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The
Iraqi authorities ordered foreign journalists to leave Najaf yesterday, threatening
to arrest or even shoot reporters as US marines and Iraqi government forces
resumed the fight against Shia militants.

The
UK could "sleepwalk into a surveillance society" as a result of ID
cards and other plans, the information commissioner Richard Thomas has warned.
As
fighting resumes in the holy city of Najaf, more may hinge on the outcome than
we realize.
Know
your place, shut your face.
An
Iranian military chief said yesterday that Israel and the US would not dare
to attack his country since it could strike back anywhere in Israel with its
latest missiles, a news agency reported.
An
undercover reporter has been able to get a job “at the heart of the Games”
and plant three “suspicious items” that resembled components to
make bomb.