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...them by fellow teens. This year the teen death toll from violence has already hit 21. The sense of danger on the streets comes at the same time as Commissioner Blair faces questions about his conduct. On July 20, he awoke to news reports about a Scotland Yard contract awarded to a technology company helmed by one of his friends. Blair said in a statement that he has behaved with "absolute probity," but he now faces an independent inquiry...
This isn't the first media firestorm to provoke speculation about whether the controversial Commissioner may be forced out of his job before his contract expires in 2010. In July 2005, Jean Charles de Menezes, a Brazilian living in London, was mistaken by police marksmen for a suicide bomber and shot to death at Stockwell Underground station. The tragic bungle came 15 days after terror attacks in the capital killed 52 people and the morning after a second, failed bombing attempt. The shooting has already been the subject of two reports by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC), which found...
...agencies such as U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), which recently began fingerprinting all visitors arriving at airports and seaports and traveling on visas--essentially, citizens of developing countries. CBP chose Cross Match fingerprint scanners for deployment at its checkpoints in 115 U.S. airports and 14 seaports, in a contract initially worth just $1.8 million...
...European soccer economy is quite different from that of American sports with its carefully regulated trades and salary caps. The right to contract players can be bought and sold. And for a match-winner like Ronaldo, the driving force of a United team that finished last season as champions of both England and Europe, it's a seller's market. The Manchester club have the Portuguese star on contract for four more years (after which, if he's not sold, he becomes a free agent) at a weekly wage of $240,000. Real Madrid wants to pay $120 million...
...proxy for Thaksin; the current Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej initially described himself as Thaksin's "nominee.") While Thai courts deliver verdicts on Thaksin and his circle, Samak also faces a host of legal woes and social unrest. He is currently appealing a conviction for defamation, being investigated for a contract to purchase firefighting equipment while he was governor of Bangkok, and awaiting a ruling from a national court on whether he has violated the law by hosting a weekly cooking show while serving as Prime Minister...