Leaked witness statement says police fired 11 times at BrazilianA witness to the police shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes has described how armed officers fired 11 regular shots, one every three seconds, at the Brazilian electrician.
In a statement leaked to The Guardian from the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) inquiry, Sue Thomason, a freelance journalist, describes how she ran for her life fearing that terrorists had opened fire on commuters.
Ms Thomason from South London, said: "The shots were evenly spaced ... (more)
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Patriotic 9/11 pins are made in ChinaLapel pins sold in Arizona as a patriotic reminder of the Sept. 11, 2001, attack on this country are actually being made overseas.
In China, specifically.
The pins, which sell for $5 each to help raise money for an Arizona memorial to the 9/11 attacks, were ordered from a Tucson firm that specializes in lapel reminders.
Billy Shields, a member of the commission formed to build the memorial, said Sid Leluan, owner of Lapel Pins and More, gave the co... (more)
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US Mint seizes $80 million in rare coins from 75 year old womanThe US Mint has seized 10 Double Eagle gold coins - some of the rarest and most valuable in the world - from a woman checking their authenticity.
The Mint says the coins, which never entered circulation, are public property and is holding them at a fort.
Joan Langbord, who says she inherited the coins from her father, a jeweller, has vowed to fight to get them back.
The gold Double Eagle is so rare that in 2002 a single coin reached a price of $7.59m ... (more)
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Lions to be set free to deal with banditsThe government of a state in India has come up with a wild idea to control the menace of bandits who are becoming active again in the country's heartland.
The government of Uttar Pradesh plans to unleash dozens of lions in the forested ravines to flush out the bandits from their hide-outs.
The 14,400 square-mile Chambal Valley region -- with its maze of undulating ravines and dense forests, spread across the states of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh -- has ... (more)
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Japan mafia gang 'names new head'Japan's largest organised crime syndicate, the Yamaguchi-gumi, is reported to have appointed a new head.
Sixty-three-year-old Kenichi Shinoda was named as the new leader during a ceremony in the western town of Kobe, the Kyodo news agency said.
The change is believed to be the first shift in the group for 16 years. Police could not confirm the report.
The Yamaguchi-gumi is thought to have some 40,000 members, almost half of Japan's total number of gan... (more)
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Hi-tech tracker could close net on tube terroristsTwo Cambridge University engineers are “bracing themselves” for a deluge of worldwide interest in a revolutionary new artificial intelligence technology that could soon help police track down purse snatchers, prevent suicides at underground train stations and save valuable time when trying to retrace the movements of wanted or missing persons.
And, it has been revealed to Business Weekly, the innovation could also prove to be a vital tool for detectives investigating t... (more)
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VeriChip Expands Hospital Infrastructure: Trinitas Hospital Adopts the VeriMed(TM) System; Third New Jersey Hospital Chooses VeriChip for Emergency RoomVeriChip Corporation, a subsidiary of Applied Digital (NASDAQ: ADSX) announced today that Trinitas Hospital, a leading healthcare facility based in Elizabeth, New Jersey has agreed to implement the VeriMed(TM) microchip system and will initiate a clinical evaluation program of the System in its two Emergency Departments for rapid patient identification purposes. Upon implementation, each facility will be able to scan patients to obtain their VeriChip ID Number and utilize the associated database... (more)
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19 Suspected Members of MS-13 Gang Are IndictedNineteen men have been indicted on federal racketeering charges in the most aggressive legal assault in the Washington region on a Latino street gang believed by police to be responsible for a growing list of violent crimes.
It is the first racketeering case brought in Maryland against Mara Salvatrucha, also known as MS-13, and the latest sign of increased federal involvement in the effort to combat gangs.
The sweeping indictment -- and the resources devoted to obta... (more)
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Halliburton Hearing Unearths New AbuseEvery morning 120 trucks line up at the Kuwait-Iraq border to deliver gasoline from Kuwaiti refineries. The drivers, mostly poor South Asian men from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, must cross at dawn because if they wait too long, the managers from Kellogg, Brown and Root (KBR), a subsidiary of Texas-based Halliburton, who operate the border post during the day, will subject them to rigorous checks that effectively shut down the deliveries.
"The only way we can cross the border i... (more)
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THE BESLAN SIEGE: Aching to KnowA year later, witnesses ask whether Russian forces are partly to blame for the bloody outcome of a hostage crisis. The town wants full disclosure.
The bodies of Beslan's children lay in freshly dug graves when the most troubling questions of the deadly hostage-taking at Middle School No. 1 started to emerge.
On the roof of a five-story apartment building across from the school where 318 hostages died and about 700 others were wounded in September, residents found th... (more)
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Hawks and doves descend on Bush ranchThe police tape fluttering gently marks the front line. On one side sits a rag-tag collection of tents, home-made placards calling for the troops to come home and a long line of white crosses representing the soldiers killed in Iraq.
On the other side of the small country lane there is a smart collection of garden-style awnings filled with fold-out canvas chairs, lined with glossy placards proclaiming "Bush Country", "IM4W" and "Support Our Troops".
