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police ‘used undercover men to incite crowds’ An MP who was involved in last month’s G20 protests in
London is to call for an investigation into whether the police used
agents provocateurs to incite the crowds.
Memos
shed light on CIA use of sleep deprivation
Though widely perceived as more effective and less objectionable than
other interrogation methods, memos show it’s harsher and more
controversial than most realize. And it could be brought back.
Swine
Flu Complications Kill Man In US
A third swine flu victim has died in the United States, after suffering
apparent complications of the H1N1 influenza virus.
Hackers
breach US air traffic control computers
Hackers broke into US air traffic control computers on several occasions
over the past few years and increased reliance on Web applications and
commercial software has made networks more vulnerable, according to
a government audit.
Court
allows police to track vehicles with GPS
A Wisconsin appeals court ruled Thursday that police were within their
constitutional authority when they placed a GPS tracking device on a
vehicle belonging to a man accused of stalking.
Obama
Set to Revive Military Commissions
The Obama administration is preparing to revive the system of military
commissions established at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, under new rules that
would offer terrorism suspects greater legal protections, government
officials said.
Obama
aide responsible for NYC flyover gets the boot Louis Caldera, Director of the White House Military office,
has stepped down from his job following outrage over the more-or-less
unannounced flyover of Ground Zero in late April.
Police
may use water cannon to control violent demonstrations
Scotland Yard is to review its policing of violent demonstrations after
the G20 protests to see if London needs harsher, European-style methods
that could include the use of water cannon.
US
states mulling Google book-scan pact
A group of US state attorneys general recently held a conference call
to discuss Google’s $125m digital book settlement with the US
Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers.
Pros
Say: Bank Action Equivalent to Iraq War ‘Surge’
Wall Street breathed a sigh of relief after Thursday’s stress-test
results, but didn’t dispel the uncertainty over some of the
most troubled financial giants.
Afghan
students protest against civilian casualties
Chanting “Death to America!” and weeping as they prayed,
hundreds of Kabul university students marched on Sunday in protest
against U.S. air strikes last week that Afghan officials say killed
more than 100 civilians.
Mystery
group in the driving seat
If the Finance Minister really wants to know the depth of this “global
economic firestorm”, all he has to do is to ask the people
who created it. Nine
Killed In Drone Attack On Militants
Nine people - five of them militants - have reportedly been killed
in a suspected US missile attack in northwestern Pakistan.
Half
a million flee Swat valley as Pakistan faces months of fighting
Up to 500,000 terrified residents of Pakistan’s Swat valley
have fled or else are desperately trying to leave as the military
steps up an operation using fighter jets and helicopter gunships
to “eliminate” Taliban fighters.
