you can learn while multi-tasking, you will use different brain systems." [Psychology; Lifelong Learning]
"Multi-tasking affects the brain's learning systems, and as a result, we do not learn as well when we are distracted, UCLA psychologists report this week in the online edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. "Multi-tasking adversely affects how you learn," said Russell Poldrack, UCLA associate professor of psychology and co-author of the study. "Even if you learn while multi-tasking, that learning is less flexible and more specialized, so you cannot retrieve the information as easily. Our study shows that to the degree you can learn while multi-tasking, you will use different brain systems." [Psychology; Lifelong Learning]
Support for British Nationals Abroad: a Guide / FCO, 2006
PDF - http://www.fco.gov.uk/Files/kfile/consularfullguide,1.pdf
"FCO have launced a new consular guide. This is the first time that the details of what the Foreign Office can – and can't – do to help British people in trouble abroad have been set out in a single document." [Top Tips]
"FCO have launced a new consular guide. This is the first time that the details of what the Foreign Office can – and can't – do to help British people in trouble abroad have been set out in a single document." [Top Tips]
Momentum builds for change to Hong Kong asylum laws / Boston globe, 31 Jul 2006
http://digbig.com/4mews
John Ruwitch
"The former British colony on China's southern coast may be one of the freest and wealthiest societies in Asia, but it lacks laws and a coherent policy on asylum seekers and refugees, and many who come here for relief land in a political purgatory. Hong Kong is not a party to the 1951 Refugee Convention, which spells out the basic human rights to which refugees and applicants are entitled." [Country Profiles; s.a. from Immigration]
John Ruwitch
"The former British colony on China's southern coast may be one of the freest and wealthiest societies in Asia, but it lacks laws and a coherent policy on asylum seekers and refugees, and many who come here for relief land in a political purgatory. Hong Kong is not a party to the 1951 Refugee Convention, which spells out the basic human rights to which refugees and applicants are entitled." [Country Profiles; s.a. from Immigration]
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