A sign on the h... (more)
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Tube shooting leaks to be investigatedAN INQUIRY has been launched into the leaking of sensitive information on the killing of Jean Charles de Menezes following police pressure on those heading the investigation.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission, (IPCC) has appointed Bill Taylor, formerly Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Constabulary for Scotland, to investigate how the watchdog's preliminary papers found their way into the media.
Sensitive details about the case were leaked to ITV on 16 Au... (more)
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Bush popularity at all-time low, poll findsPresident Bush's popularity has sunk to the lowest levels of his presidency, the Gallup poll organization said Friday.
In poll results released Friday afternoon, the president's approval rating was 40%, the lowest in his presidency by 4 points.
The poll of 1,007 adults was conducted Monday through Thursday, a period overlapping the president's series of speeches defending his Iraq war policies.
Those surveyed in the poll included 29% Republicans and 3... (more)
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Schwarzenegger's Initiatives Lag as Approval Falls to New LowCalifornia Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's approval rating fell to a new low, and most voters don't support his initiatives to redraw political lines and give him more power over the budget, a poll found.
Sixty percent of Californians likely to vote say a special election on the Republican governor's proposals shouldn't have been called, according to a poll released today by the Public Policy Institute of California. The election is set for Nov. 8. Half of likely voters say they ... (more)
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Critics raise alarm over 'exclusive' new terror laws A cross-party coalition today warned the government that its forthcoming anti-terrorism legislation risks criminalising or excluding people who have already condemned terrorist attacks.
A joint statement, arguing for a "broad consensus" and the involvement of all communities in the fight against terrorism, attracted over 30 signatories. These included the mayor of London, Ken Livingstone; the Liberal Democrat home affairs spokesman, Mark Oaten; religious groups, trade unions, com... (more)
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UN official challenges terror expulsionsA senior UN representative on Wednesday threatened to cite the British government for violation of human rights over its planned deportations of alleged terrorist sympathizers.
Manfred Novak, the UN human rights commission's special investigator on torture, said he is seeking permission through the UK Foreign Office to visit Britain to discuss the issue with Home Secretary Charles Clarke.
In a statement on Tuesday night, Novak said that the government's intention t... (more)
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Australian counter-terrorism summit to discuss police-state measuresAs it did after the September 11 and Bali terrorist atrocities in 2001 and 2002, the Australian government has seized upon the July 7 bombings in London to bring forward a new wave of measures that will overturn centuries-old civil liberties.
Earlier this month, Prime Minister John Howard announced that, together with the premiers of the states and territories—all from the Labor Party—he will convene a “special meeting of the Council of Australian Governments to ... (more)
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Ayatollah attacks 'police state' BritainBritain is a police state where living conditions are worse than "the jungle", a senior Iranian cleric said yesterday.
Delivering the political sermon during Friday prayers at Teheran University, Ayatollah Ahmad Janati issued a tirade against Britain.
"Day by day, corruption, tyranny, felony, insecurity and different dangers are attacking human society," he said. "Just look at the fight against terrorism in Britain.
"All gatherings are under the micro... (more)
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Men released after terror arrestsThree men arrested by police in Newport under the Terrorism Act have been released without charge.
The men, from Newport, were arrested under anti-terrorism powers on Chepstow Road in the city on Thursday afternoon and held overnight.
Gwent Police said on Friday that after extensive inquiries, it was established that no offences had been committed.
Security has been heightened in Newport ahead of a meeting of European Union foreign ministers there nex... (more)
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'Eyes in the sky' for homeland securityBlimps, they’re the next big thing in homeland security.
You’re laughing.
That’s okay, a lot of people do, says George Spyrou, president of Airship Management Services, whose blimps are leased to the likes of Fuji Film and have been used as air surveillance and security platforms by the New York Police Department, the U.S. Secret Service and the Athens police during last year’s summer Olympic Games.
Although blimps have proven ... (more)
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California shelves RFID banCalifornia legislators have shelved a closely watched bill that would temporarily ban driver's licenses and other state documents that incorporate wireless identification technology.
The Identity Information Protection Act of 2005, or SB 628, is designed to address concerns that new high-tech IDs could facilitate the broad monitoring of citizens. Members of the state's influential high-tech industry have lobbied against the bill, arguing that they're developing privacy and securit... (more)
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MOBILE CCTV CAMERAS TO HELP TACKLE STREET CRIMEUNDERCOVER mobile CCTV cameras look set to come to the streets of Barrow to help tackle neighbourhood nuisances.
More security cameras are in the pipeline to cover trouble hot-spots and stamp out community problems.
A CCTV system already operates in Barrow town centre and mobile devices provide surveillance in other areas.
Council chiefs report the existing system has deterred anti-social behaviour.
But they say a more flexible system i... (more)
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PAT BUCHANAN'S MAG CLAIMS CHENEY PREPARING TACTICAL NUKE STRIKE ON IRAN Now, here's an interesting little tid-bit, considering the source: Pat Buchanan's magazine, American Conservative, has published a report saying that Dick Cheney has had the Pentagon prepare a contingency plan for an immediate air strike on Iran, including the use of tactical nuclear weapons, in the event of "another 9/11."
The report, in Buchanan's mag's "Deep Background" column, claims: "In Washington it is hardly a secret that the same people in and around the administration w... (more)
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