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Italy rescues migrants and finds 30 bodies in boat
"About 30 bodies have been found in a migrant boat which was stopped between Sicily and the North African coast, Italian news agencies reported this morning (30 June), citing the navy and coastguard. The rescuers Read More
USA: SURVEILLANCE OF “FOREIGNERS”
Under FISA Section 702 there was a single Order for gathering "foreign intelligence" which involved 89,138 "targets" As in the UK a "target" can be a single person or an organisation although data of this Read More
GERMANY: NSA: German government to drop Verizon over NSA spying fears
"There are indications that Verizon is legally required to provide certain things to the NSA, and that's one of the reasons the cooperation with Verizon won't continue," German Interior Ministry spokesman Tobias Plate told AP. Read More
IRELAND: “We are now a blood-ridden country”: Margaretta D’Arcy rounds on TDs over Shannon…
"A PANEL OF TDs and senators have pledged to consider a petition asking for the Government to set up an investigation into US Military and CIA use of Irish airspace and Shannon Airport in particular. Read More
UK urged to tell all on US rendition flights – Fresh claims over use of overseas territory of Diego Garcia as secret jail for terrorist suspects
"Human rights groups seeking to confirm the use of a British overseas territory as a US secret prison have uncovered evidence previously undisclosed to the government confirming that more planes were involved in the extraordinary Read More
EU: European Commission: Internal security and European Defence industry
See: - The final implementation report of the EU Internal Security Strategy 2010-2014 (pdf) - A New Deal for European Defence: Commission proposes industrial action plan (pdf): "measures to strengthen the Single Market for defence, Read More
EU: “SOLIDARITY CLAUSE”: The EU solidarity clause is leading to a militarisation of home-affairs policy
"On Tuesday, the representatives of the EU Member States in the Council adopted a decision on the so-called 'solidarity clause'. Were a disaster or a loosely defined crisis to occur, the organs of the European Read More
UK: The state of the nation: Infrastructure
"[The report] warned, however, that hile we need to build the UK’s resilience, our infrastructure cannot be resilient to every eventuality, and that it will become more difficult to operate all infrastructure networks, at all Read More
EU COUNCIL: FROM A JHA “PROGRAMME” TO GENERAL “GUIDELINES”: Guidelines for area of freedom, security and justice
"The European Council defined the strategic guidelines for legislative and operational planning for the coming years within the area of freedom, security and justice." See the full text: Guidelines for area of freedom, security and Read More
EU: New EU rules on maritime surveillance: will they stop the deaths and push-backs in the Mediterranean?
"the complex interplay of the provisions of this Regulation with EU asylum law has led to something of a ‘dog’s dinner’ of rules governing the asylum applications of people rescued or intercepted in the Mediterranean, Read More