(Reuters) – Last December, a purported Islamic fighter called Amir Ghrozni posted a cryptic message on a password-protected website connected to al Qaeda. “London, perhaps the punishment is near,” the message said. “Await the glad tidings, as we will never calm down.” Read article
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LONDON — It has been a tough few months at the pockmarked concrete high-rise known as FredWigg Tower. First there was the fire, which left dozens temporarily homeless. Then came the rash of burglaries of fire-damaged apartments. And now the British army will be putting a battery of high-velocity missiles on the roof.The defense ministry […]
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Parents will have been concerned by the news last week that whooping cough is on the rise.There’s been a tenfold increase in the number of cases so far this year compared with the same period in 2010, according to the Health Protection Agency. Read article
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LONDON (AP) — The arrests of 14 people in the last week on suspicion of terrorism in Britain has underscored jitters among police and security officials as the upcoming Olympics fixes the gaze of the world — including potential aggressors — on London. Despite an overall decline in the number of people detained over terrorism […]
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LONDON – As Britain counts down to the arrival of the Olympics in 15 days, Games officials seem to have almost everything firmly under control. The venues are ready. Preparations for the Games are on time and under budget. A threatened bus drivers strike seems likely to have been averted. Still, there are uncomfortable reminders […]
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London, England: No specific terror threat Government officials from Washington to London insist that there are no known specific or credible terror threats tied to next month’s Olympic games in London. Nonetheless, authorities on both sides of the Atlantic are urging vigilance. President Barack Obama met last week with his national security team to talk […]
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London, England: Norwegian terrorist suspect plans attack A Norwegian Muslim, who underwent training in Yemen, is going to commit a terrorist attack on an American aircraft during the Olympic Games in London, Rosbalt said with reference to the Sunday Times. According to British intelligence, the Norwegian, who calls himself Abu Abdulrakhman, converted to Islam in […]
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London bus drivers will stage fresh strikes next month, including one days before the start of theOlympics, in a dispute over extra payments during the Games, a union said today. Thousands of bus workers in the British capital plan to strike on July 5 and July 24, the Unite union said, threatening severe disruption to […]
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The threat of a damaging strike at airports during the height of the holiday season receded today after management in a pay dispute came up with “a substantially improved” offer. Airport baggage handlers and check-in staff had already rejected two pay offers from their employer, Aviance. Read article
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The security firm to ‘look after’ the forthcoming London Olympics, G4S, has deep Israeli connections and a dredful human rights record. There have been quite a string of fabricated-terror events where Israeli security firms have been involved, enough to raise urgent concerns about what is in the pipeline for Londoners. If you have a ticket […]
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