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UK calls in Israeli ambassador as Dubai killing row escalates

Britain last night fired the first shot in a potentially explosive diplomatic row with Israel by calling in the country’s ambassador to explain the use of faked British passports by a hit squad who targeted a Hamas official in Dubai.

The Israeli ambassador has been summoned to the Foreign Office to “share information” about the assassins’ use [...]

UK calls in Israeli ambassador as Dubai killing row escalates

Britain last night fired the first shot in a potentially explosive diplomatic row with Israel by calling in the country’s ambassador to explain the use of faked British passports by a hit squad who targeted a Hamas official in Dubai.

The Israeli ambassador has been summoned to the Foreign Office to “share information” about the assassins’ use [...]

Control freaks want web licences to end bloggers’ anonymity

The American blogosphere is going increasingly “viral” about a proposal advanced at the recent meeting of the Davos Economic Forum by Craig Mundie, chief research and strategy officer for Microsoft, that an equivalent of a “driver’s licence” should be introduced for access to the web. This totalitarian call has been backed by articles and blogs in [...]

UK: Home Secretary abandons compulsory ID cards

British nationals will not be forced to carry identity cards after Alan Johnson, the Home Secretary, scrapped plans to make the controversial £4.9 billion scheme compulsory.
In a significant climb down, Mr Johnson yesterday announced that the cards would only be issued to Britons on a voluntary basis.
The move raises the prospect of the scheme being [...]

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UK: Home Secretary abandons compulsory ID cards

British nationals will not be forced to carry identity cards after Alan Johnson, the Home Secretary, scrapped plans to make the controversial £4.9 billion scheme compulsory.
In a significant climb down, Mr Johnson yesterday announced that the cards would only be issued to Britons on a voluntary basis.
The move raises the prospect of the scheme being [...]

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