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Police found the body of a dead man amid protests at Bank of England yesterday. He apparently collapsed and stopped breathing around 7:30pm. Authorities did not give any cause of death and say that they found the man in near the epicentre of the protests and moved him behind a police cordon to try and resuscitate him. Thousands marched through the city of London today as part of a series of demonstrations against financial crimes, war, climate chaos and homelessness during this week's G20 summit.Police found the body of a dead man amid protests at Bank of England yesterday. He... more
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My favourite scene from Austin Powers - when Mike Myers gets stuck doing a 1,000 point turn in a little buggy - was re-created in Downing Street on Wednesday morning when the President's armoured limo made hard work of a 3 point turn outside Number 10.
Obama's in town for his first official foreign visit, attending the G20 summit in London. It's gonna be the first time he'll meet Russia's President Dmitri Medvedev and the Chinese Premier Hu Jintao too. And its all happening here!My favourite scene from Austin Powers - when Mike Myers gets stuck doing a 1,000 point... more
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Yesterday’s reports of a foiled “terrorist plot” in relation to the G20 protests in London have been scaled back after it was revealed that the house raided by police contained only plastic guns and fireworks.
“The three men, aged 25, 19 and 16, and two women, both 20, all live in Plymouth and the surrounding area,” reported The Guardian.
“They are political activists unaffiliated to any terrorist organization, and were arrested at addresses in Plymouth. They are being held under terrorism legislation. The explosive devices were made from simple fireworks, police said.”
Nevertheless, police have called in Royal Navy bomb disposal experts to deal with the weapons.
The police have also said that they recovered “allegedly extremist materials”, without further expanding on what they might be.
“At a press conference at Crownhill police station in Plymouth, Assistant Chief Constable Paul Netherton said the investigation was sparked when a 25-year-old man was arrested for spray-painting on a wall in Plymouth city centre - but would not comment on the nature of the graffiti,” reported the Press Association.
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Greatest Threat to Modern Civilization: A 16 year old with a pop gun and Roman Candle.
Give me a break, either the Brits intelligence really sucks or this was fabricated.Yesterday’s reports of a foiled “terrorist plot” in relation to the... more
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Police have arrested five people under counter-terrorism powers in connection with a suspected plot to use amateur explosives to disrupt the G20 summit.
The three men, aged from 16 to 25 and two women, both aged 20, are all from the Plymouth area and have been called "political activists unaffiliated to any terrorist organisation."
Police stressed the five were "not planning a Guy Fawkes plot" with their explosive devices made of fireworks.
"I think it was more designed to disrupt than injure or kill," a police source said.Police have arrested five people under counter-terrorism powers in connection with a... more
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Westminster council has been told it will have to switch off about a third of its CCTV cameras because they don't meet the resolution standards required under the new Traffic Management Act that comes into effect on April 1st. The Department for Transport says that the £15 million network of newly installed wireless CCTV cameras will have to be blacked out by midnight tomorrow, on the eve of the G20 summit. Security officials are scrambling to get the ruling overturned as they believe this will hamper their ability to effectively control potentially heated and disorderly demonstrations across the capital. But 160 "permanent" CCTV cameras are unaffected by the new law and will remain on to monitor the area.Westminster council has been told it will have to switch off about a third of its CCTV... more
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London police said Thursday they are planning one of the largest and most complex operations in their history as the city gears up to host the G-20 summit next week.
London's three police forces are being brought under a single umbrella for the G-20 security plan, dubbed Operation Glencoe, said Cmdr. Simon O'Brien of London's Metropolitan Police.
Police forces from surrounding counties like Essex and Sussex are also assisting with security, he said.
Officers will be protecting the summit venue, delegates, their hotels, their official engagements, as well as monitoring protests around the capital, O'Brien said.
"This is one of the largest, one of the most challenging, and one of the most complicated operations that we've ever delivered," he told reporters Thursday.
The Met Police has canceled all staff leave for April 1 and 2. The summit takes place April 2. Video Watch security preparations for the G-20 meeting »
O'Brien would not say how many police officers would be on duty, but he said there were 10,500 police shifts being scheduled between March 24 and April 2.
The total cost of the security operation is £7.2 million ($10.4 million), he said.
The G-20 summit brings together heads of state and financial leaders from the top 20 industrialized and emerging economies. Leaders from non-G-20 nations will also be represented, along with hundreds of other officials including the heads of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
The one-day summit is already attracting a "significant amount of interest" from protest groups, O'Brien said. "Old faces on the protest circuit" have started to reappear ahead of the event, he said, although he gave no names.London police said Thursday they are planning one of the largest and most complex... more
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Last night one of the leaders for the Wednesday protests against the G20 was suspended from his position of Lecturer of Anthropology at The University of East London for inciting violence. Chris Knight, who has been a lecturer in anthropology at the university since 1989, and professor since 2000, was pictured in the Evening Standard holding a placard that said “Eat the Bankers” and was quoted saying “if you want violence - you’ll get it”.
Knight is part of the G20 Meltdown group planning a series of demonstrations across London during the summit. He's been interviewed many times recently, saying that his group's intentions are to protest peacefully but that demonstrators will react in kind to any police aggression.Last night one of the leaders for the Wednesday protests against the G20 was suspended... more
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It’s hard to tell if the leaders of the world are rejecting George W. Bush or if he is rejecting them, but it’s clear from this video that there is ill-will at hand. Is it that the world leaders no longer have to pretend to like Mr. Bush now that Barack Obama is poised to fill his shoes, or is Mr. Bush carrying a serious grudge? Or maybe he no longer needs to pretend he likes them!It’s hard to tell if the leaders of the world are rejecting George W. Bush or if... more
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World leaders convened Saturday for a second straight day hoping to tackle a financial crisis that has ricocheted across the globe and left the United States and other countries on the brink of deep recessions.
Their goal: to prevent a similar calamity from happening again.World leaders convened Saturday for a second straight day hoping to tackle a financial... more
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Gabriel Shanks, an anarchist from Christchurch, is currently being held in custody in Australia after being arrested by Police at Sydney Airport where he had a stopover en route to Europe. He has been charged with at least one count each of riot and affray, and will appear in the Waverly Court on Monday for an extradition hearing to the state of Victoria.
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The charges stem from a protest in Melbourne against the G20 Summit, a meeting of governmental representatives from 20 nations including the USA, the UK, Canada, Australia and Russia, in November 2006. Police are alleging that Shanks is one of the 28 "persons of interest" who had photographs of them released via corporate media outlets by the Police in an effort to identify them. Over 240 charges have been laid in total against over 25 protesters, most of whom were arrested in raids in the days and weeks following the protest.Gabriel Shanks, an anarchist from Christchurch, is currently being held in custody in... more
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