http://digbig.com/4csse
"The new measures included a 28-day limit in all but exceptional cases on the time people could be held in prison, a watch-house or similar state corrections facility. All people detained will be fingerprinted, without their consent if necessary. Facility staff would also be given 'further advice ... clarifying and strengthening procedures the should be followed to try to establish a person's identity'."
Sunday, February 27, 2005
Immigration detention system changes -/ [Australia] Sydney Morning Herald, 26 Feb 2005
http://digbig.com/4csse
"The new measures included a 28-day limit in all but exceptional cases on the time people could be held in prison, a watch-house or similar state corrections facility. All people detained will be fingerprinted, without their consent if necessary. Facility staff would also be given 'further advice ... clarifying and strengthening procedures the should be followed to try to establish a person's identity'."
"The new measures included a 28-day limit in all but exceptional cases on the time people could be held in prison, a watch-house or similar state corrections facility. All people detained will be fingerprinted, without their consent if necessary. Facility staff would also be given 'further advice ... clarifying and strengthening procedures the should be followed to try to establish a person's identity'."
Saturday, February 26, 2005
In Italian and Spanish, a howl of EU protest / International Herald Tribune, 25 Feb 2005
In Italian and Spanish, a howl of EU protest:
Graham Bowley
"A dispute started when journalists noticed that Spanish and Italian had been dropped during news conferences and that German had taken their place."
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Graham Bowley
"A dispute started when journalists noticed that Spanish and Italian had been dropped during news conferences and that German had taken their place."
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ITsafe - UK Website
http://www.itsafe.gov.uk/
The service is funded by the Home Office and uses information provided by the National Infrastructure Security Co-ordination Centre (NISCC) - the Government’s centre for electronic defence. An estimated 13m UK homes have net access. As professional cyber criminals have turned their attention towards exploiting security weaknesses in the consumer market to distribute spam or in phishing attacks the need for an IT security advice site has grown.
The service is funded by the Home Office and uses information provided by the National Infrastructure Security Co-ordination Centre (NISCC) - the Government’s centre for electronic defence. An estimated 13m UK homes have net access. As professional cyber criminals have turned their attention towards exploiting security weaknesses in the consumer market to distribute spam or in phishing attacks the need for an IT security advice site has grown.
Fears IRA may bomb London / The Age, 25 Feb 2005
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2005/02/25/1109180091347.html
"Britain played down a newspaper report today that the Irish Republican Army could break its seven-year ceasefire with a bomb attack on London and now posed as great a threat to the capital as al-Qaeda.
The Sun newspaper, citing unnamed intelligence sources, said British security chiefs saw a 'significant prospect' of an IRA strike on London amid a political crisis in Northern Ireland sparked by a huge bank heist blamed on the guerrilla group."
"Britain played down a newspaper report today that the Irish Republican Army could break its seven-year ceasefire with a bomb attack on London and now posed as great a threat to the capital as al-Qaeda.
The Sun newspaper, citing unnamed intelligence sources, said British security chiefs saw a 'significant prospect' of an IRA strike on London amid a political crisis in Northern Ireland sparked by a huge bank heist blamed on the guerrilla group."
Crime goes down in Japan but cases involving foreigners rise / Channelnewsasia.com, 25 Feb 2005
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/134300/1/.html
"Serious crime went down in Japan in 2004 despite public concern about the level of violence, although the number of cases involving foreigners jumped up, police statistics showed. Japan, one of the world's safest countries, registered 11,812 serious crimes last year, with 345 of them committed by foreigners, according to National Police Agency figures. "
"Serious crime went down in Japan in 2004 despite public concern about the level of violence, although the number of cases involving foreigners jumped up, police statistics showed. Japan, one of the world's safest countries, registered 11,812 serious crimes last year, with 345 of them committed by foreigners, according to National Police Agency figures. "
The EU's Fight Against Corporate Crime / Forbes, 24 Feb 2005
http://digbig.com/4csqg
"PricewaterhouseCoopers professionals from Europe and the United States had a roundtable discussion focused on the topic of corporate crime in the newly expanded EU."
"PricewaterhouseCoopers professionals from Europe and the United States had a roundtable discussion focused on the topic of corporate crime in the newly expanded EU."
Violence Literature Database Search / University of Colorado
http://ibs.colorado.edu/cspv/infohouse/violit/
"VioLit is a violence-related research literature database with abstracts and reference information."
