Word: terrorisms
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...evening. Then she returned to her London home and went to bed - to be woken a few hours later by the news that there had been an attempted car-bomb attack in the capital. Less than 12 hours after she'd taken office, Britain was facing a full-scale terror crisis, and she was the point person...
...That term is now set at 28 days, a compromise that pleases nobody. Brown and Smith may again push for an extension, as part of a new terror bill already put in motion by their predecessors and due to be debated later this year. Other measures that might be included in the bill are the right to intercept calls and e-mails and to continue questioning suspects after they have been charged. The government has promised to consult on the new law widely and seek consensus on its terms. Shami Chakrabarti, the director of the human-rights group Liberty, often...
...evening. Then she returned to her London home and went to bed-to be woken a few hours later by the news that there had been an attempted car-bomb attack in the capital. Less than 12 hours after she'd taken office, Britain was facing a full-scale terror crisis, and she was the point person...
...Australian Federal Police agents arrested Bosher's tenant, Dr. Mohamed Haneef, at Brisbane's international airport as he attempted to board a flight to Asia on a one-way ticket. The 27-year-old emergency medicine trainee is being held in connection with inquiries into the recent attempted terror attacks in England and Scotland, in which two cars packed with explosives were discovered in central London, while an SUV filled with fuel canisters was driven into a terminal building at Glasgow International Airport. A second doctor, an associate of Haneef's, is also being questioned by authorities in Southport...
...Following the arrest, Australian Prime Minister John Howard denied there was any need to raise the country's terror threat above its current 'medium' level, but warned Tuesday that "there are people in our midst who would do us harm and evil, if they ever had the opportunity to do so." Australian Attorney-General Philip Ruddock, meanwhile, ruled out any evidence of plots in Australia connected to the U.K. strikes...