"VioLit is a violence-related research literature database with abstracts and reference information."
Anti-terrorism legislation to feature big use of technology / PublicTechnology, 24 Feb 2005
http://www.publictechnology.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2494
"The Prevention of Terrorism Bill gives the Home Secretary powers to make control orders with a range of conditions, including a ban on internet or mobile phone use, restrictions on movement and travel, restrictions on associations with named individuals, curfews and electronic tagging.
The Home Secretary stressed that prosecution remained the Government�s preferred way of dealing with suspected terrorists, but where this was not possible control orders would provide a valuable tool in disrupting and preventing terrorist-related activity.
The orders would be made by the Home Secretary, but would be subject to independent judicial oversight."
"The Prevention of Terrorism Bill gives the Home Secretary powers to make control orders with a range of conditions, including a ban on internet or mobile phone use, restrictions on movement and travel, restrictions on associations with named individuals, curfews and electronic tagging.
The Home Secretary stressed that prosecution remained the Government�s preferred way of dealing with suspected terrorists, but where this was not possible control orders would provide a valuable tool in disrupting and preventing terrorist-related activity.
The orders would be made by the Home Secretary, but would be subject to independent judicial oversight."
Racist incidents jarring the French / International Herald Tribune, 24 Feb 2005
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/02/23/news/france.html
"A recent string of racist incidents in France has shaken the political establishment at a time when the country is battling its image abroad as a country where anti-Semitism is making a powerful comeback and anti-Arab sentiments are rising"
"A recent string of racist incidents in France has shaken the political establishment at a time when the country is battling its image abroad as a country where anti-Semitism is making a powerful comeback and anti-Arab sentiments are rising"
Guilty! New Labour could arrest self under new terror law / The Register, 23 Feb 2005
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/02/23/terror_bill_2005_analysis/
"The Prevention of Terrorism Bill effectively defines an offence as 'anything we say it is.' And this is supported to some extent by Charles Clarke's own stance. He does not at the moment consider that home detention is necessary, but he may think it is in the future, based on evidence he says he has but which he will not disclose. He argues that the current threat is far greater than the threat of the IRA was, hence the 'need' for the legislation in the first place, and again this is based on evidence he professes to have but will not disclose. 'The level of threat is what I say it is. You'll have to trust me on that.'"
"The Prevention of Terrorism Bill effectively defines an offence as 'anything we say it is.' And this is supported to some extent by Charles Clarke's own stance. He does not at the moment consider that home detention is necessary, but he may think it is in the future, based on evidence he says he has but which he will not disclose. He argues that the current threat is far greater than the threat of the IRA was, hence the 'need' for the legislation in the first place, and again this is based on evidence he professes to have but will not disclose. 'The level of threat is what I say it is. You'll have to trust me on that.'"
Thursday, February 24, 2005
Europe's rising class of believers: Muslims / The Christian Science Monitor , 24 Feb 2005
http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0224/p10s01-woeu.html?s=hns
Peter Ford
"Religion's place in public life has shot to the top of the agenda in France, and in the rest of Europe, for one reason: Islam, and the growing millions of people on the Continent who practice it."
Peter Ford
"Religion's place in public life has shot to the top of the agenda in France, and in the rest of Europe, for one reason: Islam, and the growing millions of people on the Continent who practice it."
FBI confronts new gang threat / The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Feb 2005
http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0224/p01s02-woam.html?s=hns
Danna Harman
" A notorious street gang based in El Salvador has rapidly spread into 31 US states and raised enough concern for the Justice Department to create a new high-level task force to battle it. But the head of the task force says the gang has no Al Qaeda connections - despite comments made Monday by El Salvador's president. "
Danna Harman
" A notorious street gang based in El Salvador has rapidly spread into 31 US states and raised enough concern for the Justice Department to create a new high-level task force to battle it. But the head of the task force says the gang has no Al Qaeda connections - despite comments made Monday by El Salvador's president. "
Abuse of Some Illegal Drugs on Rise Globally / Reuters.com, 23 Feb 2005
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=7710361
"Abuse of many kinds of illegal drugs, boosted by online sales, is growing across the world, international drug regulators said on Wednesday.
'There is increasing cyber trafficking,' Akira Fujino, a representative from the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime, told a narcotics conference. 'Drugs are offered for sale through the Internet.' "
"Abuse of many kinds of illegal drugs, boosted by online sales, is growing across the world, international drug regulators said on Wednesday.
'There is increasing cyber trafficking,' Akira Fujino, a representative from the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime, told a narcotics conference. 'Drugs are offered for sale through the Internet.' "
Immigration checks anger / Kilburn Times, 23 Feb 2005
http://digbig.com/4csjf
"British Transport Police records show 80 raids with immigration officers were carried out in London in the past 10 months - a rate of about two per week. The raids were evenly divided between tube and mainline railway stations. Under a new protocol revealed by Underground officials, random checks should not happen, and the Immigration Service can only work with transport police as part of pre-planned, intelligence led operations. Only people suspected of fare evasion, drug-dealing or other offences may be quizzed on immigration status."
"British Transport Police records show 80 raids with immigration officers were carried out in London in the past 10 months - a rate of about two per week. The raids were evenly divided between tube and mainline railway stations. Under a new protocol revealed by Underground officials, random checks should not happen, and the Immigration Service can only work with transport police as part of pre-planned, intelligence led operations. Only people suspected of fare evasion, drug-dealing or other offences may be quizzed on immigration status."
Monday, February 21, 2005
Spain apathetically votes 'yes' to European constitution / Expatica Spain, 21 Feb 2005
http://digbig.com/4crra
"Spain became the first European Union country to agree to the new European constitution in a referendum that Spanish and European officials hoped would show the way for other countries with polls to come."
"Spain became the first European Union country to agree to the new European constitution in a referendum that Spanish and European officials hoped would show the way for other countries with polls to come."
Ankle monitor can tell when drinking starts / L.A. Daily News, 19 Feb 2005
http://digbig.com/4crqx
Jeff Rowe
"SCRAM knows when the drinking starts.
The Secure Continuous Remote Alcohol Monitor ankle bracelet is one of dozens of new devices used to monitor people on probation, parole or others whose behavior is being watched. Some of the wearers are voluntary -- people convicted of drunken driving, for example, who want to impress a judge with the seriousness of their resolve not to drink again."
Jeff Rowe
"SCRAM knows when the drinking starts.
The Secure Continuous Remote Alcohol Monitor ankle bracelet is one of dozens of new devices used to monitor people on probation, parole or others whose behavior is being watched. Some of the wearers are voluntary -- people convicted of drunken driving, for example, who want to impress a judge with the seriousness of their resolve not to drink again."
Sunday, February 20, 2005
Editorial: Our Unnecessary Insecurity / [USA] The New York Times, 20 Feb 2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/20/opinion/20sun1.html?th
"Sept. 11 changed everything,' the saying goes. It is striking, however, how much has not changed in the three and a half years since nearly 3,000 people were killed on American soil. The nation's chemical plants are still a horrific accident waiting to happen. Nuclear material that could be made into a 'dirty bomb,' or even a nuclear device, and set off in an American city remains too accessible to terrorists. Critical tasks, from inspecting shipping containers to upgrading defenses against biological weapons, are being done poorly or not at all."
"Sept. 11 changed everything,' the saying goes. It is striking, however, how much has not changed in the three and a half years since nearly 3,000 people were killed on American soil. The nation's chemical plants are still a horrific accident waiting to happen. Nuclear material that could be made into a 'dirty bomb,' or even a nuclear device, and set off in an American city remains too accessible to terrorists. Critical tasks, from inspecting shipping containers to upgrading defenses against biological weapons, are being done poorly or not at all."
A Rough Road to Ratification / Deutsche Welle, 19 Feb 2005
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,1493592,00.html?maca=en-bulletin-433-html
"So far, Lithuania, Hungary and Slovenia have already given the constitution the green light via their parliaments, but Spain's referendum is the first of 10 polls. With voters from euroskeptical countries like Denmark, Britain, Ireland and France still in line, the EU constitution's fathers and mothers will be waiting uneasily in the months to come. Only one country needs to reject the document for it to fail."
"So far, Lithuania, Hungary and Slovenia have already given the constitution the green light via their parliaments, but Spain's referendum is the first of 10 polls. With voters from euroskeptical countries like Denmark, Britain, Ireland and France still in line, the EU constitution's fathers and mothers will be waiting uneasily in the months to come. Only one country needs to reject the document for it to fail."
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